Vocab day 5 part 2 Flashcards
reparation
compensation, amends
“the judge said she would not sentence the man to jail on the condition that he pay full reparation to the family hurt by his crime”
repine
a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
syn : lament,
reprise
repetition, especially of a piece of music
reproach
blame, to find fault with. express to (someone) one's disapproval of or disappointment in their actions.
reprimand, reprove, rebuke, lambast, admonish, chastise, castigate
reprobate
morally unprincipled person.
repudiate
to reject, refuse to accept
rescind
to cancel
resolution
determination
resolve
determination
reticent
not been able to express one’s thoughts and feeling freely
profound
deep, not superficial, intense feeling.
“profound knowledge of the subject”
“profound feeling for somethinge”
prohibitive
prohibit, prevent, forbit
proliferate
to increase rapidly
propensity
inclination, tendency
propitiate
appease, to win over, to do something that they like to win them over.
pro for peace, is propitiate
propriety
: the quality or state of being proper or suitable : APPROPRIATENESS
Syn : conformity (to what is socially acceptable in conduct or speech),
correct conduct,decorum, standard practices,, decency
proscribe
forbit, outlawed
provident
providing for the future, like the provident fund
puissant
powerful.
to remember this word->
pussy ain’t powerful. LOL
punctilious
showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour.
syn: meticulous
quiescent
inactive, still, dormancy
quibble
argue over insignificant things
query
a question
qualms
an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct; a misgiving.
hesitation, second thoughts etc.
qualified
Being fitted for a specific purpose, means being restricted to that specific thing i.e.
being limited or being restricted.
quail
to cower , lose heart
“To quail in fear”
quagmire
difficult situation
pusillanimous
cowardly
purport / purported / purported
claim, support, to profess, to pretend to do something
“ Claim to do something without truth”
Syn : Specious, fallacious
” The ring purport to be real gold”
When used purport that means the speaker is doubtful of it being a truth.
In this case, speaker is doubtful of the ring being of gold, hence is purport.
pungent
sharp strong smell
renege
to go back on one’s words
remonstrate
to object, protest
relegate
to allocate to an inferior position
regale
to entertain / amuse with talk
“ He regaled her with his charming personality”
refute
to disprove, to contradict
recondite
Little known
Syn : Obscure, abstruse, profound, arcane, esoteric,
refractory
stubborn, unmanageable
Syn : obstinate
refulgent
brightly shining.
redoubtable
formidable, arousing fear
recluse
a person who lives in seclusion ad often in solitude
Syn : hermit, ascetic
recant
to retract a statement / opinion
recalcitrant
resisting authority
rebus
puzzles in which pictures / symbols represent words
rationale
fundamental reason
rarefied / rarefy
refined, thining
“ Increasing industrialization leads to rarefying of the forest”
ramification / ramify
implication, outgrowth, consequences
“ Before making a law we have to think of all the possible ramifications, for example: things that will occur as a consequence of this law, also, all the loops holes of this law all of these are ramifications”
raiment
clothing, attire, apparel, garments,
rail
to scold
raconteur
witty, skillful storyteller
quorum
number of member necessary to conduct a meeting
