Vocab-december-01 Flashcards
To try to deal with something or someone
To tackle
Freedom from punishment or from the unpleasent results of something that has been done
Impunity
The range of a subject coverd by a book, programme, discussion, class, etc
Scope
Authority given to a person to for someone else, such as by voting for them in an election, or person who this authority is given to
Proxy
The murder od a whole group of people, especially a whole nation, race or religious group
Genocide
the action of forcing people to leave an area or country because of their racial or national group
Ethnic cleansing
A) to cause someone to feel sudden strong emotion
B) to defeat someone or something by using a lot of force
Overwhelm
When someone does something extremely violent and shocking
Atrocity
To surround a place, especially with an army, to prevent people or supplies getting in or out
Besiege
To show someone where they should go, or to make someone go where you want them to go
Usher
Making you feel serious or thing about serious matters
Sobering
Person who believes in the ideas and principles of someone famous and tries to live the way they do or did
Disciple
To surround and cover something or someone completely
Engulf
Burnt and black
Charred
A) strongly affecting how a situation will progress or end
B) able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing this quality
Decisiv
An explosion
Blast
An act of opposition, sometimes using violance by many people in one area of a country against those who are in power
Uprising
Something which has developed from something larger which already existed
Offshoot
A person who has escaped from their own country for political, religious or economic reasons or because of a war
Refugee
A person who tries in an unofficial way to prevent crime, or to catch and punish someone who has committed a crime, especially because they do not think that official organization, such as the police, are controlling crime effectively
Vigilante
- hold tightly [transitive] to hold something very tightly:
- have a strong effect [transitive] to have a strong effect on someone or something:
- interest somebody [transitive] to hold someone’s attention and interest:
- not slip [intransitive and transitive] if something grips a surface, it stays on it without slipping:
Grip
making you feel nervous and slightly frightened:
Creepy
an event that is ……, especially an unpleasant one, will happen very soon
Imminent
continuing to do what you want, even after you have been told to stop - used to show disapproval:
(eng) Wilful (us) willful
to ignore something or treat it as unimportant:
Disregard
1 [countable] a false idea or belief, especially one that a lot of people believe is true [= misconception]:
Fallacy
continuing without stopping [= constant]:
Incessant
the process of thinking deeply about your own thoughts, feelings, or behaviour
Introspection
- give somebody/something a ….. to quickly push your fingers, a stick etc into something or someone:
- American English informal a criticism of someone or something
Poke
seeming to be everywhere - sometimes used humorously:
Ubiquitous
- large in size, amount, or degree:
Extensive
slow and unwilling:
Reluctant
Xxxxx memories, dreams, descriptions etc are so clear that they seem real [≠ vague]:
Vivid
to steal things, especially from shops or homes that have been damaged in a war or riot:
Loot
a) if an industry, company, activity etc is in the …., it is not doing well
b) if you are in the …., you are feeling sad
Doldrums
seeming calm and not upset or angry
Composed
take something in your ….. British English take something in …. American English to not allow something to annoy, embarrass, or upset you:
When the boss asked Judy to stay late, she took it in …..
take something in your stride
- if you are ….. , you realize that you are not as important, good, kind etc as you thought you were
Humble
