Vocab words Flashcards
- The Nazis were very Antisemite to the Jews during WWII.
- Many states are still antisemite to Jews.
Antisemite (N) - A person who is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
- there is a subset of these low-grade tumors that can disseminate and migrate.
2.That’s our job, is to disseminate information to the public.
Disseminate (V) - to spread information, knowledge, opinions widely.
- The report clearly delineates the steps that must be taken.
- The boundary of the car park is delineated by a low brick wall.
Delineate (V) - to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail.
- Delilah managed to completely enervate Samson with the simple cutting of his hair.
- I hope to be a friend that is encouraging, not enervating.
Enervate (V) - to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
- when the Doctor spoke, his voice was dark and foreboding.
- she read the note with a sense of foreboding.
Foreboding (N) - a strong feeling that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
- he worked, apparently impervious to the heat.
- an impervious layer of basaltic clay.
Impervious (ADJ) - not allowing entrance or passage.
- I would see you spared that infamy.
- a day that will live in infamy.
Infamy (N) - extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act.
- At this point the seconds, attempting to intercede, begged the pair to stop.
- I’m not about to intercede on the little monster’s behalf.
Intercede (V) - to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition.
- she is a trained midwife.
- the midwife weighed the new baby.
Midwife (N) - a person trained to assist women in childbirth.
- The miscreant broke into the store.
- The miscreant stole candy.
Miscreant (N) - a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law.
- Many of the collage students that were not eligible were non accredited.
- Students attending nonaccredited universities are not eligible for the same financial aid.
Nonaccredited (ADJ) - not recognized as meeting prescribed standards or requirements.
- The writer overaccentuated his writing.
- the collage student overaccentuated his paper over globel warming.
Overaccentuate (V) - to accentuate or emphasize too much.
- He showed a predilection for poetry.
- Many children have Predilection for many things.
Predilection (N) - a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.
- Avoided answering our questions directly, instead reiterating that the answers could be found in her book.
- The writer used reiteration in his book.
reiterate (V) - say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.
- Steil noticed that the man read like a semiliterate person, word by word, his mind searching for hidden effects or derivations.
- The poet noticed that the village was very semiliterate.
Semiliterate (ADJ) - unable to read or write with ease or fluency; poorly educated.
- She is meek and subservient to the needs of her God.
- She was subservient to her parents
Subserviant (ADJ) - prepared to obey others unquestioningly.
- This is the most beautiful movie I have ever seen.
- He is the shortest of all the students.
superlative (ADJ) - of the highest quality or degree.
- a transient cold spell
- The transient nature of the labor force in catering.
transient (ADJ) - lasting only for a short time; impermanent.
- It is good that the participants should know this in clear and unequivocal terms.
- It seems that our current knowledge does not allow an unequivocal decision between them.
uniquivocal (ADJ) - leaving no doubt; unambiguous.
- I got so into the article that I wanted to give back to underprivileged children.
- The plight of the underprivileged.
underprivileged (ADj) - (of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society.
- “I think you will find us amenable to reason “
- “I may be amenable to that idea”
amenable (ADJ) - (of a person) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
- “Do antibacterial soaps get rid of germs better than plain old soap and hot water?”
- “After drying the skin, treat the burn with an antibacterial agent.”
antibacterial (ADJ) - tending to prevent the growth or spread of bacteria.
- the wind had abated so they went outside to survey the damage.
- The temperature dropped, the winds abated, and cool rains began to fall.
abated (V) - (of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative) become less intense or widespread.
“the storm suddenly abated”
- It is a lesson that will embolden them.
- And a section of that third have become emboldened.
embolden (V) - give (someone) the courage or confidence to do something or to behave in a certain way.
- Despite his popularity, his many detractors [=critics] still think his work is overrated.
- Even her detractors had to admit that she had made the company successful.
detractor (N) - a person who disparages someone or something.
- He abjured his allegiance to his former country.
- The man abjured his allegiance under his oath.
abjurer (N) - a person who renounces or retracts a belief, cause, or allegiance, esp formally, solemnly, or under oath.
- There is an acute shortage of water.
- There is an acute food shortage in the state.
acutest (ADJ) - (of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.
- The list of fears whose baneful influence the philosophes decried was a long one.
- the man was baneful to his wife.
baneful (ADJ) - harmful or destructive.
- There is one new infraction on that list this year: the hip-drop tackle.
- The new law lowers polygamy to an infraction, rather than a felony, unless connected to other crimes such as abuse.
infraction (N) - a violation or infringement of a law or agreement.
- Mary spoke before Spam could get the chance to interject his own ideas.
- Christine felt bound to interject before there was open warfare.
interject (V) - to throw in between or among other things.
- we asked him to adjudicate at the local flower show.
- I had to adjudicate on the dispute.
adjudicate (V) - make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter.
- The investigation has uncovered evidence of corporate malfeasance.
- And Grant was more of the malfeasance of the people around him.
malfeasance (N) - wrongdoing, especially by a public official.
- Inside resided the matron, her two patrons, two daughters, and two sons.
- This is preposterous,” sighed Matron
matron (N) - a woman in charge of domestic and medical arrangements at a boarding school or other establishment.
- remittance may be made by credit card.
- One of the things keeping it alive is remittance.
remittance (N) - a sum of money sent, especially by mail, in payment for goods or services or as a gift.
- postmortem changes in his body.
2 the hospital will want to carry out a postmortem.
postmortem (N) - an examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
- the play of light on the diamond’s multifaceted surface.
- this is a multifaceted subject.
mulitfaceted (ADJ) - having many facets.
- he was a man of portly presence.
- a portly little man with a bowler hat.
Portly (ADJ) - having a stout body; somewhat fat (used especially of a man).
- He said two types of consumers patronize dollar stores.
- They run the neighborhood restaurants, bicycle stores, and flower shops you patronize.
Patronize (V) - treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.
- The President promised that the anti-corruption watchdog would be fully independent.
- He made his name as an anticorruption crusader.
anticorruption (ADJ) - a term used to describe the measures taken to prevent fraud, misconduct, abuse, and other forms of activity deemed illegal, especially in the context of business and politics.
- Nor is a conscript army without advantages both for the soldiers and the institution.
- A peasant conscript army was established, with weapons being the possessions of the government.
conscript (N) - a person enlisted compulsorily.
- there had been a series of sectarian attacks in the region
- the peace process hopes to break down the sectarian divide in our society.
sectairian (ADJ) -denoting or concerning a sect or sects.
- she had been instructed from birth in the equality of all sentient life forms.
- The Buddha taught that one should practice loving kindness to all sentient beings.
sentient (ADJ) - able to perceive and feel things.
- he’s introspective and difficult to get to know
- her poetry is introspective to the point of being almost solipsist.
introspective (ADJ) - characterized by or giving introspection.
- the infrastructure of the country is in ruins.
- the social and economic infrastructure of a country.
Infrastructure (N) - the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
- if you forget your words, improvise.
- it was the trombonist’s turn to improvise.
improvise (V) - create and perform (music, drama, or verse) spontaneously or without preparation.
- this will be an irrevocable step in the wrong direction.
- And thus the final bond is achieved, an irrevocable connection that can never be broken.
irrevocable (ADJ) - not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final.
- Prompted by her annoyance with humanity, Amanda, a prickly misanthrope, rents a house to which she, Clay and their teenagers decamp.
- the woman made sure to stay away from humanity due to her being a misanthrope.
misanthrope (N) - a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
- The findings may provide new approaches for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases.
- With disease progression, the autoimmune response of the disease may become more difficult to suppress.
autoimmune (ADJ) - your immune system attacks the healthy cells of your organs and tissues by mistake.
- the reader can have a symbiotic relationship with the writer.
- They have a sort of symbiotic relationship and mutual need for each other.
symbiotic (ADJ) - involving interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association.
- The wigs and robes are clearly an anachronism in the legal system.
- There is a major sin in history writing, that of anachronism.
anachronism (N) -a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
- So this is an experiment to show that we have all the parts working for an electrodynamic system.
- The man would often study the ways of electrodynamic.
electrodynamic (N) - a branch of physics that deals with the effects arising from the interactions of electric currents with magnets, with other currents, or with themselves.
- Growing up with alcoholic parents can produce dysphoria and low self-esteem in adulthood.
- A child growing up with abusive parents can produce dysphoria and low self-esteem in adulthood.
dysphoria (N) - a state of unease or generalized dissatisfaction with life.
- there had been a series of sectarian attacks in the region
- the peace process hopes to break down the sectarian divide in our society
sectarian (ADJ) - a member of a group with a particular set of interests.
- she had been instructed from birth in the equality of all sentient life forms.
- The Buddha taught that one should practice loving kindness to all sentient beings.
sentient (ADJ) - able to perceive or feel things.
- he’s introspective and difficult to get to know.
- her poetry is introspective to the point of being almost solipsist.
introspective (ADJ) -
characterized by or given to introspection.
- the infrastructure of the country is in ruins.
- the social and economic infrastructure of a country
infrastructure (N) - the physical components of interrelated systems providing commodities and services essential to enable, sustain, or enhance societal living conditions.
- the church has an asymmetrical plan with an aisle only on one side.
- At the very top of the structure is an asymmetrical spire.
Asymmetrical (ADJ) - having two sides or halves that are not the same.
- He was a micromanager who knew of virtually everything that was going on inside his stores.
- It is not the CEO’s job to micromanage the company.
Micromanager (N) - where managers feel the need to control aspects of their employee’s work & decision-making to an extreme degree.
- This last quip seems to have been widely misconstrued.
- Her gaze narrowed and he realized how his words could be misconstrued.
Misconstrue (V) - interpret (something, especially a person’s words or actions) wrongly.
- A brown derby covered his white hair, and a monocle covered his eye.
- He adjusted the monocle and focused it on the large sparkling stone.
Monocle (N) - a single eyeglass, kept in position by the muscles around the eye.
- amorphous blue forms and straight black lines.
- They were amorphous blobs of darkness that shifted between three shapes.
amorphous (ADJ) - having no definite form.
- Is that your real name or a pseudonym?
- she writes under a pseudonym.
psudonym (N) - a fictitious name, especially one used by an author.
- The introductory song was a philharmonic piece, featuring a full orchestra together with choral accompaniment.
- the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
philharmonic (ADJ) - devoted to music (chiefly used in the names of orchestras).
- He also has hydrophobia, being terrified of water as he can not swim.
- the man has a inate hydrophobic fear.
hydrophobia (N) - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans.
- what proportion of chlorophyll is needed for photosynthesis to work?
- during photosynthesis plants absorb CO2.
Photosynthesis (N) - The process by which plants and some bacteria and protists that contain chlorophyll make carbohydrates from water and from carbon dioxide in the air in the presence of light.
- In the absence of science he could see all sorts of myth and pseudoscience taking hold.
- Astrology is a form of pseudoscience.
pseudoscience (N) - A collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.
- An increased risk of developing a psychosis.
- The patient suffered from depression and paranoid psychosis.
psychosis (N) - A collection of symptoms that happen when a person has trouble telling the difference between what’s real and what’s not.
- He underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair the tear and didn’t play for the remainder of the season.
- The sergen used an arthroscope to inspect the joint.
arthroscope (N) - An instrument through which the interior of a joint may be inspected or operated on.
- I had already done a theocratic technocracy, so why not a feudal democracy?
- Instrumentality, rationality and technocracy supplant the heroic, stripping away place, history, bodies, time.
technocracy (N) - The government or control of society or industry by an elite of technical experts.
- It works like mental telepathy where one person can read another’s thoughts.
- If telepathy really exists, then telephone calls would provide a good way of revealing it.
telepathic (ADJ) - The supposed communication of thoughts or ideas by means other than the known senses.
- The field of thermodynamics is concerned with all types of energy changes in physical systems.
- Statistical thermodynamics can map out the energy distribution of the water molecules.
thermodynamics (N) - The study of the relations between heat, work, temperature, and energy.
- The need for brevity made Lincoln pack a great deal into few words.
- But in the interest of brevity I now leave this short summary as it is.
brevity (N) - Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.
- Experts said they are the most susceptible to damage in large quakes.
- Since yours were newly planted, they were likely more susceptible to the cold.
susceptile (Adj) - likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
- There is a great deal of empirical research which supports this notion.
- There is plenty of empirical evidence that new roads actually induce traffic.
empirical (Adj) - originating in or based on observation or experience.
- I had to decipher the code so that I could make a counter formula.
- He stared at her, trying to decipher the meaning behind her words.
decipher (V) - convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language.
- She’s just being deliberately obstructive.
- The man was being deliberately obstructive during the concert.
Obtusest (Adj) - trying to prevent somebody/something from making progress.
- She saw the remorseful look on his face.
- He was ashamed and remorseful for what he had done.
remorseful (Adj) - motivated by distress from a sense of sorry.
- The cathartic dose of sorbitol is 20 to 50 grams.
- As with Greek drama, it may be emotionally cathartic but it is never soothing.
cathartic (Adj) - providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions; causing catharsis.
- The Pope granted him absolution from his vows.
- Absolution from the sentence.
absolution (N) the act of being formally forgiveable.
- She accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity.
- When the tyrants found him bearing all the agony with perfect equanimity they became helpless.
equanimity (N) - state of calmness in a difficult situation.
