Vocabularies From Practices (June/July) Flashcards
Harrumph
VERB
1: clear the throat noisily
2: grumpily express dissatisfaction or disapproval
NOUN
1: a noisy clearing of the throat
2: a grumpy expression of dissatisfaction or disapproval
Snuff
NOUN
1: the charred part of a candlewick
2: the act of snuffing
3: a preparation of pulverized tobacco to be inhaled through the nostrils, chewed, or placed against the gums
Up to snuff : of sufficient quality; meeting an applicable standard
VERB
1: to crop the snuff of (a candle) by pinching or by the use of snuffers so as to brighten the light
2: to make extinct : put an end to —usually used with out
EXAMPLE: snuffed out their hopes
3: KILL, EXECUTE
Snuff it: DIE
4: to draw forcibly through or into the nostrils
5: SCENT, SMELL
ADJ
1: characterized by the sensationalistic depiction of violence, especially : featuring a real rather than a staged murder
Fodder
Verb
1: something fed to domestic animals, especially : coarse food for cattle, horses, or sheep
2: inferior or readily available material used to supply a heavy demand
Dole
NOUN
1: a grant of government funds to the unemployed
2: a giving or distribution of food, money, or clothing to the needy
3: something portioned out bit by bit
4: one’s allotted share, portion, or destiny
5: GRIEF, SORROW
VERB
1: to give or distribute as a charity —usually used with out
Litany
NOUN
1: a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
2: a resonant or repetitive chant
3: a usually lengthy recitation or enumeration
4: a sizable series or set
Nefarious
ADJ
1: flagrantly wicked or impious: EVIL
Kindred
ADJ 1: of a similar nature or character : LIKE 2: of the same ancestry NOUN 1: a group of related individuals 2: one's relatives 3: family relationship : KINSHIP
Extenuate
VERB
1: to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : MITIGATE
2: to lessen the strength or effect of (something) : WEAKEN
3 : to make light of
4: DISPARAGE
5: to make thin or emaciated
Effectuate
VERB
1: to cause or bring about (something) ; to put (something) into effect or operation : EFFECT
Attenuate
VERB
1: to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : WEAKEN
2: to reduce the severity, virulence, or vitality of
3: to make thin or slender
4: to make thin in consistency : RAREFY
5: to become thin, fine, or less
ADJ
1: reduced especially in thickness, density, or force
EXAMPLE: the attenuate limbs of a starving person
2: tapering gradually usually to a long slender point
Denigrate
VERB
1: to attack the reputation of : DEFAME
2: to deny the importance or validity of : BELITTLE
Derogate
VERB
1: to cause to seem inferior : DISPARAGE
2: to take away a part so as to impair : DETRACT
3: to act beneath one’s position or character
Corollary
NOUN
1: a proposition inferred immediately from a proved proposition with little or no additional proof
2: something that naturally follows : RESULT
EXAMPLE: love was a stormy passion and jealousy its normal corollary
3: something that incidentally or naturally accompanies or parallels
Rescind
VERB
1: to take away : REMOVE
2: TAKE BACK, CANCEL
3: to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract
4: to make void by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : REPEAL
Hamstring
NOUN
1: either of two groups of tendons at the back of the human knee
2: any of three muscles at the back of the thigh that function to flex and rotate the leg and extend the thigh
3: a large tendon above and behind the hock of a quadruped
VERB
1: to make ineffective or powerless : CRIPPLE
2: to cripple by cutting the leg tendons
