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Vocabulary Flashcards

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Tumultuous

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marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval

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Strident

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Commanding attention by a loud or obstructive quality. (Strident criticism)

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Carnage

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Bloody slaughter or injury.
Eg. As signs of pure carnage and chaos confront us on the daily news, we are reminded not only that international efforts to attain world peace have failed, but it might well be an unattributed ideal altogether.

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Valiant

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With courage and determination
Eg. With such problems proving impossible for even the most valiant international efforts to overcome, we are forced to conclude that world peace remains an unattainable ideal.

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Intractability (intractable)

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Not easily governed, managed or directed
Eg intractable problems, the intractability of interstate conflict

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Delineate

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To describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail.
Eg. Delineate the steps to be taken in the government
Delineate a path towards lasting peace

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Acquiesce

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accept something reluctantly but without protest
acquiesce in/to
Eg. Sara acquiesced in his decision

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Parochial

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Confined or restricted, narrow
(Eg. A parochial view)

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Lambast

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To attack verbally
(Eg. Technology has been lambasted for creating new problems…)

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Panacea

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A remedy for all ills or difficulties, cure-all
(Eg. Technology serves as a panacea to food shortage…)

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Vociferous

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marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
Eg.
He is her most vociferous critic.
He was vociferous in his support of the proposal.
The decision was made over their vociferous objections.

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Glacial

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suggestive of the very slow movement of glaciers
Eg. Progress towards securing restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s largest economies have been glacial due to the need for economic growth.

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Vitiate

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spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of
Eg.

The insidious spread of false rumours surrounding Covid-19 restrictions and vaccines have vitiated efforts to contain the disease

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Paucity

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Scarcity
Dearth

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Underpin/ undergird

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to form part of, strengthen, or replace the foundation of
Eg. the theory of evolution undergirds virtually all of modern biology

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Indigent

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Poor, needy
Eg.
Many grassroots initiatives to meet the educational needs of the indigent have
been led by compassionate youth, such as Andy Toh, who led a group of volunteers to provide free tuition during the Covid-19 lockdown in Singapore.

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Sisyphean

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denoting or relating to a task that can never be completed
Eg. The sheer virality of fake news amplified by the interconnectedness and vast usage of social media platforms presents a Sisyphean task to social media moderators attempting to stamp out the falsehoods.

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raison d’être

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the most important reason or purpose for someone or something’s existence.

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Gridlocked

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brought to a state in which movement or progress is stopped completely.
[The Economist] Washington, dc, may be largely gridlocked, but the states are making policies at a furious pace.

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Perverse

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Corrupt; incorrect
[The Economist] And politicians with ultra-safe seats have perverse incentives.

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Spook

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to make frightened or frantic : SCARE
[The Economist] Mr Kwarteng spooked financial markets in spectacular fashion

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Vaunted

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highly or widely praised or boasted about
[The Economist] Most of the tax cuts and emergency spending had been signalled, but the vaunted supply-side reforms needed to pay for them were vague and…

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Cavalier

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marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful dismissal of important matters

[The Economist] the new government’s approach to the public finances was cavalier.

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Lukewarm

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lacking conviction : HALF-HEARTED
[The Economist] Britons are lukewarm about the idea of growth and wary (cautious) of the sacrifices required to achieve it.

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Veneer

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a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, display, or effect : FACADE, GLOSS
[NYT] In a display of pageantry (mere show) intended to give Moscow’s land grab a veneer of legitimacy, Russian proxy officials in occupied areas of Ukraine appealed to President Vladimir V. Putin on Wednesday to annex the regions.

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Behemoth

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Something of monstrous size, power or appearance
Eg two behemoths on the technological realm

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Boons and banes

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The good and the bad

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Unbridled

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Unrestrained
Eg. The unbridled technology creates more problems than benefits

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Dearth

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Scarcity that makes dear

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Allure

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To entice by charm or attraction

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Luddite

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Someone who reject technology for no good reasons

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Fleeting

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Passing swiftly, transitory

Eg. had a fleeting desire to jump into the cool lake but kept on hiking

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Quell

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to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity

Eg. Quell a riot/ quell global hunger

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Erratic

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characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity
Eg erratic and exaggerated fluctuations in weather conditions

deviating from what is ordinary or standard, eccentric
Eg. An erratic genius

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Mendacious

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given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth

[The economist] the logic is topsy-turvy (totally disordered) and mendacious.

Eg. mendacious tales of his adventures

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Brandish

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to exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive manner
[The economist] that is why he has repeatedly brandished the nuclear card since February.

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Vie

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To strive for superiority, compete, contend
[The economist] a rival to Mr Xi, Bo Xilai was vying for attention in the south western region of Chongqing, where he was party chief.

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Bolster

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Reinforce; give a boost to
[The economist] that experience may have bolster Mr Xi’s belief in a strong party.
Eg. a convincing argument that was bolstered by the speaker’s reputation

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Invincible

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incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued
Eg. Not because we believe technology is invincible

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Dominion

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law : supreme authority : SOVEREIGNTY

Eg. having dominion over the natural world

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Eclipse

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a falling into obscurity or decline

Eg. his reputation has fallen into eclipse

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Shortfall

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a failure to come up to expectation or need

Eg. //a budget shortfall

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Recant

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to withdraw or repudiate (reject) (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : RENOUNCE

Eg. Witnesses threatened to recant their testimony when the court released their names to the paper.

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Sporadically

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in a sporadic manner : not regularly or constantly
Eg. gunfire being heard sporadically

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ingrained

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forming a part of the essence or inmost being : DEEP-SEATED

Ingrained prejudices

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Opportune

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  1. suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence

Eg. the legal authorities helped by the opportune use of their powers of arrest

  1. occurring at an appropriate time
    Eg. The book’s publication is opportune.
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Nuisance

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  1. Harm, injury

relieving the nuisance of poisonous fumes from rural factories

  1. one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious : PEST

My allergies are a nuisance in the springtime.

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Outcry

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A vehement protest

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Wean off/ from

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to make (someone or something) stop doing or using (something)

efforts to wean the country from its dependence on foreign oil

I’m gradually weaning myself off cigarettes.

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