Vocabulary 2 Flashcards
Someone who is a______ is friendly and pleasant to be with.
amiable
She is an a______ girl and keeps in with everyone.
amiable
Something that is p______ is relevant to a particular subject.
pertinent
He may withhold p______ information or perhaps even lie about their symptoms.
pertinent
If you describe something as d______, you mean that you do not consider it to be completely honest, safe, or reliable.
dubious
Other hackers find d______ business practices that large corporations try to accomplish.
dubious
If a parliament, court, or conference r_________ , it meets again after a break.
reconvenes
The panel is scheduled to r_______ shortly to announce measures to eliminate school violence,
reconvene
If a court, report, or person in authority e________ someone, they officially say or show that that person is not responsible for something wrong or unpleasant that has happened.
exonerates
In some cases, we have seen new evidence emerge which e_______ those on death row, often years after the trial.
exonerates
habitually truthful or honest
veracious
Charles Dickens strongly implies that judgments made from unbiased positions are always more v________ than those deduced from social standards.
veracious
If you feel e_______, you feel tired and weak.
enervated
If you describe something such as someone’s behaviour or appearance as i________, you are emphasizing that it is perfect and has no faults.
impeccable
The rooms are clean, the foods is good and the service is i__________.
impeccable
If you s_______ two activities, processes, or movements, or if you s_________ one activity, process, or movement with another, you cause them to happen at the same time and speed as each other.
synchronize
If you s________ with someone who is in a bad situation, you show that you are sorry for them.
sympathize
I must tell you how much I s________ with you for your loss, Professor
sympathize
to impress deeply on the mind or nature
ingrain (engrain)
This will i______ the practice into your mind and carry over into your unconscious mind state.
ingrain
If you e____ something or someone, you praise them enthusiastically.
extol
At school teachers should e____ virtues like honesty and fairness so as children can have an effective character education
extol
If someone e______ a quality or feeling, or if it e_______, they show that they have it to a great extent.
exudes
The guerrillas e_____ confidence. Every town, they say, is under their control
exude
If a dead person’s body is e_______, it is taken out of the ground where it is buried, especially so that it can be examined in order to find out how the person died.
exhumed
His remains have been e_______ from a cemetery in Queen’s, New York City.
exhumed
A d_______ is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it.
deterrent
A s_________ place is quiet and far away from busy places.
sequestered
If you c______ something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
concede
If someone c_______ or if they are convulsed by or with something, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.
convulses
If people or vehicles c_______ on a place, they move towards it from different directions.
converge
Hundreds of police c_______ on the rally site and used tear gas and clubs to subdue protesters.
converged
to do something to lessen the risk of something happening (idiom)
hedge against sth
If you a______ something, you admit it or declare it.
avow
If two or more things c_______, they come together and form a larger group or system.
coalesce
The two impoverished neighborhoods have c_______ into a single thriving community.
coalesced
If you e_______ someone, you gain power over them, especially by using dishonest or deceitful methods
ensnare
Feminism is simply another device to e______ women
ensnare
If you s_______ a strong desire or feeling, you express it in a way that is socially acceptable.
sublimate
R________ for someone or something is a feeling of great respect for them.
reverence
If you have r_______ about something, you are not sure that it is entirely good or right.
reservations
When the renowned tenor finished singing, the delighted audience applauded without r_______.
reservation
If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is e________, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it.
entrenched
A general “spend now, pay later” attitude has e______ itself in many countries.
entrenched
Something that u______ has gentle curves or slopes, or moves gently and slowly up and down or from side to side in an attractive manner.
undulates
If you s______ something such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for.
scour
If an object is i_____ with a design, the design is carefully cut into the surface of the object with a sharp instrument.
incised
If you b______ something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
brandish
He appeared in the lounge b_______ a knife.
brandishing
