Vocabulary Flashcards
havoc
destruction, out of order
if they weren’t at school they would be wreaking havoc in street
basked
lie exposed to warmth
the city basked under the noon sun
invariably
in every case
the meals in ranch were invariably hearty and delicious
venerable
accorded a great deal of respect
a venerable salesman
discern
distinguish and find out
I could not discern byw the polices
promiscuous
casual and indiscriminate
we can choose from promiscuous values
concourse
a large open area infront of building
vanquished
defeat throughly
he vanquished his rivals
sprung
to jump suddenly
he sprung out of bed
adjure
request
I adjure to tell me the truth
festive
cheerful
his festive mood is adorable
fury
rage esp for woman
i could see fury in her eyes
check in with someone
contact
recriminations
retaliatory accusation
constant tears and recriminations
there are no tears, no recriminations
reminiscent
tend to remain one of sth
scenes reminiscent
tending to remind one of something.
“the sights were reminiscent of my childhood”
neck and neck
o
blindside
to hit from blind spot
they got blindsided from news
indignation
The decision to close the factory has aroused the indignation of the townspeople.
fraught
full of or accompanied by something specified — used with with a situation fraught with danger
stung
to cause to suffer acutely stung with remorse
reverbrate
to continue in or as if in a series of echoes :
resound a historic event that still reverberates today
discern
to detect with the eyes discerned a figure approaching through the fog
despair
to lose all hope or confidence despair of winning
now i feel snubbed and needy
o
cringe at
to recoil in distaste Americans cringed … at the use of a term now regarded as a slur — William Safire
provisioning
to supply with
human fallibility
o
wary
marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger
blow off
to fail to attend or show up for blew off an official dinner
Blockbuster
Blockbuster result
retribution
The killer acted without fear of retribution.
play fetch
Hunting dogs are trained to fetch.
we are on a real crunch
o
It is a buzzkill
one that has a depressing or negative effect
she was kinda luckwarm ar first but now she is navigating
o
during our course of life
o
it was kinda hectic
o
he cane down on me
o
it was a wacky movie
o
underhanded methods
o
having put their full faith
o
devise scores of arguments
o
Im sometime abrasive and hard to approach
o
a rather ordinary one
o
headiness
marked by or showing good judgment : shrewd, intelligent
endow with powers
o
despise
to look down on with contempt or aversion despised the weak
adminition
: counsel or warning against fault or oversight the principal’s admonition against bullying
juxtapose
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
everyone’s personality is pockmarked with holes
o
almighty judge
o
it only reaps hatred
o
that’s overwhelming
o
he had that cryptic smile with smug face
o
to unleash my power
o
to motivate then to greater action
o
phony veneer of style
o
great pretenses win nothing
o
you should make a frightened abides
o
put out your tentacles to detect
o
something is out of sync
o
something is awry
o
great pretenses win nothing
o
I was all hung up to begin with but then i got gojng
o
surrogate rage
substitute rage
they are looking for a escapegoat
o
jump start the process
o
but if it really hit it off
o
Deploy our resources
O
If it were frowned upon
O
fear lurks beneath the surface
o
ravage
damage resulting from ravaging : violently destructive effect the ravages of time
status quo
the existing state of affairs
intransigent refusal
uncompromising intransigent in their opposition an intransigent attitud
called upon to make
o
it is purely a matter of what we designate
o
we should hold off then
o
they tend to miss this
o
he is an anchor you need to cut him loose
o
I haven’t spent my time to let this fool throw it away
o
back off the deal and close it
o
you just have to not suck at it
o
I need a word
o
just keep your expression neutral
o
the only way is for you to challenge him to stop
o
I have no taste for politics
o
you are better suited to lass the board
o
all these verbose scripts aren’t worth shit
o
he clashed head on with the law
o
it is easy to remain aloof and uninvolved
o
an overdo set of reports
o
Tribulation brings perseverance
o
he bonked his head to the wall
hit
thanks for inside scoop
secret info
stickler for accuracy
insisting for accuracy
smothering her in kisses
x
to live in the past is to die in present
x
it stole my heart
x
my palate changed
x
run off the mill investment
average
they were sentimental about art
x
got intensified by
x
he was in a grip of her
x
that was a heartbreak
x
that was very iconic image from
school
x
micro cosom of evil
x
sth inside summoned me
x
the relationship ship should be heaven not a battleship
x
everyone everything is like anecdote
x
properly battered fish
x
it’s inevitable to do it
x
a few genius visionaries proposed a clue for this
x
im very sentimental about food but what can i say
x
it was embolden by time
x
your heart is full of admiration
x
and therein it kinda lies in inclusiveity
x
carve up some fish and stuff it
x
here is the refugee for people
x
the rhetoric from both sides
x
is it permissible morally ?
x
that is the new apocalypse
x
that was a nose dive
x
he fuckin dicked us
x
dickin around
x
no knucklehead
x
don’t fuckin kid yourself you fuckin that pooch you better thick twice
x
do something sensible
x
I love misty mountains and all these scenic views
x
foreign ownership
x
look at the river when it end it ends
x
detonate the bomb
x
it remains off limits
x
bro when we get there we are gonna funk it up
x
the hard ones with the hard ones
x
didn’t want to throw stone but that was alot
c
he was barley mad at me
x
our wedding needs to be epic
x
you have to castisize the crutches
x
oh you are cruising for bruise
x
you have to stiffen up ladies
x
wanna take a leap of faith or die alone
x
that was a genuine conversation
x
there is no blueprint for what to accomplish
go hard and fast
x
you know girl with matching buns or whisk pies are not sisters
hair style
you don’t have to do all these mundane things
x
that was a terrible gloom we all felt it
x
it is gonna get worse before getting better
x
nature is overrated
x
she was a complete wreck
x
you are my savior
saver
there were a lot of other things tied to it
x
you feel exploited i know
x
what the final straw was?
x
what do you attribute this to?
x
it is nice a trashy thing
x
im am ambivalent curious as fuck
x
you have to carve it up in your head fisrt
x
I have to snuggle down in my sleeping bag
x
you gotta drop by my place
x
that’s invariably nature of the business
x
that was our call to action
x
we struggled to death but it worked
x
we have to partner up with them to pay the bill
x
that’s what we set out to accomplish
x
reflect the needs of community
x
we need a storyline
x
oh that city is a case of a blah
x
shack up
transitive verb
: to sleep or live together as unmarried sexual partners
There is no animosity and i really don’t have any ax to grind
x
the bottom is falling apart
x
His hair went gray
x
she is skinny ass bombshell
x
i hanged back
remained back snd reluctant
it best suits my needs and that’s what i care about
x
i wash washed over with these feelings
x
they fumbled for the keys
look clumsyingly
conversly
on the other hand
adv
a juggernaut that encroached all industries
x
conversly
on the other hand
adv
a juggernaut that encroached all industries
x
plain sight
x
goods producing sectors
x
fess up
fess up
to admit the truth, confess
Come on fess up. I know you aren’t really that sick.
shook up
bothered
shook up
I’ve heard the phrase “shook up” meaning “shaken up” or “shocked” in American tv series, but I’m not sure it is correct.
Sheila overheard a conversation between her best friends. They said her boyfriend was cheating on her, so she’s pretty shook up.
called on to speak
x
you have to look into it and get me some info
x
if you purport that’s the case too bad cause there is no causation for this
x
instigate
to initiate
he instigated his reign in texas !!
epiphany
it was my epiphany
appearance
rhyming couplet
two verse of poem
wielded
brandish flourish
they wielded power over all of them
disarming
of manner having the effect of allaying
she gave her disarming smile
zillion- informal
an extremely large number
we had zillion of customers
tantalizing
exciting ones sense
the tantalizing fragrance
heuristic
enabling a person to learn sth for themselves , or by intuition
lower down the bar
x
it is gonna be a little of stretch for us
no it wont get in a way
we snuck out and got lost in the city
x
there is no work around material
x
lights are flickering
x
be onto someone
be close to discovering the truth about an illegal or undesirable activity that someone is engaging in.
as to
about; relating to:
can’t answer questions as to how much money Mr. Mayer is being paid.
knock it out of the park
sth that is done easily
unless there is any hurdles or stopage
x
dress as you would if you were having a guest
x
sweet as he is he does not show up
x
they do right by u
x
incivility has a lot of consequences
x
they can sabotage their success
x
the favor was reciprocated
returned
severity
climate severity
dont be too vain to ask for help
having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth
conceited -narcissistic
grunt
a low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person.
If your language consists of little more than guttural grunts and cherry pie, you can’t be blamed for not getting it.
grunt work/low level
he is too good a player to slide into obscurity
eing unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant.
an inconspicuous red-brick building
not clearly visible or attracting attention; not conspicuous.
these unscrupulous rulers violated every principle of Islam to survive in power.
having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.
it is incumbent on all decent people to concentrate on destroying this evil
necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.
a diminutive figure dressed in black
extremely or unusually small.
Consequently, compared with wild mice, lab mice are wimps - slower, weaker, and less active -
a weak and cowardly or unadventurous person.
wuss/milksop/sissy/cupcake
In fact the radicals simply wimped out for fear of having their pants sued off.
withdraw from a course of action or a stated position in a way that is seen as feeble or cowardly.
a conservative ideologue
an adherent of an ideology,
Her cockeyes looked over and scared the hell out of me
an eye that squints or is affected by strabismus.
wishy washy drink
weak, thin, flavorless
conjure up
evoke, summon
say-anything polititians
x
black hair flopped across his forehead
prime-time dramas that flopped in the US market
flopping fish
dangle down
be unsuccessful
he snatched the cookie
garb , seize
other areas of the establishment were infiltrated by fascists
insinuate oneself into
worm one’s into
an unwitting accomplice
unkowingly
communication fraction
x
we better take a recess
x
accepted with stipulation
condition
allow for some new procedures
x
in the advent that
in emergence
prejudiced about his background
x
from 1920 onward what it came to mean
x
to delegate a task to appropriate person
x
fazed out
annoyed
more commonly observed than his enemies are
x
percipient
(of a person) having a good understanding of things; perceptive.
he is a percipient interpreter of the public mood
he is doing dabs
taking medical MJ
new inflection point is upon us
x
to delegate a task to appropriate person
x
fought tooth and nail to get it done
x
is this desire for self improvement innate
x
it is sappy
extremely sentimental
exculpatory language
Yes, contrary to popular belief, often testing is used to exonerate or exculpate possible suspects rather than implicate.
herein
in this document or book.
the author herein recounts his travel adventures
apportion
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