Vocabulary 9 Flashcards
Nobody begrudges a penny spent on health
to be reluctant, to give reluctantly; resent
Rancid
(of an odor or taste) rank, unpleasant, and stale: a rancid smell.
offensive
incensed
to inflame with wrath; make angry; enrage.
Crestfallen
dejected; dispirited; discouraged. having a drooping crest or head.
efficaciously
capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
The new law are an effort to CURTAIL illegal drug use
reduce in extant or quantity, impose a restriction on
to DISSEMINATE information about preventive medicine
Spread or disperse, cause to become widely known
Winsome
charming in a childlike or naive way
the corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as way of doing business
spreading or spread throughout
an uncanny feeling that she was being watched
adj….strange or mysterious adverb…uncannily noun…uncanniness
everyone is a genius in hindsight
understanding the nature of an event after it has happen
there is a fine line between reticence and garrulity
the quality of being wordy and talkative
amorphous
without a clearly define shape or form; shapeless
they were severed by obsequious waiters
too eager to help or obey someone important
