Vocabulary Unit 4 Flashcards
Advocate
argue in favor of
“I advocated for equal rights”
anthropology
study of origins, behavior, and culture of humans
“I love studying anthropology because it displays the origins of humans”
avid
enthusiastic
“I was avid about playing basketball with my friends”
collaborate
work together
“I collaborated with my friends on a group project”
conventional
following accepted customs and behaviors
“I followed the conventional path to success, 9-5”`
deride
To ridicule
“I derided my friend for air balling a shot”
dispute
to question the truth of
“I disputed the meaning of life with my friends”
emphatic
expressed with emphasis
“I am emphatic; I avidly disputed the meaning of life with my friends”
explicit
clearly expressed or demonstrated
“I explicitly showed my friend how to compute the math problem”
hostile
openly opposed; showing ill will
“I got hostile threats from my friend when I threw his cat in the garbage”
incredulous
skeptical; not willing to believe
“I was incredulous about alien’s existence, but now I do not know.”
liberate
To free
“I liberated the prisoners”
obsolete
no longer in use
“That typewriter is obsolete because everyone now uses computers”
precedent
An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
“The precedent that students are relinquished from class is now obsolete”`
query
to ask
“I need to query my friend about his date”
rigorous
strict, hard
“I commenced a rigorous diet, only vegetables and steak”
subsequent
coming later, following in order
“Subsequently, I wanted to query you about the ongoing pandemic.”
trite
repeated too often, overfamiliar through overuse
“My friend tritely reminded me of the girl that I liked”
undermine
to weaken
“I set mines under the building to undermine it”
vacillate
to waver or move back and forth
“I vacillated between studying and playing videogames”
