Week 13 Flashcards
Importune
To ask urgently
Ex: When I asked Mike to teach me how to use his motorcycle
Incontrovertible
Undeniable
Ex: It is incontrovertible that the sky is blue
Surreptitious
Stealthy, accomplished by secret
Ex: I surreptitiously go in runs
Haven
A place of safety
Ex: Mexico is my haven
Subjugate
To conquer
Ex: people are trying to subjugate the virus
To take the bull by the horns
To face a problem directly
Ex: I take the bull by the horns when I finish my college assignments
Ultimate
Final
Ex: My ultimate goal in life is to take care of my family
Eventuate
To result finally
Ex: It eventuated that I got the highest grade
Emit
To give off
Ex: I emit infinite aura
Subterranean
Underground
Ex: My future subterranean lair
Viable
Practicable, workable
Ex: I have viable opportunities
Premise
Grounds for a conclusion
Ex: Premise is a conclusion, premises is a ground for it
Jeopardize
To endanger
Ex: I expunge my jeopardizing habits
Incredulous
Skeptical
Ex: I am skeptical of that text
Permeate
To spread through
Ex: My perfume permeated the bedroom
Propitious
Favorable
Ex: I’m gaining propitiousskills
Surmise
An educated guess
Ex: I surmised my goals
Curtail
To figuratively cut short
Ex: I curtailed the conversation
Repress
To keep under control
Ex: I repressed my opinion
Cryptic
Puzzling
Ex: Ezra isn’t cryptic
Inchoate
In an early stage
Ex: I am inchoate in running
