Week 3 Flashcards
Depict
Draw: illustrate: portray: demonstrate: picture
The god is depicted as a bird with a human head.
Spontaneous
Natural: impulsive: unplanned
The invitation was completely spontaneous.
Distinguish
Differentiate: discriminate: determine: categorize: separate: distinguish somebody/something from
Contradictory
Incompatible: inconsistent: contray: converse: paradoxical: contradictory message/statements/demands etc
Dad just can’t bear to be contradicted.
Decline
Transitive v.: refuse: reject: to turn down
Intransitive v.: lessen, decrease, diminish, deteriorate
There has been a rapid/sharp/steep/dramatic decline in the size of families.
Deplete
Consume: empty: drain: lessen: reduce
Salmon populations gVe been severely depleted.
The ozone layer is depleted by CNC.
Abolish
Cancel: end: eliminate: eradicate: revoke
He servd over 27 yrs in prison for fighting to abolish white-only rules.
Disperse
Scatter: diffuse: spread
Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd
Germinate
Develop: grow
Most seeds germinate best between 85 and 95 degrees fahrenheit.
Relic n.
Remnant: memento
The books and photos are relics of Rob’s university days.
Versatile adj.
All-purpose, all-round, resourceful
A very versatile performer
Edible adj.
Eatable, digestible, palatable
The meal was barely edible.
Unprecedented adj.
(Bi saabeghe)
Unheard-of, remarkable, singular, extraordinary
An unprecedented boom in tourism brought sudden prosperity to the town.
He took the unprecedented step of stating that the rumors were false.
Fluctuate v.
Vary, oscillate, waver, alternate
Prices were volatile, fluctuate between 20$ and 40$.
Exotic adj.
Unusual, foreign, alien
Exotic birds/places
