Word form Flashcards
Rely
-Reliant (adj) + ON/UPON needing a particular thing or person in order to continue, to work correctly, or to succeed:
+He’s completely reliant on his wheelchair to get around.
-reliance +on:
You place too much reliance on her ideas and expertise.
-reliable (adj)-> reliability(n)
-speak (v) -> outspoken/ˌaʊtˈspəʊ.kən/
-expressing strong opinions very directly without worrying if other people are offended:
outspoken comments
memory(n)-> commemorate/kəˈmem.ə.reɪt/
-to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, especially by a public ceremony or by making a statue or special building:
+Gathered all together in this church, we commemorate those who lost their lives in the war.
breath(v)
-> breathless(adj): unable to breath easily
-> breathtaking(ly) (adj): extremely beautiful surprising
DISCIPLINE(n)
->disciplinable(a) (OF ACTION/PERSON)= punishable A disciplinable action is one that someone can be punished for, and a disciplinable person is someone who can be punished
+Stealing from an employer is usually a disciplinable offence.
+It is unclear whether they would be disciplinable under the proposed law.
->disciplinary(a) relating to discipline:
+disciplinary measures/action (= punishment)
err(v)
-(v) to make a mistake or to do something wrong:
+He erred in agreeing to her appointment to the position.
- erroneous (a)/əˈroʊ.ni.əs/ wrong or false:
an erroneous belief/impression
-erroneously (adv) The package was erroneously delivered to my neighbour.
retrieve(v)
-(v)to find and bring back something:
+We taught our dog to retrieve a ball.
-> retrieval(N) the process of finding and bringing back something:
+The storage and retrieval of information
->(adj) irretrievable(ly)
-> retrievable(a)
single-minded(adjective)
-very determined to achieve something:
+She had a single-minded will to win.
panorama /ˌpæn.əˈræm.ə/(n)
-> panoramic(a)
-> panoramically
-a view of a wide area:
+From the hotel roof you can enjoy a panorama of the whole city.
theatre->theatrical(a)->theatricality(n)->theatricals(n)
-(theatricality)the exaggerated quality of something that is intended to attract attention or create a particular effect
+The speech reflected his love of theatricality and rhetoric.
+theatrical make-up
+(theatricals) stage performances by people who are not trained or paid to act, but who practice and perform in the time when they are not working:
+amateur theatricals
western-> westernize(v)->westernization(n)
-(n)the process of westernizing a person or a country (= causing ideas or ways of life that are common in North America and western Europe to be more used and accepted):
+There was an inevitable reaction to rapid westernization.
(un)ladylike /ˈleɪ.di.laɪk/
-graceful, polite, and behaving in a way that is thought to be socially acceptable for a woman:
+Well, it might not be ladylike but I’m going to pull my skirt up to get over this fence.
title->entitle(v)
-(v) to give someone the right to do or have something:
+entitle someone to something Being unemployed entitles you to free medical treatment.
-to give a title to a book, film, etc.:
+Her latest novel, entitled “The Forgotten Sex”, is out this week.