Wordlist 10 Flashcards
antidote
antidote
an·ti·dote
[an-ti-doht]
noun
1. a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
2. something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects:
When the man got bitten by the snake, his friends needed to find the _______ before it was too late.
antidote
divergent
divergent di·ver·gent [dih-vur-juhnt, dahy-] adjective moving, deviating or branching off from a common point
The two have remained friends, even as they have taken _______ paths
divergent
extraneous
ex·tra·ne·ous [ik-strey-nee-uhs] adjective 1. introduced or coming from without; external; foreign, not pertinent; irrelevant:
We only needed to know what car the suspect had been driving, but Shelia provided lots of ______ information such as what color his eyes were.
extraneous
Irrelevant
ir·rel·e·vant
[ih-rel-uh-vuhnt]
adjective
not applicable or pertinent:
His English lectures often stray to interesting but ______ subjects
irrelevant
jargon
jar·gon
1 [jahr-guhn, -gon]
noun
1.
the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group.
2.
unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish.
I tried to follow the talk about the different types of vaccines, but there was too much medical ______ for me to understand
jargon
obsolete
ob·so·lete
[ob-suh-leet, ob-suh-leet]
adjective
no longer in general use; of a discarded or outmoded type; out of date
People used to say “groovy” all the time, but now the expression is ______.
obsolete
prominent
prom·i·nent [prom-uh-nuhnt] adjective 1. standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable:
Her eyes are her most _____ feature because they were so bright and unique
prominent
purgation
pur·ga·tion
[pur-gey-shuhn]
noun
the act of ridding of whatever is impure or undesirable
the _____ of the water supply took weeks because there were so many toxins in it
purgation