Words Elsewhere Flashcards
Surmount
Overcome
John Hawkins has had to surmount immense physical disabilities.
Besiege
Surround and outnumber
Lady Gaga was Besieged by press photographer.
Citadel
Bastion, stronghold, highest command level
Hone
To smooth, sharpen
Make more acutes
Leonardo da Vinci sets about honing his skills as an artist at a young age
Nascent
Recently come into existence
Egyptian is fighting for their Nascent democracy.
Venerate
revere, respect
I Venerate my parents very much.
Flout
Deliberately disobey a law
Some companies flout the rules and employ children as young as seven.
Vitality
Energetic, liveliness
Despite her sixty years, Madonna is full of vitality.
Rescind
To remove
In the early 1900s, the government rescinded laws allowing children to work.
Irascible
Hot-tempered, easily irritated
Scrooge was an Irascible old man, getting mad at almost anything.
Ineffectual
Ineffective
Slim and Candy made an Ineffectual attempt to comfort George after Lennie’s death
Despotic
From despot, one complete ruler
Hitler wanted to be the despot of the world
Disheveled
Thrown into disorder it disarray
Pam arrived late, disheveled and out of breath.
Conspicuous
Obvious, manifest
The notice must be displayed in a conspicuous spot.
Spate
Overflown, sudden rush
During the recession, people saw a spate of burglaries and robberies.
Abstruse
Abstract
Indict
Scorn, reproach, charge, accuse
He was indicted for vehicular homicide in 1987.
Unwitting
UnAware
Lennie unwittingly killed every mice or small animals he petted.
Abhor
Despise, hatred, loathe
Nick abhorred the selfish and careless way of Daisy after Gatsby’s death.
Deify
Worship
The people of Israel deified Yahweh.
Goad
Motive, stimulate
The thrive to be in a good college goads me to study harder.
Eulogized
Speak in praise of
The speech eulogized the generals contribution to the country.
Redress
Fix, put into order, remedy, repair
Little could be done to redress the situation.
Trenchant
Honed, acute, sharp
Sister Aloyesis is father Flinn most trenchant critics.
Immense
Huge
They took immense measure to stop terrorists.
Exculpate
To clear from guilt
She was exculpated from the corn after 29 years in prison.
Inaugural
Earliest, foremost
The new professor made an inaugural speech on the first day of school
Contrite
Repentant, remorseful, apologetic
The little puppy looked so contrite after he made a mess that I couldn’t help but forgive him.
Consensus
Agreement
The Democrats and Republicans could not find a consensus about the U.S debt ceiling.
Docile
Tractable
Labradors are gentle, docile dogs.
Voluptuous
Sexually attractive
Marilyn Monroe was a voluptuous woman.
Truculent
Bad-tempered, belligerent
The boss’s son was a truculent young man.
Meditate
Contemplate, reflect, think
She sat quietly, meditating on the day’s event.
Judicious
Advisable
FDR made a judicious decision of declaring war with Japan.
Egalitarian
Belief that everyone is equal
Martin Luther King Jr spent all his life fighting for an egalitarian society.
Expedient
Favorable, auspicious, propitious, solving problem quickly
This solution is politically expedient but may well cause long term problems.
Morose
Unhappy, gloomy
Candy felt really morose and gloomy after his old dog died.
Mordant
Sarcastic, caustic
Mai made a mordant comment, as usual, and made everyone laugh.
Erudite
Learned, knowledgeable
Leonardo da Vinci was an erudite polymath.
Articulate
Explain your thought clearly in words
I have difficulty articulating my thoughts and feelings.
Iterate
Repeating calculation again and again
I usually iterate my math answers two or three times before I turn them in.
Conflate
Put two or more things together to make a new one thing
He Conflated two images from Kipling’s stories in the film.
Conscript
Make an join the army
He was conscripted to join the army no matter if wanted to or not.
Relegate
Move to lower position
The team was relegated to the Fourth Division last year.
Redeem
Compensate for
Olivier’s performance redeemed an otherwise second-rare play.
The hotel had a single redeeming feature–it is cheap.
Confer on
Award to
The Field in mathematics was conferred on professor Ngo Bao Chau.
Tumultuous
Loud, exciting, lively
Coldplay received a tumultuous welcome in Sidney.
The tumultuous years of the Civil War scarred him forever.
Scintillating
Brilliant
Professor Clown at the Science Discovery centre had some very scintillating magic tricks.
Naysayer
No way people, skeptics
Ruffian
Thug, bully
Belford was a ruffian until he meet Phineous and Ferb.
Inundate
Overwhelm, flood
Hospitals in India were inundated with patients sick from the malaria fever.
Supplant
Replace
Twitter is trying to supplant Facebook to become the biggest social network.
Excavate
Dig to the ground
Archeologists had to excavate a large area before they discovered the ancient city of Troy.
Replicate
Duplicate
There is no need for further research to replicate these findings.
Quizzical
Showing you are slightly amused and surprised
He sat and watched her, a quizzical look on his face.
Robust
Strong, healthy, vigorous
The former robust economy had begun to weaken.
Subversive
Harmful to the political system
Cu Huy Ha Vu was jailed for subversion.
