World Of The Day Flashcards
that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive
Prepossessing
-A confident and prepossessing young man
Her manners were by no means so elegant as her sister ‘s but they were much more prepossessing.She came in with a smiled,smiled all the time of her visit,except when she laughed and smiled when she went away.
showing unusual generosity
Munificence
The museum’s collection was greatly increased by the ~ of the family’s gift.
“If you please “ said Scrooge.”Not a farthing less”A great many back-payments are included in it, I assure you. Will you do me that favour?” “My dear sir,” said the other, shaking hands with him. “I don’t know what to say to such munificence.” “Don’t say anything, please,” retorted Scrooge. –Charles Dickens,A Christmas Carol, 1843
- favorable to or promoting health; healthful:
Salubrious
@salubrious air
Quotes
His features were pretty yet, and his eye and complexion brighter than I remembered them, though with merely temporary lustre borrowed from the salubrious air and genial sun.
–Emily Brontë,Wuthering Heights, 1847
The lady murmured a resigned assent, and Doctor Lombard interposed with a smile: “My dear sir, my wife considers Siena a most salubrious spot, and is favorably impressed by the cheapness of the marketing; but she deplores the total absence of muffins and cannel coal, and cannot resign herself to the Italian method of dusting furniture.”
–Edith Wharton,“The House of the Dead Hand,” The Atlantic, August, 1904
To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest
Evince
The baby couldn’t tell us she disliked the cereal, but she evinced her distaste by grimaced
To draw up the plans or basic details for ;outline
a. To put into words; formulate:
To frame
Frame a new constitution
excess; overabundance:
@nimiety of mere niceties in conversation.
@As he said it, a nimiety of memories came back to him of the sick, the wounded, the dying: disease, war, famine, flood, fire, devastation–he had seen them for over three millennia and had never grown used to any of them.
–Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,A Feast In Exile, 2001
@The nimiety of her emotions pressed against her and she wept–as much for Anna as for herself.
–Trish Janeshutz,Hidden Lake, 1987
The quality of being arrogant
The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident
insolence - an offensive disrespectful impudent act
Insolence
@That I do not despair is because I know also the forces that are driving behind you–because I know the raging lash of poverty, the sting of contempt and mastership, ‘the insolence of office and the spurns.
Anything that resembles a waterfall,especially seeming to fall or flow in abundance,torrent
@to cause to occur in stages /sequence
Cascade
A cascade of Oddities, chips of broken comb, scale, fluff, and grubs slid out, crackled, sizzled, popped a little, and then the flames roared up and consumed all that fuel.
- To make larger or more powerful; increase.
- To add to, as by illustrations; make complete.
- To exaggerate.
Amplify
Having that information out there will amplify that success because it means markets will be able to move quickly,” the former Goldman Sachs director said.
Passing quickly,vanishing quickly,ephemeral
Fleeting
A fleeting glimpse
A fleeting interest in the campaign
A fleeting glanced
The girls caught only a glimpse of the Amish driver
Out of the corner of her eye she caught the fleeting movement of the arm with the stick raised
in the process of being completed, delivered, or produced
In the pipeline
Somewhat fat and squat/chubby
Fubsy
Oppress not the cubs of the stranger, but hail them as Sister and Brother, For though they are little and fubsy, it may be the Bear is their mother.
@”Four, sir? Four? My word, he was profligate!” the fubsy old fellow vowed, scratching his scalp under his wig with a pencil stub. –Dewey Lambdin,King, Ship, and Sword: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure, 2010
Something of inferior quality or poor workmanship ; a cheap imitation.
Shoddy
Shoddy furniture
All the clothing that was to be had in the stores was made of cotton and shoddy, which is made by tearing old clothes to pieces and weaving the fiber again.
@She wears a shoddy black coat that reaches nearly to her knees and is shaped to her waist
@The Professor, dressed in his only suit of shoddy tweeds, but flapping to and fro on the bare boards a pair of incredibly dilapidated slippers, had thrust his hands deep into the overstrained pockets of his jacket.
@Dr Freddy Patel, described as being arrogant and having a bad attitude, was finally banned from practising as a medic after being investigated numerous times and suspended on two previous occasions over his shoddy work dating back a decade.
room for free movement within limits, as in action or expenditure
Leeway
To have 10 minutes’ leeway to act
The instruction gave us plenty of leeway
According to Reuters, the central bank of Philippines has said that the recent monetary policy cut effected by the Federal Reserve would give it more leeway to set its monetary policy.
wisdom or knowledge got only after something (usually bad) has happened.
Hindsight
In hindsight we should have acted differently.
The ODA chairman admitted that with hindsight it may have been better - though more expensive - to have built it specifically for a football club to move in after the Games but that there was no interest at the time.
- the extreme front
2. the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
Forefront
; “the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England”; “
the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy”
- An important event, as in a child’s development, the history of a nation, or the advancement of knowledge in a field; a turning point.
Milestone
Those words of Lydgate’s were like a sad milestone marking how far he had travelled from his old dreamland, in which Rosamond Vincy appeared to be that perfect piece of womanhood who would reverence her husband’s mind after the fashion of an accomplished mermaid, using her comb and looking-glass and singing her song for the relaxation of his adored wisdom alone.
Occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way:
Serendipitous
And this was totally serendipitous, unexpected, it just came out as we started writing this material up about a year ago.
Her career was a collection of serendipitous and fortuitous events that entice one to believe she was fated to succeed.
Sometimes success is as much accidental or serendipitous as planned.
a subsidiary consequence, esp one that complicates
A structure of branching parts
Ramification
Jason was shocked when he learned the ramification of his cheating was immediate expulsion from the university
When you started dating a married woman, did you not realize a ramification of your actions would be her husband’s hatred
Before you quit your job, make sure you are aware of the ramification of not having a salary to pay your bills.
to gather (something) slowly and carefully in small pieces (often with difficulty)
Glean
To glean information from the newspapers
From his conversation I was able to glean nothing
To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn
- To express sorrow or grief over.
- To regret; bemoan
Deplore
The animal activists deplore the cruel practices used to obtain fur coats.
To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn
- To express sorrow or grief over.
- To regret; bemoan
Deplore
The animal activists deplore the cruel practices used to obtain fur coats.
