Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
378 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Prudent |
Wise,well judged,judicious(ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason) |
|
Apostles |
Disciples,followers,missionaries |
|
Swerve |
Deviate,veer(change or cause to change direction abruptly=suddenly |
|
Dissemination |
Circulation,distribution |
|
Polysemy |
The co-existence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase |
|
Perpendicular |
At an angle of 90° |
|
Discursive |
Moving from subject to another |
|
Succinctly |
In a brief and clearly expressed manner;concise;to the point |
|
Skewed |
Suddenly change direction or position |
|
Rudimentary |
Basic,elementary |
|
Lingering |
Lasting for a long time ,remaining,persisting |
|
Dogged |
Having or showing tenacity(determination)and grim persistence |
|
Kink |
A sharp twist or curve in smth that is otherwise straight |
|
Alignment |
Arrangement in a straight line |
|
Reciprocity |
The practice of changing things with others for mutual benefits |
|
Husbandry |
The care,cultivation(growing,raising)and breeding(reproduction) of crops and animals. |
|
Accentuation |
The action or fact of accentuating(making smth noticeable) |
|
Intersect |
Divide |
|
Univocal |
Having one possible meaning ;unambiguous |
|
Uncotested |
Unopposed |
|
Breach |
Contravention,rupture |
|
Quarrel |
Heated argument;good one |
|
Disparate |
Unable to be compared |
|
Foxed by |
Stain with colour ,discolour,blemish,soil,muddy |
|
Discrepancy |
Difference,inconsistency,disparity |
|
Residual |
Remaining,leftover |
|
Aberrant |
Deviant,derapting from an accepted standard |
|
Foreground |
The part of a view that is nearest to the observer ,ecpecially in a picture or photograph |
|
Overtly |
Openly,publicly |
|
Inadvertently |
Accidently,unintentionally,unwittingly |
|
Turncate |
Shorten smth by cutting off the top oe the end,curtail,dock,prune,trim,lop |
|
Mystify |
Utterly bewilder or perplex(make obscure or mysterious |
|
Coterminous |
Having the same boundaries or extent in space,time,or meaning |
|
Inflation |
Expansion, |
|
Disjuncture |
A separation or disconnection |
|
Detotalise |
Cause smth to no be the total state of things#retotalise |
|
Dispense |
Distribute,grant an exemption(free from smth) |
|
Denunciation |
Public condemnation of something |
|
Artisanal |
Skills of making a product by hand not by a merchanized way |
|
Fuse |
Flux,blend,joind as a whole,amalgamate |
|
Variegated |
Exhibiting different colours;variety of |
|
Vertically integrated |
Owning its suppliers and distributors |
|
Gleaming |
Shining |
|
Ingenious |
Skillful,clever |
|
Unleashed |
Released,free |
|
Grimy |
Dirty;full of grime,dingy;grubby |
|
Hastening |
Speeding the process;expedite |
|
Slums |
A squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people |
|
Bangalow |
كوخ |
|
FLIMSY |
unsubstantial and easy damaged |
|
Discarded |
Thrown away ,no longer useful |
|
Perpetuate |
Make smth continue indefinitely,preserve |
|
Subservient |
Prepared to obey others unquestioningly,submissive,deferential |
|
Alleged |
Said,without proof,so-called |
|
Dispersed |
Distributed,spread over a wider area |
|
Apocryphal |
Doubtful authenticity,fictious,untrue,spurious |
|
Scout |
Soldier,lookout,outrider. |
|
Ostensibly |
As appears ornis stated to be true,apparently |
|
Intrigue |
Interest,fascinate |
|
Garbled |
(Of a message,sound,or transmission)confused and distorted ;unclear |
|
Bestowal from |
تنزيل من |
|
Ponder |
تأمل،تذكر |
|
Incarnate |
In human physical form(deity or spirit) |
|
Appeasement |
Concilation,propitation,allaying,pacify someone by agreeing to their demands |
|
Demarcation |
The action of fixing the boundary or limits of something(separation didtinction,delimination) |
|
Cater |
Provide with what is needed or required,serve |
|
Illusory |
Based on illusion;not real |
|
Semblance |
the outward appearance,approximation |
|
Blatant |
(Of bad behaviour)done openly and unshamedly,flagrant,glaring);very obvious |
|
Etched |
Fixed clearly in the mind |
|
Stunt |
Prevent from growing or developing properly,inhibit,impede,hamper,hinder |
|
Lodge |
Submit,register,deposit |
|
Distraught |
Very worried and upset,fraught,shattered |
|
Nuance |
A slight in difrrence in meaning or expression |
|
Inchoate |
Not fully formed or developed |
|
Rigour |
Theroughness,severity or strictness,hardship |
|
Discord |
Disagreement between people,strife,conflict,friction, |
|
Scrutinize |
Examine oe inspect closely and thoroughly,scan,look over |
|
Meticulous |
Showing great attention to detail,very careful and precise |
|
Shoddy |
Badly made or done,inferior |
|
Exoteric |
Intended for or likely to be understood by the general public |
|
Esotric |
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or intrest,abstruse,arcane,recondite |
|
Anathema |
Something or someone that one vhemently diskiles(abhorrent,odious,repungant,repellent) |
|
Gusto |
Enjoyement and enthusiasm in doing smth |
|
Travesty |
Misreprsenteation,distortion, |
|
Syncopate |
Displace,shorten, word,music or a rhythm |
|
Supercilious |
Lordly,prideful,disdainful |
|
Concede |
Admit,acknowldege,accept;surrender(w possession,right or privilege) |
|
Quasi-official |
Supposedly offi,seemingly,apparently,allegedly |
|
Clandestine |
Kept secret or done sercretively,ecpecially because illicit,furtive,surreptitious,cloak-and-dagger |
|
Subtley |
The quality or state of being subtle,delicacy |
|
Minutely |
Happening every minute |
|
Astounding |
Surprisingly impressive or notable |
|
Diabolical |
Charasteristic of the devil,or so evil as to be suggestive of the devil;devilish,fiendish,mephistophelian,demonic |
|
Reconciliation |
Restoration of friendly relations |
|
Concordant |
In agreement,consistent,harmonic |
|
Dismal |
Dingy,drak,gloom,dim,somber,dreadful,melancholy, |
|
Crooner |
Typical male who sings sentimental songs in a soft,low voice |
|
Contrive |
Plan or achieve skilfully,manage to do |
|
Squalid |
Dirty,grubby,(of moral standards);sordid; |
|
Emanation |
Come or spread ou from,fruit,corollary,concomitant |
|
Hut |
A small,simple,single-storey(floor) house or shelter |
|
Discrepancy |
An illogical oe surprising lack of comptability or similatrity between two or more facts. |
|
Surrogate |
Substitute,replacement,agent,deputy |
|
Denominator |
قاسم مشترك |
|
Embryo |
Undeveloped,rudimentary |
|
Retracted |
Draw or be drawn back or back in,sheathe |
|
Sublimation |
Sublimation [n.]: The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification. |
|
Clinging |
Fitting closely to the body and showing its shape |
|
Erotic |
Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire oe excitement,titillating |
|
Masochistic |
Deriving sexual gratification from one's own pain or humiliation;enjoying an activity that appears to be painful or tedious |
|
Insinuating |
Hinting at something bad in an inderict and unpleasant way;using subtle manipulation |
|
Ascetic |
Choosing to live without pleasures and luxuries,austere,abstinent,abstemious,recluse,hermit,anchorite,anchoress |
|
Prudish |
Having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex to nudity ,puritanical,proggish,prim |
|
Downgraded |
Reduced to a lower grade,rank,or level of importance,demote |
|
Ubiquity |
Ubiquity [n.]: Existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time; omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who admit his existence. |
|
Tenor |
The highest ordinary adult male singing voice;the general meaning or nature of something |
|
Fanaticism |
The quality of being fanatic,zealotry,extremism,militancy,sectarianism,متعصب لدين أو طائفة |
|
Methodical |
Done according to a systematic or established procedure |
|
Deride |
Ridicule,express contempt for;mock |
|
monad |
A single unit;organism;cell |
|
Monastic |
Of monks or nuns or their communities;cloistered,conventual,claustral,monkish |
|
Renunciation |
The formal rejection of something;typically a belief;claim;or course of action;abdication |
|
Bliss |
Great Joy,perfect happiness;ecstacy |
|
Denote |
Indicate;be a sign of,signify |
|
Foreboding |
A feeling that somth bad will happen,anxiety;pertrubation;presage;augur;portend;prognosticate. |
|
Fleeting |
Lasting for a very short time;brief,transcient,cursory |
|
Jovial |
Cheerful,friendly,convivial |
|
Copulation |
Sexual intercourse |
|
Indignant |
Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment;aggrieved,resentful,affronted,disgrunted;discontented |
|
Drudgery |
Hard menial or dull work;toil;labouring |
|
Abduction |
The action of forcibly taking someone away against their will |
|
Elopement |
Elopement [n.]: The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation. |
|
Resignation |
Departure,leaving |
|
Grotesque |
Malformed,deformed,misshapen |
|
Pretext |
Excuse,plea |
|
Patch |
Reinforcement,cover, to strenghten a weak point |
|
Compel |
Force or oblige(smeo)to do smth,impel |
|
Rife |
Widespread,universal,overflowing;bursting;teeming,seething |
|
Defiant |
Showing defiance,resistant,obstinate,non-compliant,incooperative |
|
Prerequisite |
Precondition;necessary;required; |
|
Fictitious |
Not real or true;imaginary or fabricated;counterfeit,sham;bogus |
|
Boasting |
Boasting [n.]: The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.;excessively proud |
|
Dreary |
blue; dark; depressing; dingy; disconsolate; dismal; dispiriting; gloomy; grim; sorry; drab; drear; dreary: causing dejection (ex.: a blue day; the dark days of the war; a week of rainy depressing weather; a disconsolate winter landscape; the first dismal dispiriting days of November; a dark gloomy day; grim rainy weather) |
|
Surly |
Bad-tempered and unfriendly;grumpy,glum,crotchety,pricky |
|
Replete |
Filled or well-supplied with smth;crammed |
|
Pretence |
An attempt to make smth that in not the case appear true;dissembling |
|
Physiignomy |
A person's facial features or expression;especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin;countenance |
|
Deceitful |
Dishonest;mendacious,untruthful |
|
Nestled |
nestled; snuggled: drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection (ex.: saw a number of small houses nestled against the hillside; like a baby snuggled in its mother's arms) |
|
Megalominia |
Obsession with the exercise of power,grandiosity |
|
Paranoid |
Unreasonably or obsessively anxious;suspicious;mistrutful |
|
Pixies |
Supernatural being in folklore and childern's stories;elf;fairy;sprite;imp;brownie;puck;leprechaun |
|
Depict |
Represent by a drawing;painting or other art form ;portray;illustrate;narrate |
|
Inclusion |
Addition;incorporation,insertion,involvement |
|
Divulge |
Reveal information;disclose;impart |
|
Incongrous |
Out of place;insuitable,inappropriate |
|
Glut |
An excessively abundant supply of smth;surplus;surfeit;superfluity |
|
Delinquency |
Minor crime;especially that committed by young people;wrongdoing;lawlessness |
|
Wax |
Polish or treat with wax |
|
Wane |
Become weaker;diminish;dwindle;shrink |
|
Zenith |
High point,acme |
|
Copious |
Abundant in supply or quantity;profuse |
|
Diffuse |
Spread over a wide area or between a large number of people;scatter'dispersed |
|
Prolific |
Productive;creative;inventive;fertile |
|
Laboriously |
In a way that takes considerable time and effort |
|
Tenet |
A principle or belief;doctrine;creed;credo;of a religion or philosophy |
|
Omission |
Some or smth that has been left out or excluded;deletion;lacuna;hiatus |
|
Fetishism |
Fetishism [n.]: Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.//fetishism; fetichism: sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) |
|
Flit |
Move swifly or lightely;dart;dash |
|
Accrue |
Accrue [n.]: To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. |
|
Pernicious |
baneful; deadly; pernicious; pestilent: exceedingly harmful |
|
Deviant |
Different from what is considered normal |
|
Render |
Provide a service,help;Cause to become;a payment of rent |
|
Preposterous |
laughably; ridiculously; ludicrously; preposterously: so as to arouse or deserve laughter (ex.: her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well) |
|
Gasp |
blown; gasping; out of breath; panting; pursy; short-winded; winded: breathing laboriously or convulsively |
|
Pertinent |
pertinent [a.]: 1. Fit, appropriate, suitable, relevant, apposite, adapted, applicable, pat, proper, to the point, to the purpose.2. Regarding, concerning, belonging, pertaining, appurtenant. |
|
Borne |
Borne [p. p.]of (bear): Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t. |
|
Banter |
banter [n.]: Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, badinage, asteism, joking, jesting, quizzing, chaff (colloq.). |
|
Remit |
Set aside;cancel |
|
Phantasm |
apparition; phantom; phantasm; phantasma; fantasm; shadow: something existing in perception only (ex.: a ghostly apparition at midnight) |
|
Ordain |
appointed; decreed; ordained; prescribed: fixed or established especially by order or command (ex.: at the time appointed (or the appointed time)) |
|
Amplify |
amplify [v. a.]: 1. Enlarge, greaten, extend, augment, magnify, dilate, expand, widen, develop.2. Make copious or diffuse, present in all or many aspects, dilate, expand. |
|
Jive |
Dance ti music,;jive with:be in accord,agree
|
|
Footnote |
footnote; footer: a printed note placed below the text on a printed page |
|
Dichotomy |
Dichotomy [n.]: Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts. |
|
Seldom |
Rarely;not often |
|
Budding |
budding: beginning to develop (ex.: a budding genius) |
|
Ambivalence |
Uncertainty;doubt;mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about smth or someo |
|
Appal |
aghast; appalled; dismayed; shocked: struck with fear, dread, or consternation |
|
Modicum |
modicum: a small or moderate or token amount (ex.: England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists- Ian Jack) |
|
Nook |
Corner,recess,alcove;cranny |
|
Tautological |
pleonastic; redundant; tautologic; tautological: repetition of same sense in different words (ex.: 'a true fact' and 'a free gift' are pleonastic expressions; the phrase 'a beginner who has just started' is tautological; at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition- J.B.Conant) |
|
Invidious |
discriminatory; invidious: containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice (ex.: discriminatory attitudes and practices; invidious comparisons) |
|
Conspicuous |
blatant; blazing; conspicuous: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious (ex.: blatant disregard of the law; a blatant appeal to vanity; a blazing indiscretion) |
|
Evinve |
Reveal,show |
|
Reciprocal |
Intechanged |
|
Amply |
Fully;richly(amply; fully: sufficiently; more than adequately (ex.: the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions; they were fully (or amply) fed) |
|
Verdict |
Judgement/opinion |
|
Parade |
A public procession,especially one celebrating a special day or event,cavalcafr,motorcade,carcad,cortége;a public square or promenade |
|
Agnostic |
agnostic: a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist) |
|
Customarily |
In a way which follows customs or usual practices; usually;traditionally;normally |
|
Adduce |
Cite as evidence;quote |
|
Tokens |
Symbols;sign;emblem |
|
Sanctity |
Holiness;godliness;sacred |
|
Hem |
1-edge;trim 2-surround;encircle |
|
Repudiation |
repudiation; renunciation: rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid (ex.: Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated) |
|
Ineluctable |
Ineluctable [a.]: Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.1 |
|
Behest |
behest [n.]: Command, commandment, mandate, order, precept, injunction, direction, charge, bidding, hest. |
|
Condolence |
Condolence [n.]: Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief. |
|
Construe |
construe [v. a.]: Interpret, explain, expound, translate, render, put an interpretation upon. |
|
Purport |
aim; purpose; purport; propose: propose or intend (ex.: I aim to arrive at noon) |
|
Delineated |
delineated; represented; delineate: represented accurately or precisely |
|
Immanent |
Immanent [a.]: Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; -- opposed to emanant, transitory, transitive, or objective. |
|
Elusive |
Elusive [a.]: Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. |
|
Interpellate |
interpellate [v. a.]: Question, interrogate, question imperatively. |
|
Forefront |
vanguard; forefront; cutting edge: the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field (ex.: 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) |
|
Pivotal |
pivotal; polar: being of crucial importance (ex.: a pivotal event; Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions- Henry Kissinger; the polar events of this study; a polar principal);turning point |
|
Render |
interpret; render: give an interpretation or rendition of (ex.: The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully); bestow |
|
Irrevocable |
Irrevocable [a.]: Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate. |
|
Abeyance |
abeyance [n.]: 1. (Law.) Expectation, prospect, expectancy, waiting, anticipation, calculation, contemplation.2. Suspense, suspension, suspendedness, reservation, intermission, remission, dormancy, quiescence, suppression, sublation. |
|
Ramification |
Ramification [n.]: A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.;; 2-complication; ramification: a development that complicates a situation (ex.: the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications) |
|
Oscillation |
Oscillation [n.]: Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth. |
|
Dismamtling |
dismantling; dismantlement; disassembly: the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) (ex.: Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons) |
|
Futile |
futile [a.]: 1. Trifling, frivolous, trivial.2. Worthless, valueless, useless, profitless, fruitless, bootless, vain, idle, unprofitable, unavailing, ineffectual, of no or none effect, to no purpose. |
|
Sporadic |
Sporadic [a.]: Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower. |
|
Inebriation |
Drunkness |
|
Replete |
Full |
|
Extraneous |
Extraneous [a.]: Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. |
|
Aphorism |
Aphorism [n.]: A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters. |
|
Encapsulate |
Summarize;express the essential features of smth succinctly |
|
Intact |
Complete;not damaged |
|
Anew |
Again;once more |
|
Vexatious |
annoying; bothersome; galling; irritating; nettlesome; pesky; pestering; pestiferous; plaguy; plaguey; teasing; vexatious; vexing: causing irritation or annoyance (ex.: tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork; aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport; found it galling to have to ask permission; an irritating delay; nettlesome paperwork; a pesky mosquito; swarms of pestering gnats; a plaguey newfangled safety catch; a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him; a vexatious child; it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong) |
|
Treason |
faithless; traitorous; unfaithful; treasonable; treasonous: having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor (ex.: the faithless Benedict Arnold; a lying traitorous insurrectionist) |
|
Austerity |
Sterness or severity of manner or attitude Difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce public expenditure(the act of spending funds) |
|
Unwittingly |
Unintentionally;without being aware |
|
Bewildering |
Confusing;perplexing;puzzling |
|
Placidly |
placidly: in a quiet and tranquil manner (ex.: the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes) |
|
Aridity |
Aridity [n.]: The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. |
|
Cinch |
Make sure of |
|
Numinous |
Having a religious or spirtual quality ;indicating or suggesting the presence of divinity |
|
Introspection |
Self-analysis |
|
Surrogate |
Substitute |
|
Consign |
Alocate;place |
|
Verge upon/on |
Come near to being |
|
Trope |
A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression |
|
Threshold |
Doorstep;a point of entry or beginning;doorway |
|
Mused |
Pondered;considered |
|
Stoically |
Without emotion(complaining about pain) |
|
Befits |
Suits |
|
Estranged |
Alienated |
|
Scarcely |
Hardly;rarely |
|
Negation |
Denial;repudiation |
|
Augmenting |
Increasing |
|
Duel |
Fencing |
|
Hover |
Hang ;float |
|
Elegy |
A poem of something reflection ;lament requiem |
|
Venture |
A risky or darning journey or undertaking;progress |
|
Subsume |
Include or absorb smth in someone else |
|
Adroitly |
In a clever or skilful way |
|
Sublime |
Of very great excellence ;exalted;noble |
|
Apocalyptic |
Catastrophic |
|
Abyss |
Chasm;the region of hell |
|
Preternatural |
Beyond what is normal or natural |
|
Supersede |
Take the place of ;supplant |
|
Vestige |
Remnant;trace |
|
Evaporate |
Turn from liquid to vapour;vaporize |
|
Lunatic |
Maniac;fool;madman |
|
Genealogical |
Relating to the study or tracing of lines of family descent |
|
Smite(past:smote) |
Strike with;defeate;conquer |
|
Potsherd |
A broken pieces of ceramic material |
|
Scarpe |
Use a sharp of hard implement to remove (dirt)from smth |
|
Heath |
Moor;uncultivated land |
|
Uncanny |
Strange;mysterious;eerie;preternatural |
|
Belatedly |
Later than should have been the case |
|
Fiends |
Evil spirit;demon |
|
Epitomize |
Be a perfect axample of |
|
Laconic |
Brief;concise; |
|
Veneration |
Great respect;reverence |
|
Stigmata |
Shame;disgrace |
|
Palpable |
Perceptible;visible |
|
Revelatory |
Revealing smth hitherto unkown |
|
Shrewdly |
Sharply;astute;acute |
|
Pled;plead |
Beg;entreat |
|
Serendipity |
Chance;luck |
|
Exuberant |
Full of energy;excitment |
|
Ambivalence |
Doubtful,indecisivness |
|
Aura |
Air;quality;atmosphere |
|
Fathered |
Be a father of himself;established;originated |
|
Latent |
Inactive;dormant;quiescent |
|
Coda |
Comcluding section;passage;dance |
|
Emanation |
Result;product |
|
Contamination |
Infection |
|
Juggler |
A person who adroitly balances several activities |
|
Metalepsis |
A figurative of speech in which a word or a phrase from figurative speech is used in a new context |
|
Hyperbole |
Exaggeration;magnification |
|
Tavern |
Place of business to drink |
|
Deferred |
Put off ;postpone |
|
Servitude |
Servitude [n.]: The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence. |
|
Abruptly |
abruptly; suddenly; short; dead: quickly and without warning (ex.: he stopped suddenly) |
|
Stultifying |
Cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative,especially as a result.of a tedious(dull,boring)or restrictive routine. |
|
Viability |
Ability to work successfully; |
|
Hamper ;v |
hamper [v. a.]: Shackle, fetter, entangle, clog, encumber, restrain, hinder, impede, clog. Handicap |
|
Blunt |
Make less sharp;dull;flat; Bluntly [adv.]: In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. |
|
Ferment |
agitation; ferment; fermentation; tempestuousness; unrest: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development (ex.: the political ferment produced new leadership; social unrest) |
|
Unfathomable |
unfathomable [a.]: 1. Fathomless, bottomless, soundless, very deep, very profound, abysmal.2. Inscrutable, unsearchable, impenetrable, mysterious. abysmal; abyssal; unfathomable: so deep as to be unmeasurable (ex.: the abyssal depths of the ocean) |
|
Cusp |
A point of transition between two different states. A sharp or rigid point. |
|
Credo |
A statement of the beliefs or aims which guide someone's actions. creed; credo: any system of principles or beliefs |
|
Espousal |
adoption; acceptance; acceptation; espousal: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception (ex.: its adoption by society; the proposal found wide acceptance) |
|
Taut |
Consice;tight;stretched;rigid |
|
Abstruse |
Obscure' difficult to understand, arcane,esotric |
|
Bask |
Be exposed; relax; glory |
|
Intrusion |
Invasion; the action of intruding; |
|
Sordid |
baseness; sordidness; contemptibility; despicableness; despicability: unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values;dishonest |
|
Squalor |
Squalor [n.]: Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity. |
|
Savoir-faire |
savoir-faire; address: social skill |
|
Indignation |
indignation [n.]: Anger, wrath, ire, resentment, fury, rage, choler, exasperation (at wrong and injustice). |
|
Pretence |
pretense; pretence; make-believe: imaginative intellectual play |
|
Inanity |
inanity [n.]: 1. Emptiness, vacuity, inanition.2. Vanity, frivolousness, puerility, folly, worthlessness. |
|
Perverse |
depraved; immoral; perverse; perverted; reprobate: marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good (ex.: depraved criminals; a perverted sense of loyalty; the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat) |
|
Crack |
ace; A-one; crack; fantastic; first-rate; super; tiptop; topnotch; tops: of the highest quality (ex.: an ace reporter; a crack shot; a first-rate golfer; a super party; played top-notch tennis; an athlete in tiptop condition; she is absolutely tops) |
|
precipitating: |
precipitating: bringing on suddenly or abruptly (ex.: the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce) |
|
Vista |
Vista [n.]: A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue. |
|
Frown |
Frown [n.]: A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl. |
|
Devourer |
devourer: someone who eats greedily or voraciously |
|
Tinge |
Tinge [n.]: A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste. |
|
Ardour |
ardor; ardour; fervor; fervour; fervency; fire; fervidness: feelings of great warmth and intensity (ex.: he spoke with great ardor) |
|
Nominally |
Nominally [adv.]: In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality. |
|
Ostensible |
apparent; ostensible; seeming: appearing as such but not necessarily so (ex.: for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent; the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies; the ostensible truth of their theories; his seeming honesty) |
|
Grimy |
grimy [a.]: Foul, begrimed, defiled, dirty, filthy, full of grime. |
|
Glazed |
glassy; glazed: (used of eyes) lacking liveliness (ex.: empty eyes; a glassy stare; his eyes were glazed over with boredom) |
|
Pane |
A single sheet of glass in a window or door |
|
Discreetly |
discreetly: with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint (ex.: I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this) |
|
Ajar |
Ajar [adv.]: Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.:discord "out if harmony |
|
Patent |
apparent; evident; manifest; patent; plain; unmistakable: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment (ex.: the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields; evident hostility; manifest disapproval; patent advantages; made his meaning plain; it is plain that he is no reactionary; in plain view) |
|
Flimsy |
flimsy [a.]: 1. Slight, thin, unsubstantial, of frail texture.2. Weak, feeble, trivial, frivolous, foolish, trifling, light, puerile, shallow, superficial, trashy. |
|
Dingy |
begrimed; dingy; grimy; grubby; grungy; raunchy: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot (ex.: a miner's begrimed face; dingy linen; grimy hands; grubby little fingers; a grungy kitchen) |
|
Nether |
nether; under: located below or beneath something else (ex.: nether garments; the under parts of a machine) |
|
Dodge |
Dodge [v. t.]: To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. dodge; dodging; scheme: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery |
|
Bane |
A cause of great distress or annoyance; ruination |
|
Bisect |
bisect [v. a.]: Cut or divide into two equal parts, cut in halves, halve. |
|
Rubber stamp |
handstamp; rubber stamp: a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand |
|
Circumvent |
besiege; beleaguer; surround; hem in; circumvent: surround so as to force to give up (ex.: The Turks besieged Vienna) |
|
Impudent |
fresh; impertinent; impudent; overbold; smart; saucy; sassy; wise: improperly forward or bold (ex.: don't be fresh with me; impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup; an impudent boy given to insulting strangers; Don't get wise with me!) |
|
Virulence |
fresh; impertinent; impudent; overbold; smart; saucy; sassy; wise: improperly forward or bold (ex.: don't be fresh with me; impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup; an impudent boy given to insulting strangers; Don't get wise with me!) |
|
Clatter |
clatter: a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement) (ex.: the shutters clattered against the house; the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones) |
|
Parlour |
parlor; parlour: reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received |
|
Amiable |
affability; affableness; amiability; amiableness; bonhomie; geniality: a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) |
|
Abominable |
Abominable [a.]: Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. Abominable [a.]: Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. |
|
Bust |
bosomy; busty; buxom; curvaceous; curvy; full-bosomed; sonsie; sonsy; voluptuous; well-endowed: (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves (ex.: Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes; a curvy young woman in a tight dress) |
|
Bodice |
Bodice [n.]: A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays. |
|
Commonplace |
Usual;ordinary |
|
Quietistic |
A passive withdrawn attitude or policy toward the world or wordly affairs. |
|
Incessant |
Continuing without stop |
|
Scheme |
Plan |
|
Disinterestedness |
Unbiased by personal interest ;not influenced by self-motives |
|
Compel |
Force |
|
Ethos |
Character |
|
Hew |
Chop;cut;hack |
|
Implacable |
Unable to be appeased;unable to be stopped. |
|
Serenity |
Calmness |
|
Lore |
Mythology;stories. |
|
Discern |
Perceive;recognize |
|
Countermand |
Revoke;cancel;undo(order) |
|
Admonition |
Admonition [n.]: Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning. |
|
Obscurity |
obscureness; obscurity; abstruseness; reconditeness: the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand |
|
Nocturnal |
nocturnal: belonging to or active during the night (ex.: nocturnal animals are active at night; nocturnal plants have flowers that open at night and close by day) |
|
Solitary |
alone; lone; lonely; solitary: lacking companions or companionship (ex.: he was alone when we met him; she is alone much of the time; the lone skier on the mountain; a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel; a lonely soul; a solitary traveler) |
|
Lest |
Lest [a.]: For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.خشية أن |
|
Omniscience |
omniscience: the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge |
|
Recondite |
abstruse; deep; recondite: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge (ex.: the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them; a deep metaphysical theory; some recondite problem in historiography) |
|
Elapse |
elapse; lapse; pass; slip by; glide by; slip away; go by; slide by; go along: pass by (ex.: three years elapsed) |
|
Scorn |
contemn; despise; scorn; disdain: look down on with disdain (ex.: He despises the people he has to work for; The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately) |
|
Grisly |
Grisly [a.]: Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. |
|
Gratuitous |
Gratuitous [a.]: Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. |
|
Rancorous |
rancorous: showing deep-seated resentment (ex.: preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich- Aldous Huxley) |
|
Hubris |
hubris: overbearing pride or presumption |