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(38 cards)
shudder
/’ʃʌdə(r)/
tremble, shake,
shiver, quiver
I shuddered at the sight of his blood.
dispensing
/dɪ’spens/
do without, give up;
distribute, give out, hand out
“I marveled at Beaton’s dispensing skill”
marveled
/’mɑːvl/
wonder, be astonished;
be amazed; be impressed
“These were no more than a quarter-inch in diameter, and so perfectly round that I marveled at Beaton’s dispensing skill”
gingerly
/dʒɪndʒə(r)lɪ/
cautiously,
in a very cautious and tentative way,
carefully
He walked to the sidelines gingerly.
Inclineation
/ɪnklɪ’neɪʃn/
tendency;
liking, preference;
slope, incline, slant;
bending, leaning
“my own inclination was to consider such usage unhygienic in the extreme”
meager
/miːgə(r)/
scant, poor, little, insufficient, lacking in amount of quantity; scrawny, lean (also meagre)
“treating those few patients, with however meager a resource, had made me feel truly solid and useful once more.”
idly
/aɪdlɪ/
lazily, inactively, in an unproductive mann
“I mentally read back the textbook description to myself, idly smoothing out the tangles of my hair with my fingers.”
deprecatory
‘deprɪkətərɪ
condemning, critical; belittling, scornful
the teacher’s deprecatory remarks
gregarious
/grɪ’gerɪəs/
living in flocks or groups (of animals); growing in a cluster or colony (of plants); outgoing, sociable
“People are gregarious by necessity.”
Edible
/ ed´ǝ bǝl /
something that may be eaten
“as so many other edible creatures have found, that there is protection in numbers.”
Precarious
prɪ’kerɪəs
dangerous, risky; unsteady, unstable;
I was “feeling guilty at having brought him into such a precarious situation.”
declevity
de’cliv·i·ty || -vətɪ]
descent, slope, decline
“He took my elbow to help me out of the declivity, and we set off up the slope.”
Wean
wɪːn
break away from something one is accustomed to (i.e. a habit, nursing, etc.)
The weaning process begins the first time your baby takes food from a source other than your breast.
Foliage
fəʊlɪɪdʒ
leaves; representation of leaves and flowers in architecture
pollution has stripped the trees of their foliage.
Inclineation
/ɪnklɪ’neɪʃn/
tendency;
liking, preference;
slope, incline, slant;
bending, leaning
“my own inclination was to consider such usage unhygienic in the extreme”
meager
/miːgə(r)/
scant, poor, little, insufficient, lacking in amount of quantity; scrawny, lean (also meagre)
“treating those few patients, with however meager a resource, had made me feel truly solid and useful once more.”
idly
/aɪdlɪ/
lazily, inactively, in an unproductive mann
“I mentally read back the textbook description to myself, idly smoothing out the tangles of my hair with my fingers.”
deprecatory
‘deprɪkətərɪ
condemning, critical; belittling, scornful
the teacher’s deprecatory remarks
gregarious
/grɪ’gerɪəs/
living in flocks or groups (of animals); growing in a cluster or colony (of plants); outgoing, sociable
“People are gregarious by necessity.”
Edible
/ ed´ǝ bǝl /
something that may be eaten
“as so many other edible creatures have found, that there is protection in numbers.”
treachery
tretʃərɪ
betrayal, perfidy, treason, disloyalty
“Dougal and a few of the others are coming wi’ me to the meeting, in case of any treachery by Horrocks.”
Dismount
dɪs’maʊnt
get off, alight from (a horse, vehicle, etc.); bring or take down
“Ignoring my vociferous objections, he disappeared into the trees. Stubbornly, I refused to dismount.”
vociferous
vəʊ’sɪfərəs
loud, noisy, clamorous
“Ignoring my vociferous objections, he disappeared into the trees. Stubbornly, I refused to dismount.”
Idle
‘aɪdl
worthless, unimportant
I dinna make idle threats.
