List 9 Flashcards
table
postpone, adjourn
“The conversation on an annex campus for Soka was tabled as the board of trustees couldn’t reach a consensus”
acquiesce
allow, accept, permit, capitulate
“The Amazon employees acquiesced in the slight wage increment though they asked for health care benefits”
protracted
prolonged, extended
“The US recalled troops stationed in Afghanistan after a protracted and intricate conflict in the region”
founder
fail, fall through
“Hitler’s plan to totally dominate Scandinavia foundered as the Swedes fiercely resisted his advances”
abscond
escape, bolt
“Fredric Douglass absconded from his slave owner after years of oppression, marking a monumental feat in the path towards slavery abolition”
chivvy
nag, badger, gall
“When she saw the spark in Tito’s eyes after watching the game commercial, Miss Gardner knew he would chivvy her to buy it”
ineluctable
inescapable
“Since we made that impetuous decision we will have to deal with its ineluctable repercussions”
vitiate
weaken, make ineffective
“Although he was grieving his cousin’s demise, he knew that vengeance would only vitiate the plan”
retrench
reduce, cut
“The recession forced the school to retrench their expenses on music programs”
palatial
luxurious, deluxe, splendid
“Once a little boy who lived in a small house in Akron, Lebron James now owns multiple palatial homesteads in California”
prohibitive
excessive, exorbitant
“The government instituted rent control policies to curb the prohibitive rent prices in the city”
sclerotic
unresponsive, rigid, inflexible
“As sclerotic as he was, Prof. Peters did not brook any deadline extension requests from his students”
antedate
precede, predate
“The Malian empire predated the Ashanti Kingdom by several centuries”
recapitulate
summarize, reiterate
“The teacher had to recapitulate the instructions innumerable times as the kids kept interrupting him”
extirpate
destroy, eradicate
“Vaccinations were crucial in extirpating Polio in the 1990s”
