W12 Flashcards
coercive
threatening
vandalism
action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property
self-effacing
modest / humble
demure
modest / self-effacing
romanticize
make (something) seem better or more appealing than it really is / glamorize
demur
protest / object / raise voice to show reluctance
hold forth
talk lengthily, assertively, or tediously about a subject. / speak / talk / go on
aparel
clothing
proselytize (1 & 2)
(1) convert or attempt to convert + (2) advocate / promote
tentative
inhibited / hesitant
evangelize
convert or attempt to convert / proselytize to christianity
mull over
thinking over it / contemplating
pressing (1 & 2)
(1) persistent / determined / tenacious + (2) urgent / critical
oblique
indirect
hagiography
writting of the lives of saints/ a biography that treats its subject with excessive reverence
*predicament
unpleasant situation / difficult situation / mess
opulence
affluence / wealth / luxury
castration
removing testicles of male or animal
corral
gather together / assemble / round up
reverberations
echo / resonance
plodding
slow moving and unexciting
{ploughing}
incur
(jhelna) become subject to (something unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of one’s own behaviour or actions/ suffer
meandering
winding / prevaricating / zigzagging / twisting
plod
walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps
{plough}
pertinent
relevent
debase
degrade / insult
impertinence
insolence / rudeness
demean
degrade / insult / humiliate
hegemony
authority / leadership / dominance / supremacy / ascendancy
cosset
pamper
{cuddle}
unthinking
thoughtless / inconsiderate / uncaring
{un(not)-thinking(thought)}
egomaniac
a person who is obsessively egotistical or self-centred
{egotist}
reactionary
conservative / BJP / right-wing
dispel
eliminate / banish
augury
a sign of what will happen in the future
anodyne
harmless / inoffencive / neutral / inocuous
unaccustomed
not familiar / unusual / unused to
apotheosis
peak / heyday / pinnacle
vicissitudes
a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant. / change / alteration
dysphoria
A state of feeling uneasy, unhappy or unwell
{dis-euphoria}
unflappable
calm in crisis / unperturbable
{cant be flapped}
*solicitude
care for someone / concern
taken with
highly attracted
gobble
eat hurriedly and noisely
trope
figure of speech or play of words
nuance
a subtle difference in shade of meaning