Basics 4 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Depressed mood
sullen
a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
encomium
an authoritative warning or order.
Injuction
a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.
“the refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering”
postpone (a sentence, obligation, etc.).
“the execution was only respited a few months”
respite
the undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution.
“the ruthless subversion of democracy”
Subversion
Condemnable, deplorable
Reprehensible
an unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad.
“I’ve done nothing to deserve all your vicious insinuations”
insinuation
Rejected
rebuff
a person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture in a religion.
“religious fundamentalists”
fundamentalist
making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.
“an exhilarating two-hour rafting experience”
exhilarating
become detached and drop to the ground.
“my sunglasses fell off and broke on the pavement”
2.
decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality.
“attendance is bound to fall off if the major parts are always taken by the same children”
fall off
to officially start an event.
Flag off
a heavy blow with the hand or a hard object.
“a clout round the ear”
clout
Sacrilege
desecration
a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, criminal, rude, taboo, depraved, or degrading in the associated society. In more minor usage, the vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhealthy habit.
Vice
consonance
agreement
Pent-up
If something’s pent-up, it’s restricted or held back in some way. You might appear calm and collected, but if you’ve secretly got a lot of pent-up anger, it will eventually need to be released. Boom!
involving secret or unlawful cooperation aimed at deceiving or gaining an advantage over others.
“the companies’ collusive behaviour enabled them to charge higher prices”
Collusive
not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
Spurious
strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass).
“the captured general was flayed alive”
Flay
Allay
1 : to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity
coalesce
coalesce
“his idea served to coalesce all that happened into one connected whole”
Definitions from Oxford Languages
free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.
acquit
accept something reluctantly but without protest
acquiesce
“Sara acquiesced in his decision”
