cel vocab Flashcards
(390 cards)
abdicate
to leave the position of being in responsibility (such as kings/queen)
- to resign, to step down, to renounce
ablution
a washing or cleansing of the body, especially as a part of religious rite
abomination
disgust or hatred or something that causes it - NOSFERATU
- loathing, outrage, horror, evil
- to perform abomination, an object of abomination
abscond
to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
- to escape, flee, slip/get away
- to abscond from jail, to abscond to a country
abstract
not concrete or not practical, difficult to understand (theoretical, general, complex, conceptual)
- abstract principle/painting/art
or to extract, take out (draw, pull, separate)
- the author has abstracted poems…
allegiance
loyalty or the obligation of loyalty, as to a state or a nation
- fidelity, duty, devotion, obedience
- driven by allegiance, pledge of allegiance, to owe somebody allegiance. to switch allegiance
accord
harmony, agreement - “his views accorded well with those of Merivale” or “I was in a total accord”
spontanious desire to take a certain action
give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition) - “the powers accorded to the head of state”
- in accord with, of one’s own accord, with one accord, peace accord
adjacent
next to, neighbouring
- adjacent office/room, adjacent to sth
affair
business, sth done or to be done
a matter of personal concern
- matter, thing, issue, concern
ajar
slightly opened, gaping, unclosed
A-levels
the advanced level of a subject taken in school, the later of two standardized tests in a secondary school subject, used as a qualification for entrance into a university
ancient
old, old-fashioned
having the qualities associated with age
- ancient monument/rite/civilization, to look ancient
anorak
a heavy jacket with a hood, a parka
anticipation
the act or waiting, expectation or prediction
- apprehension, hope
- in anticipation of, to keep somebody in anticipation, atmosphere of anticipation
anxious
worried or apprehensive about a certain event
attended with or showing anxiety
- uneasy, concerned
- to be anxious about sth, anxious look/behaviour
apply
to put something into action
to put for special use
to devote one’s efforts to somebody
- requests, seek, appeal, petition, concerns
- apply for sth (a job), to apply self
apprehend
to take into custody, to arrest
to mentally grasp, to understand
apprehensive
scared, worried about sth, anxious, fearful
quick to apprehend (relating to perception or understanding)
arbitrary
random, unreasonable - “an arbitrary decision”
not limited by law - unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority - “a country under arbitrary government”
of unspecified value in maths
aspire
to have an ultimate goal or to stride towards it
- to shoot, to aim
- aspire to
assuage
to calm, to make sth less severe than usual
satisfy (an appetite or desire)
assumption
a presumption - a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof
the action of taking on power or responsibility
austerity
sternness or severity of manner or attitude
plainness and simplicity in appearance
difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce public expenditure
backdrop
the setting for sth, background
scenery hung at the back of a stage