Chaper1 Flashcards

Question

What is a chimera?

Answer 1

A hope or dream that is very unlikely ever to come true ## Footnote Synonyms include daydream, delusion.

Answer 2

Impressive, expensive, and of high quality ## Footnote Synonyms include lavish, luxurious.

Answer 3

Very simple, with only the things that are absolutely necessary ## Footnote Synonyms include rigid, severe.

Answer 4

Someone who believes that pleasure is very important and tries to spend all their time doing enjoyable things ## Footnote Synonyms include debauchee, sensualist.

Answer 5

A person who abandons their previous beliefs and accepts opposing ones ## Footnote Synonyms include apostate, defector.

Answer 6

To call or bring someone before a court to answer a criminal charge ## Footnote Synonyms include indict, prosecute.

Answer 7

To combine two or more descriptions or ideas into a single one ## Footnote Synonyms include amalgamate, merge.

Answer 8

An explanation or statement that seems likely to be true or valid ## Footnote Synonyms include credible, believable.

Answer 9

To combine or merge multiple elements into one ## Footnote Synonyms include amalgamate, consolidate, and unify.

Answer 10

An explanation that seems likely to be true or valid ## Footnote Synonyms include credible, reasonable, and believable.

Answer 11

So obvious that it can easily be seen or known ## Footnote Synonyms include perceptible and tangible.

Answer 12

To put an end to a disorder, typically by force ## Footnote Synonyms include stamp out and finish.

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A group of words or style of speaking used by a particular group ## Footnote Synonyms include jargon and idiom.

Answer 14

Morally ignoble or dirty behavior ## Footnote Synonyms include filthy and grimy.

Answer 15

A man who behaves in a dishonest or criminal way ## Footnote Synonyms include scoundrel and villain.

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To guess or think about what might happen using known information ## Footnote Synonyms include deduce and infer.

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To experience great difficulties or be unable to decide ## Footnote Synonyms include struggle and thrash.

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tepid ## Footnote Tepid can also refer to a slightly warm liquid.

Answer 19

Being aware of or understanding something ## Footnote Synonyms include aware and mindful.

Answer 20

To delay something until a later time ## Footnote Synonyms include postpone and hold off.

Answer 21

In the air or in a higher position ## Footnote Synonyms include above and overhead.

Answer 22

To intentionally not obey a rule or law ## Footnote Synonyms include disregard and scorn.

Answer 23

To lose balance and fall down ## Footnote Synonyms include tumble and trip.

Answer 24

A fastening for the mouth of an animal to prevent biting ## Footnote Also refers to suppressing independent opinions.

Answer 25

An act causing damage or destruction ## Footnote Synonyms include plunder and looting.

Answer 26

Made or done in a careful or decorative way ## Footnote Synonyms include created and fashioned.

Answer 27

To gradually increase in amount over time ## Footnote Synonyms include accumulate and amass.

Answer 28

To suggest it as the basis for a theory or argument ## Footnote Synonyms include hypothesize and assume.

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whopping ## Footnote Whopping means extremely large.

Answer 30

Something or someone that causes great suffering or trouble ## Footnote Can also refer to the act of causing great suffering.

Answer 31

Noisy, lively, and full of energy ## Footnote Synonyms include clamorous and obstreperous.

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Reliance on practical experience rather than theories ## Footnote Synonyms include observed and factual.

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The ability of something to produce the desired effect ## Footnote Synonyms include effectiveness and efficiency.

Answer 34

A level or rank in an organization or profession ## Footnote Synonyms include level and rank.

Answer 35

A large and impressive building ## Footnote Can also refer to a long-established system.

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An action requiring care or skill ## Footnote Can also refer to clever or dishonest actions.

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A piece of spoken or written advice about behavior ## Footnote Synonyms include sermon and lecture.

Answer 38

An upper limit, usually relating to money ## Footnote Example includes a ceiling on pay rises.

Answer 39

To lose the ability to fight against someone or something ## Footnote Synonyms include yield and submit.

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To not have or do something enjoyable ## Footnote Synonyms include sacrifice and relinquish.

Answer 41

A place where traffic slows down or a problem that delays progress ## Footnote Synonyms include jam and logjam.

Answer 42

To argue about something unimportant ## Footnote Can also refer to a slight objection.

Answer 43

Making you think that something bad will happen ## Footnote Synonyms include threatening and menacing.

Answer 44

Making you think that something bad will happen ## Footnote Synonyms include threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister, doomy, inauspicious.

Answer 45

One that takes the lead or initiative; an indicator of trends ## Footnote Example: The performance of the banking sector is a bad bellwether of the economy generally.

Answer 46

Understood without being expressed directly ## Footnote Synonyms include implicit, implied, unexpressed, unspoken.

Answer 47

If someone or something is a byword for a particular quality, they have a strong reputation for that quality ## Footnote Example: The city is a byword for intolerance.

Answer 48

A strange or unusual habit or feature that someone or something has ## Footnote Synonyms include oddity, peculiarity, curiosity.

Answer 49

Seriousness and importance of manner, causing feelings of respect and trust ## Footnote Example: He lacks the statesmanlike gravitas of a world leader.

Answer 50

Rude and disrespectful behavior ## Footnote Synonyms include back talk, impertinence, impudence.

Answer 51

Official permission to do something given by a person or group in power ## Footnote Example: The project can’t go ahead without the imprimatur of the director.

Answer 52

It is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something ## Footnote Example: It behoves us to think of these dangers.

Answer 53

An occasion when a group attempts to take control of their country by force ## Footnote Example: He has led a violent armed insurgency for 15 years.

Answer 54

To happen after something else, especially as a result of it ## Footnote Example: An angry argument ensued after the accusations.

Answer 55

To reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps ## Footnote Example: The shortlist was whittled down to five.

Answer 56

Intolerance towards those who hold different opinions ## Footnote Example: Overcoming his own bigotry.

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To formally become a separate country or stop being a member of a larger group ## Footnote Example: South Carolina was the first state to secede.

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Very well protected and difficult to attack ## Footnote Example: The old fort looks virtually impregnable.

Answer 59

Basic and not detailed or developed ## Footnote Example: Her knowledge is still only rudimentary.

Answer 60

A person, animal, or plant that lives or grows in a particular place ## Footnote Example: Deer are among the denizens of the forest.

Answer 61

Expressing disapproval or suggesting something is not good ## Footnote Example: 'Fat' is a pejorative word.

Answer 62

Someone who supports the work of writers and artists by giving them money ## Footnote Example: She is a well-known patron of the arts.

Answer 63

Secretly involved with someone in a dishonest activity ## Footnote Example: The police were in cahoots with the drug dealers.

Answer 64

Not clear so that you cannot see all its details ## Footnote Example: The picture is very fuzzy.

Answer 65

An important aspect of something, on which it is based ## Footnote Example: Educational reform was a main plank of their campaign.

Answer 66

To eat something quickly and often noisily ## Footnote Example: He gobbled up the rest of his sandwich.

Answer 67

To push someone or something quickly with your finger or an object ## Footnote Example: She prodded him in the back with her umbrella.

Answer 68

To suggest or assume it as the basis for an argument ## Footnote Example: Several writers have posited the idea of a universal consciousness.

Answer 69

Causing harm or stopping the development of something ## Footnote Example: Actions inimical to peace.

Answer 70

To be reduced in size and strength, or to become weaker ## Footnote Example: My leg muscles had atrophied after months in a hospital bed.

Answer 71

A large number of things of the same type that suddenly happen in a short period ## Footnote Example: There has been a spate of burglaries recently.

Answer 72

To bring someone who is dying back to life or to bring something back into use ## Footnote Example: The doctors successfully resuscitated her.

Answer 73

To rest in order to get better after an illness ## Footnote Example: You'll need to convalesce for a week or two after your operation.

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To change smoothly from one song or subject to another without stopping ## Footnote Example: Allow one song to segue into the next.

Answer 75

A feeling of disappointment about someone or something previously respected ## Footnote Example: There's growing disenchantment with the Government.

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A long, usually boring, list of things that someone talks or writes about ## Footnote Example: She had to hear his litany of complaints.

Answer 77

To go through an area making a lot of noise and causing damage ## Footnote Example: The demonstrators rampaged through the town.

Answer 78

To make someone feel embarrassed or ashamed ## Footnote Example: They tried not to be abashed by the unfamiliar luxury.

Answer 79

Full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers ## Footnote Example: The negotiations have been fraught with difficulties.

Answer 80

Not showing fear or hesitation in the face of danger ## Footnote Example: Unflinching determination.

Answer 81

Filled with risks or difficulties. ## Footnote Synonyms include anxious, worried, upset, distraught, overwrought, agitated.

Answer 82

Not showing fear or hesitation in the face of danger or difficulty. ## Footnote Synonyms include determined, dogged, persistent, persevering, committed.

Answer 83

To show that something is less important, less good, or less true than it has been made to appear. ## Footnote Synonyms include refute, contradict, belie, confound, discredit, negate, rebut, shoot.

Answer 84

To reserve resources for a particular purpose. ## Footnote Synonyms include allocate, consecrate, dedicate, devote, reserve, save, set by.

Answer 85

A very deep, narrow opening in rock, ice, or the ground; a large difference between two opinions or groups. ## Footnote Synonyms include abysm, abyss, deep, gulf, ocean.

Answer 86

Friendliness and happiness. ## Footnote Synonyms include cordiality, affability, amiability, sociability, friendliness, warmth.

Answer 87

A curved shape sticking out from the surface of something; a sudden increase that soon returns to the usual level. ## Footnote Synonyms include surge, rise, increase, boost, swelling, bump, lump.

Answer 88

A short argument or a minor battle. ## Footnote Synonyms include fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, confrontation.

Answer 89

To take someone's money dishonestly, by charging too much or by cheating them. ## Footnote Synonyms include cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud.

Answer 90

The ability to speak easily and confidently, making people want to listen. ## Footnote Synonyms include articulacy, eloquence, rhetoric.

Answer 91

A very large and powerful person or organization. ## Footnote Synonyms include leviathan, mammoth, mastodon, monster, titan, whale, whopper.

Answer 92

[think about or plan for something that will or might happen in the future].

Answer 93

To find by chance; to suddenly notice or think of something. ## Footnote Synonyms include bump into, come across, come upon, confront, detect.

Answer 94

To support the truth of something. ## Footnote Synonyms include confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, validate, verify, vindicate.

Answer 95

To be so excited about something that you do not control what you say or do. ## Footnote Synonyms include entrance, rap, rapture, ravish, transport.

Answer 96

To stop using it or get rid of it completely. ## Footnote Synonyms include abolish, dispose of, do without, forgo, get rid of, ignore, relinquish.

Answer 97

To make something larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it. ## Footnote Synonyms include accelerate, add to, aggrandize, amplify, boost, build up, compound.

Answer 98

Showing the truth about a situation or what someone really thinks. ## Footnote Synonyms include convincing, decisive, effective, forceful, persuasive, satisfying, strong.

Answer 99

Attracting public approval and praise. ## Footnote Synonyms include praise, applause, cheers, ovation, tribute, accolade, acclamation, plaudits.

Answer 100

Very confident in behavior, often seeking attention. ## Footnote Synonyms include confident, lively, buoyant, energetic, vibrant, vivacious, extravagant.

Answer 101

To criticize someone or something unfairly or insult them. ## Footnote Synonyms include censure, condemn, criticize severely, abuse, admonish, animadvert.

Answer 102

To work hard over a long period, especially on difficult or boring tasks. ## Footnote Synonyms include hike, tramp, walk, walkabout.

Answer 103

The ability to decide what is best in a situation and to act with energy and determination. ## Footnote Synonyms include initiative, resourcefulness, enterprise, imagination, ingenuity.

Answer 104

An urgent and emotional request. ## Footnote Synonyms include appeal, entreaty, supplication, petition, prayer, request, call.

Answer 105

Something that happened or existed before something else, similar in some way. ## Footnote Synonyms include ancestor, forefather, forebear, predecessor, progenitor.

Answer 106

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately. ## Footnote Synonyms include prompting, inducement, encouragement, urging, inspiration, stimulus.

Answer 107

The action of damaging someone's good reputation; slander. ## Footnote Synonyms include infringement, calumny, litigation, misrepresentation, slander.

Answer 108

A group of people who share a characteristic. ## Footnote Synonyms include companion, comrade, disciple, follower, adherent, mate.

Answer 109

An important stage in something's development. ## Footnote Synonyms include marker, memorial, milestone, museum, battleground, benchmark.

Answer 110

Decided or controlled by law. ## Footnote Synonyms include lawful, legal, judicial, rightful.

Answer 111

Having officially been found guilty of a crime in a law court. ## Footnote Synonyms include condemn, damned, doomed, fated.

Answer 112

Something that deters people from doing something. ## Footnote Synonyms include hindrance, impediment, obstruction, block, barrier, inhibition.

Answer 113

Not considered completely honest, safe, or reliable. ## Footnote Synonyms include doubtful, uncertain, unsure, in doubt, hesitant, undecided, unsettled.

Answer 114

Documents that state a person's abilities and qualifications for a job or activity. ## Footnote Synonyms include capability, goods, qualification, stuff.

Answer 115

The end of a story, where everything is explained, or the end result of a situation. ## Footnote Synonyms include ending, finish, close, culmination, climax, conclusion.

Answer 116

Something hoped for but very unlikely to happen. ## Footnote Synonyms include illusion, delusion, fantasy, pipe dream, daydream, reverie, mirage.

Answer 117

Lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy. ## Footnote Synonyms include enervated, languid, languishing, languorous, limp, listless, spiritless.

Answer 118

Believing that people care only about themselves and are not sincere or honest. ## Footnote Synonyms include contemptuous, derisive, ironic, misanthropic, pessimistic.

Answer 119

Support given to an organization by someone. ## Footnote Synonyms include sponsor, backer, financier, subsidizer, underwriter, guarantor, benefactor.

Answer 120

Support given to an organization by someone ## Footnote Example: The charity enjoys the patronage of many prominent local business people.

Answer 121

The power of a person to give someone an important job or position ## Footnote Example: Patronage is a potent force if used politically.

Answer 122

* sponsor * backer * financier * subsidizer * underwriter * guarantor * benefactor

Answer 123

A formal or authoritative announcement or declaration ## Footnote Example: The treasurer has been taking a more optimistic view of economic recovery in his recent public pronouncements.

Answer 124

To stop something from being illegal ## Footnote Example: The campaign to decriminalize marijuana.

Answer 125

* legitimize * allow * permit * regulate * sanction * declare lawful

Answer 126

To crush something noisily between your teeth ## Footnote Example: She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly.

Answer 127

A situation that is very difficult because you do not have enough of something, especially time or money ## Footnote Example: A financial crunch that could threaten the company's future.

Answer 128

To encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster ## Footnote Example: Rising consumer sales have the effect of spurring the economy to faster growth.

Answer 129

Saying something again, usually to emphasize it ## Footnote Example: At the meeting, there were some reiterations of past promises.

Answer 130

Relating to the land, especially the use of land for farming ## Footnote Example: An agrarian place or country makes its money from farming rather than industry.

Answer 131

Help given to someone, especially someone who is suffering or in need ## Footnote Example: Her organization gave succour and strength to those who had been emotionally damaged.

Answer 132

To go past a place that you want to get to by mistake ## Footnote Example: The plane apparently overshot the runway after landing.

Answer 133

The process of giving someone their part of a total amount of something to use in a particular way ## Footnote Example: The allocation of resources/funds/time.

Answer 134

An amount of money spent for a particular purpose ## Footnote Example: The weekly outlay on groceries.

Answer 135

Very attractive in a way that attracts a lot of attention ## Footnote Example: An arresting-looking woman.

Answer 136

To help someone to work or operate normally through a difficult period ## Footnote Example: Can you lend me some money to tide me over till the weekend?

Answer 137

A person who publicly disagrees with and criticizes their government ## Footnote Example: Union dissidents have challenged the leadership of the current president.

Answer 138

Protest against official policy ## Footnote Example: Dissidence has been met with steady opposition.

Answer 139

To go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger ## Footnote Example: When she came towards me shouting, I retreated behind my desk.

Answer 140

To begin or fall into the habit of ## Footnote Example: Recently he’s taken to wearing a cap.

Answer 141

Dissatisfaction with one's circumstances ## Footnote Example: Public discontent with the government is growing.

Answer 142

Useful or pleasant facilities or services ## Footnote Example: The hotel has very good amenities.

Answer 143

Difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce public expenditure ## Footnote Example: People protested in the streets against austerity.

Answer 144

Never done or known before ## Footnote Example: Unprecedented economic growth.

Answer 145

Not showing fear or hesitation in the face of danger or difficulty ## Footnote Example: He has shown unflinching determination throughout the campaign.

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To be a sign that something is about to happen ## Footnote Example: The speech heralded a change in policy.

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To consider doing something in the future ## Footnote Example: I’m contemplating retirement next year.

Answer 148

Excellent or done in a way that other people should try to copy ## Footnote Example: Exemplary behavior.

Answer 149

Without any doubt or possibility of being changed ## Footnote Example: A categorical statement/reply.

Answer 150

Better than everyone or everything of the same type ## Footnote Example: The museum boasts an unrivalled collection of French porcelain.

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Someone who deliberately annoys or challenges other people, especially those in authority ## Footnote Example: Scientists are rather like gadflies in this matter.

Answer 152

A strong difference of opinion on a particular subject, especially about an official suggestion or plan ## Footnote Example: When the time came to approve the proposal, there were one or two voices of dissent.

Answer 153

Morally correct ## Footnote Example: He was regarded as a righteous and holy man.

Answer 154

The state of being certain or confident ## Footnote Example: It is impossible to predict the outcome of the negotiations with any degree of certitude.

Answer 155

Appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else ## Footnote Example: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.

Answer 156

Something that is allowed or given up, often in order to end a disagreement ## Footnote Example: Both sides involved in the conflict made some concessions in yesterday's talks.

Answer 157

Ability to work successfully ## Footnote Example: Rising costs are threatening the viability of many businesses.

Answer 158

To increase the size or value of something by adding something to it ## Footnote Example: He augmented his summer income by painting houses.

Answer 159

A fixed point supporting something that turns or balances ## Footnote Example: The former leader has become the pivot on which the country's emerging political stability turns.

Answer 160

To imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good ## Footnote Example: It's envisaged that building will start at the end of this year.

Answer 161

(Of a person or animal) strong and healthy, or (of an object or system) strong and unlikely to break or fail ## Footnote Example: He looks robust and healthy enough.

Answer 162

Reluctant; unwilling ## Footnote Example: I was loath to leave.

Answer 163

To hate someone or something ## Footnote Example: I loathe doing housework.

Answer 164

An act of staying awake, especially at night, in order to be with a person who is very ill or dying ## Footnote Example: His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.

Answer 165

To hate, to detest ## Footnote If you have loathe for something, you become loath.

Answer 166

An act of staying awake, especially at night, to be with a person who is very ill, to protest, or to pray ## Footnote Example: His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.

Answer 167

* Observance * Patrol * Attention * Awareness * Duty * Guard * Lookout * Monitoring

Answer 168

Not completely trusting or certain about something or someone ## Footnote Example: Dogs which have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers.

Answer 169

* Suspicious * Cautious * Watchful * Guarded * Circumspect * Prudent * Vigilant

Answer 170

To officially order someone to come to a place, especially a court of law ## Footnote Example: He has been summoned to appear in court on charges of incitement.

Answer 171

An order to appear before a judge or magistrate ## Footnote Example: The insurance company had issued a summons for unpaid mortgage repayments.

Answer 172

Careful to look at or consider every part of something to ensure it is correct or safe ## Footnote Example: The rigorous testing of consumer products.

Answer 173

To take someone away from their home or family using force ## Footnote Example: He was abducted at gunpoint.

Answer 174

* Kidnap * Shanghai * Steal * Seize * Carry off

Answer 175

To destroy something completely ## Footnote Example: Whole villages were obliterated by fire.

Answer 176

Something that certain people are allowed to do or have, which is not possible for everyone ## Footnote Example: In some countries, higher education is predominantly the prerogative of the rich.

Answer 177

Freedom from punishment or unpleasant results ## Footnote Example: These gangs operate with apparent impunity.

Answer 178

To criticize something or someone strongly for moral reasons ## Footnote Example: Politicians have condemned the attacks.

Answer 179

A restriction on a person or activity ## Footnote Example: The strictures imposed by the British Board of Film Censors.

Answer 180

Obvious, without any attempt to be hidden ## Footnote Example: Brazen cheating.

Answer 181

To show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something ## Footnote Example: The evidence completely exonerates the President.

Answer 182

The process by which you recognize and understand something ## Footnote Example: The guests took cognizance of the snide remark.

Answer 183

To make someone feel confident enough to behave in a particular way ## Footnote Example: Emboldened by drink, he walked over to speak to her.

Answer 184

A minor wrongdoing ## Footnote Example: The player can expect a suspension for his latest misdemeanor.

Answer 185

* Perfect * Ideal * Model * Faultless * Flawless * Impeccable

Answer 186

To give or order a punishment or make someone receive cruel treatment ## Footnote Example: Severe penalties were meted out by the court.

Answer 187

To make a bad or unpleasant situation better ## Footnote Example: Foreign aid is badly needed to ameliorate the effects of the drought.

Answer 188

To remove or take out something ## Footnote Example: The oil which is extracted from olives is used for cooking.

Answer 189

A difficult problem that seems to have no solution ## Footnote Example: Arranging childcare over the school holidays can be a real conundrum.

Answer 190

Interesting or exciting because of being unusual or not familiar ## Footnote Example: Exotic flowers/food/designs.

Answer 191

Something serving as a defense or safeguard ## Footnote Example: My savings were to be a bulwark against unemployment.

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