Daily Double Quiz #7 Flashcards
(32 cards)
Incognito
Italian
Undercover or in disguise
“In disguise”
Rome Was Not Built in a Day
An important goal takes time to achieve
A
Without atypical - not typical agnostic - without a god amoral - without morals anomaly - not normal
Anti
Against
antisocial - not social
antibiotic - against bacteria
antidote - a cure
(Don’t) Burn Your Bridges Behing You
To make a decision that you cannot change
To ruin a relationship beyond repair
Macho
Spanish
Strong; Aggressive
“Manly”
Bri/Brev
Brief or short Brief - Quick Briefing - Instructions Brevity - short Abbreviations - shorten Abridged - shortened
Ben/Bon
Good Bonfire - Good fire Benefit - advantage Bonjour - good day Bon bon - chocolate truffle
A Watched Pot Never Boils
When waiting anxiously for something, the time moves slower
Tycoon
Japanese
A powerful and wealthy business person
“Great lord”
Cap/Cip/Cept
to take or to get intercept - block capture - take away recipient - a person who receives something susceptible - likely to get
Co/Col/Com/Con
With or together Coworker - person that you work with Conversation - discussion with somebody Community - Group of people Companion - person that you are with
Off the Wall
Shocking or really unusual ; energetic
Kudos
Kudos
Greek
praise or “good job”
“Glory”
Dem
people
democracy - people government
epidemic - something that spreads from person to person
demographics - statistics about people
Dis/Dif
not, away from, apart, the reverse dishonest - not honest disagree - don't agree disapproved - not approved diffuse - disable
Backseat Driver
A person who gives unwanted advice
Utopia
Greek
A perfect or flawless place or society
“no place”
Err
to wander error - mistake erratic - not focused ; not stable errant - wanderer errand - wander to different things to do
E/Ex/Ef
Out ; out of former ex-president - former president exclude - keep out expire - out of date explain - say to understand
Go against the grain
to go against the norm or status quo
Chic
French
Fashionable, in style, or sophisticated
“Elegant
Fer
to carry transfer - across offer - give confer - bring together defer - ?
Fin
End, complete Finish - the end Finale - end of show final - last infinite - not ending