De Hi mix Flashcards
despair
N: hopelessness, desperation, anguish; the complete loss of hope.
“in despair, I hit the bottle”
elongate
V: extend; make (sth) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
“an artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings”
A: long in relation to width; elongated.
“elongate, fishlike creatures”
foresee
V: be aware of beforehand; predict, anticipate, forecast.
“we did not foresee any difficulties”
cupidity
N: greed for money or possessions.
“new wealth, however tainted by cupidity and egoism, tends to be favorable for the arts”
anticipate
V: expect; expect or predict.
“she anticipated scorn on her return to the theater”
~~ 2. act as a forerunner or precursor of.
“he anticipated Bates’s theories on mimicry and protective coloration”
desolate
A: (of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.
“a desolate moor”
V: make (a place) bleakly and depressingly empty or bare.
“the droughts that desolated the dry plains”
N: desolator, desolateness
moor
N: a tract of open uncultivated upland; a heath.
“a little town in the moors”
eloquent
A: fluent/persuasive in speaking or writing; potent, well spoken
“an eloquent speech”
forge
V: make/shape (a metal object) by heating it and beating it.
“he forged a great suit of black armor”
- create (a relationship or new conditions).
“the two women forged a close bond” - produce a copy or imitation of (a document, signature, banknote, or work or art) for the purpose of deception.
“the signature on the check was forged”
detrimental
A: harmful, maleficient; tending to cause harm.
“moving her could have a detrimental effect on her health”
embryonic
A: relating to an embryo.
“slight differences in embryonic development”
- undeveloped, 早期的
foster
V: encourage or promote the development of (sth, typically something regarded as good).
“the teacher’s task is to foster learning”
