EN words 📕 Flashcards
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Persecute
To systematically subject a particular person, race, or group to cruel or unfair treatment. To make someone the victim of continual pestering or harassment.
Perpetuate
To make everlasting; to prolong memory of a thing or person.
Precedent
An example from the past that is either identical to a current situation or similar enough to it to use as a guide.
Rectify
To make something right; to correct an error. Technically, to purify a substance through distillation.
Roguish
Mischievous, often in an unscrupulous or dishonest way. Like a rogue; known to have low morals and bad habits. Playful.
Hypochondria
The hypochondria is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness.
Bona fide
Authentic, actual, or genuine. Not deceptive; indisputably legitimate.
Capitulate
To surrender according to specific conditions. To accede to demands. To give in to an argument, request, or pressure. To capitulate early or late still means to give in to demands or debate.
Zealous
Actively and unreservedly enthusiastic; fervent or fanatical.
Utterance
Something uttered or vocalized; a word or sound spoken aloud. A style of speaking.
Pervade
To spread throughout or be present throughout; infiltrate, penetrate, or circulate widely. A cat’s purr can pervade a quiet room with a sense of peace.
Cohort
A supporter, accomplice, or associate of a particular leader to whom special treatment is given. A member of a united group or group sharing a common characteristic like age, income, or gender, especially in statistical surveys.
Ultimatum
An expression that includes a demand along with the consequences, usually negative, of failing to meet the demand. A set of terms that cannot be compromised, without predetermined consequences occurring.
Brandish
To wave something, especially a weapon, in a threatening or menacing way. To wave something in defiance, as a warning of potential future harm, or out of pride, as a sign of status.
Candor
Honesty, directness, and openness. Freedom from prejudice or bias. Purity of heart; lack of malicious feelings. A lack of equivocation or doubletalk.
Speculative
Based on conjecture or incomplete information. Describes opinions or conclusions not based on facts. Risky, in terms of an investment that is potentially profitable.
Wreak
To inflict something violent, especially punishment or revenge. Not to be misused or confused with reek, which means to stink.
Niche
A recess in a wall especially for a statue.
Burning bridges
Leaving something behind.
Benevolent
Aardig, nice.
Abolish
Afschaffen
Immutable
Not capable of or susceptible to change.
Susceptible
Capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation.
Ambiguous
Dubbelzinnig in het Nederlands. Waar twee betekenissen eruit kunnen worden gehaald.
