General Words Flashcards
Agony
Suffering
Negligence
negligence /ˈnɛɡlɪdʒ(ə)ns /
▸ noun [mass noun] failure to take proper care over something: his injury was due to the negligence of his employers. ▫ Law breach of a duty of care which results in damage.
–ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin negligentia, from the verb negligere (variant of neglegere ‘disregard, slight’: see neglect).
Adverse
adverse /ˈadvəːs /
▸ adjective preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable: taxes are having an adverse effect on production adverse weather conditions.
The two words adverse and averse are related in origin but they do not have the same meaning. Adverse means ‘unfavourable or harmful’ and is normally used of conditions and effects rather than people, as in ‘adverse weather conditions’. Averse, on the other hand, is used of people, nearly always with to, and means ‘having a strong dislike or opposition to something’, as in ‘I am not averse to helping out’. A common error is to use adverse instead of averse, as in ‘he is not adverse to making a profit’.
–ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French advers, from Latin adversus ‘against, opposite’, past participle of advertere, from ad- ‘to’ + vertere ‘to turn’. Compare with averse.
Overestimate
underestimate
-assign too much value to the thing you are judging
-think of Sth or someone to be greater in ability, influence or value
Advance
Verb
Could you advance me 500usd until Thursday?
Factor
Verb:
To Factor in
We need to factor in the market requirements to decide on the products basket.
One factor in B is A
A is one factor in B
Used commonly with:
Key, critical, contributing, crucial
Crucial
crucial /ˈkruːʃl /
▸ adjective decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something: negotiations were at a crucial stage. ▫ of great importance: this game is crucial to our survival.
▫ informal excellent.
–DERIVATIVES cruciality /kruːʃɪˈalɪti/ noun.
–ORIGIN early 18th century (in the sense ‘cross-shaped’): from French, from Latin crux, cruc- ‘cross’. The sense ‘decisive’ is from Francis Bacon’s Latin phrase instantia crucis ‘crucial instance’, which he explained as a metaphor from a crux or fingerpost marking a fork at a crossroad; Newton and Boyle took up the metaphor in experimentum crucis ‘crucial experiment’.
Marsupial
marsupial /mɑːˈs(j)uːpɪəl / Zoology
▸ noun a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother’s belly. Marsupials are found chiefly in Australia and New Guinea, and also in America. Order Marsupialia and infraclass Metatheria, subclass Theria.
▸ adjective relating to the marsupials.
–ORIGIN late 17th century (in the sense ‘resembling a pouch’): from modern Latin marsupialis, via Latin from Greek marsupion ‘pouch’ (see marsupium).
Reef
reef1 /riːf /
▸ noun a ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea. ▪ a vein of ore in the earth, especially one containing gold.
–ORIGIN late 16th century (earlier as riff): from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif, literally ‘rib’, used in the same sense; compare with reef2.
Range
a line or series of mountains or hills:
a mountain range.
a large area of open land for grazing or hunting:
Multifaceted
multifaceted /ˌmʌltɪˈfasɪtɪd /
▸ adjective 1 having many sides: the diamond’s multifaceted surface.
2 having many different aspects or features: his extraordinary and multifaceted career.
Code of conduct
Instruction
Indication
Give sb and indication of
Be an indication of
Indicator
Noun
An object that indicates the state or level of sth
Like car speedometer
Economic indicators : like unemployment rates, etc
Indicative
Be indicative of= be an indication of = indicate
