Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards
(45 cards)
v. abscond
1) to depart from a place you’re not allowed to leave
2) to leave secretly a place and steal sth.
Oh, if you abscond with someone else’s minion, you’d better watch out.
a. aberrant
not usual or not socially acceptable (noun: aberration)
When the astronomer looked into the telescope, he was shocked by the sight of a star moving in an aberrant path.
n. alacrity
eager or Enthusiasmus
They accepted es the offer with great alacrity.
n. anomaly
deviation from the normal order, form, or rule
n. approbation
an expression of approval or praise
For this speech, he deserves our approbation.
a. arduous
involving a lot of effort over a period of time
difficult; hard to endure
Becoming a principal dancer is arduous even for someone as talented as she is.
v. assuage
to make an unpleasant feeling less severe
His reply did little to assuage my suspicions.
a. audacious
fearless, willing to take a risk
In this time no one made the audacious decision to buy gold.
a. austere
simple and plain, ascetic (of a person–> strict & serious)
Her austere Bedroom with its simple narrow bed was very congenial.
a. axiomatic
taken as a given
It is axiomatic that life is not always easy.
a. canonical
following; accepted
traditional standards
The canonical winter icons, stellar snow crystals are thin plates of ice with six main arms, or branches.
a. capricious
inclined to change one’s mind impulsively
unpredictable
v. censure
to criticize severely
to officially rebuke
But do not risk the censure of your supervisor by refusing to extend co-authorship.
n. chicanery
trickery
subterfuge
the use of complicated plans and clever talk in order to deceive people
n. connoisseur
expert on matters involving art, beauty, food,…
a. convoluted
complex, complicated
The book I was reading has a very convoluted plot.
v. disabuse
to undeceive,
to set right
to tell sb that what they think is true, is in fact not true.
No one in my family could disabuse me of that belief.
a. discordant
conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound; not in agreement
But these two discordant personalities did make their peace.
a. disparate
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
made up of parts that are very different from each other
n. effrontery
extreme boldness
rude and confident behavior
without a feeling of shame
The sheer effrontery of the thing took my breath away.
a. eloquent
well-spoken, expressive
v. enervate
to weaken
to reduce in vitality
The virus enervated her body after it attacked her immune system.
n. ennui
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
Sometimes a change of scene isn’t enough to ease urban ennui.
v. equivocate
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
You may equivocate, you may lie in your business, but you don’t lie to the press.
