Jargon Flashcards
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Stratified
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formed or arranged into strata or layers.
โstratified limestoneโ
(of a society) divided into levels or classes based on social status, education, or income.
โa stratified society in which political power and influence still lay in the hands of the landed
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halcyon
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Good times
๐ก
denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.
โthe halcyon days of the mid 1980s, when profits were soaringโ
Iniquitous
In equal. ~~~. Quitous
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grossly unfair and morally wrong.
โan iniquitous taxโ
Connotations
an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
โthe word โdisciplineโ has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression
Enigmatic
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Difficult to understand
Unheralded
Not expected
Opacity
Visibility
Disserations
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Plastic
Easily shaped or moulded
Hest plastic mould to any shape boi
Cannot do it with a rockk
Plumb
measure (the depth of a body of water).
โI plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres downโ
2.
test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical.
โthey are valuable aids in plumbing the frames and keeping the side of the ship fairโ
Surfeit
Excessive amount of something
Surfeit of foood boi
Dearth
Scarcity or lack of something
There is a dearth of evidence
erstwhile
former.
โthe erstwhile president of the company
undulating
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having a smoothly rising and falling form or outline.
โthe undulating country lanes of Northern Ireland
noisome
having an extremely offensive smell.
โnoisome vapours from the smouldering wasteโ
very disagreeable or unpleasant.
โa noisome concoction of which cheap port is the basisโ
Subdued
๐ฟ
of a person or their manner) quiet and rather reflective or depressed.
โI felt strangely subdued as I drove homeโ
auspicious
conducive to success; favourable.
โit was not the most auspicious moment to hold an electionโ
Similar:
favourable
propitious
promising
full of promise
bright
rosy
good
optimistic
hopeful
encouraging
opportune
timely
well timed
lucky
fortunate
provid
Deleterious
cause damage
Harmony
the combination of simultaneously soundedmusical notes to produce a pleasing effect.
โthe piece owes its air of tranquillity largely to the harmonyโ
Murmur
Murmur usually means: Quiet or indistinct speech. Breathy voice, a type of phonation in speech, also known as a โmurmured voiceโ
Clangor
๐จ tantan**tan
noun: clangora continuous loud banging or ringing sound.โhe went deaf because of the clangour of the steam hammersโ
Debase
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reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.
โthe love episodes debase the dignity of the dramaโ
Rankle
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Annoy anger
Minatory
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expressing or conveying a threat.
โhe is unlikely to be deterred by minatory finger-waggingโ