Flashcards in List1 Deck (81)
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Perfidy
Behaviour that is not loyal
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Irascible
Irritable, easily angered
-he is an irascible and difficult man
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Pioneering
Using ideas and methods that have never been used before
- a pioneering surgeon
-pioneering techniques
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Dampen
To make something less strong or active, to check
-nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm
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Despair
The feeling that there is no hope and you can do nothing to make it better
- they are in the depth of despair over/about the money they've lost
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Exalt
To think or speak very highly of, acclaim, glorify
To raise to higher rank
-the party will continue to exalt their hero
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Acknowledge
To express gratitude
- Doran stuck his head out of the window to acknowledge the cheering
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Concede
To admit, to acknowledge
- he finally conceded that she was right
To grand as right or privilege
- to concede a longer vacation for all employees
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Suppress
to forcibly put an end to
To prevent the development of; restrain
-the raising was savagely suppressed
-she couldn't suppress a rising panic
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Shrewd
Sharp in practical matters
- a shrewd politician makes smart decisions
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Analogous
Comparable
-they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children
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Inadvertent
Unintentional
-an inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment
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Diffidence
Modesty, lack of self-confidence
-I say this with some diffidence because I don't have enough evidence
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Solitude
The situation of being alone without other people
-after months of solitude at sea it felt strange to be in company
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Pedestrian
Not interesting or unusual
- his style is so pedestrian that the book becomes a real bore
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Cordial
Warm and friendly
Strongly felt, intense
- the atmosphere was cordial and relaxed
- I earned his cordial loathing
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Inductive
Using a particular set of facts or ideas to form a general principle
-inductive reasoning
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Perfunctory
Done quickly, without taking care or interest
-his smile was perfunctory
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Elliptical
Having an oval shape
(Of a style of speaking or writing) tending to be ambiguous
- an elliptical prose that is difficult to understand
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Immutable
Unchanging over time or unable to be changed
- an immutable fact
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Buck
to oppose or resist
- he wants to be the tough rebel who bucks the system
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Convivial
Friendly, enjoyable
- the cocktail party was convivial and the host was convivial
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Scrutinise
To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly
-customers were warned to scrutinise the small print
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Accord
To give something (as special treatment) to someone or something
A formal or official agreement
- such an approach accords with the principles of socialist ideology
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Utilitarian
Designed to be useful rather than decorative
-like many factories, it's a very ugly utilitarian building
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Fecund
Highly fertile
Producing many new ideas
-her fecund imagination
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Perpetuate
To keep alive, keep going ; preserve,not make something counties indefinitely
- the confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence
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Proprietary
Relating to an owner or ownership
-the company has a proprietary right to the property
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Sift
To examine something thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important
- until we sift the evidence ourselves, we can't comment objectively
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