OAP Flashcards
(44 cards)
Scathing review
adj. 1 scathing - marked by harshly abusive criticism; “his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists”; “her vituperative railing”
vituperative
critical - marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; “a critical attitude”
Sit back
sit back - settle into a comfortable sitting position
take it easy
relax, decompress, unwind, loosen up, unbend, slow down - become less tense, rest, or take one’s ease; “He relaxed in the hot tub”; “Let’s all relax after a hard day’s work”
2 sit back - be inactive or indifferent while something is happening; “Don’t just sit by while your rights are violated!”
sit by
look on, watch - observe with attention; “They watched as the murderer was executed”
Preempt
Answer all questions and preempt further questions
n. 1 preempt - a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
v. 1 preempt - acquire for oneself before others can do
2 preempt - take the place of or have precedence over
3 preempt - gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
4 preempt - make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
Mental block
mental block - an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; “I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block”
Writer’s block
n. 1 writer’s block - an inability to write; “he had writer’s block; the words wouldn’t come”
Libelous
Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet.
ED
Executive Director
ETA
Estimate time of arrival
Nb
Pay attention to this
PTO
Please turn over
x
Multiply, extension
COD
Cash on delivery
File as you go
Be organized at any time
Play it by ear
decide on one’s actions as one goes along, depending on the situation; “She didn’t know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear
myriad
n. 1. The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.
2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.
a. 1. Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.
gnaw
v. t. 1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at.
His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
- Dryden.
2. To bite in agony or rage.
They gnawed their tongues for pain.
- Rev. xvi. 10.
3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
4. To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to vex; - usually used with at; as, his mounting debts gnawed at him.
v. i. 1. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teeth something hard, unwieldy, or unmanageable.
I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me.
- Sir P. Sidney.
well-versed
Knowledgable, proficient
tag line
n. 1 tag line - the point of a joke or humorous story
gag line, punch line, laugh line
Remiss
Adj. Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.
We would be remiss in not reminding you of ….
Fester
v. i. 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.
Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
v. t. 1. To cause to fester or rankle.
n. 1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
2. A festering or rankling.
Purge the emails
Cull the emails
surge
n. 1 surge - a sudden forceful flow
upsurge, rush, spate
2 surge - a sudden or abrupt strong increase
3 surge - a large sea wave
v. 1 surge - rise and move, as in waves or billows; “
2 surge - rise rapidly;
3 surge - rise or move forward; “
4 surge - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; “
5 surge - see one’s performance improve; “He levelled the score and then surged ahead”
tumble
v. i. 1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one’s self about; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses.
2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill.
3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
v. t. 1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; - sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.
2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
n. 1. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
slouch
- A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
- An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
Slouth hat
a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.
v. i. 1. To droop, as the head. - To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
v. t. 1. To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.
