phone 13 Flashcards

Question

ostracize

Answer 1

to avoid someone intentionally, or to prevent someone from taking part in the activities of a group: His colleagues ostracized him after he criticized the company in public.

Answer 2

to live in a way that has no physical and mental activity: Are our kids spending too much time vegetating in front of the TV?

Answer 3

awkward because of being large, heavy, or not effective: cumbersome equipment cumbersome bureaucracy difficult to do or manage and taking a lot of time and effort: Critics say that the process for amending the Constitution is cumbersome, but others defend it.

Answer 4

in the past in England, a man who owned most of the land around a village UK old-fashioned informal used as a friendly form of address by one man to another who might be of a higher social class: "I don't know if all my luggage is going to fit in the back of the taxi." "Don't worry, squire, I'll get it in." to take someone places: Skinner uses the plane to squire around bureaucrats

Answer 5

a carriage (= a road vehicle pulled by horses that was used in the past) for two people: She stepped down from the chaise and looked around her. He helped her into a chaise and four (= pulled by four horses) that was waiting outside the house.

Answer 6

a large plant with a rounded shape formed from many small branches growing either directly from the ground or from a hard stem, grown in gardens: She planted some roses and other flowering shrubs.

Answer 7

to get money, food, etc. from other people, especially in order to live without working: sponging off the state to rub something or someone with a wet sponge or cloth, especially to clean it, him, or her: Most food stains will come off if you sponge the material with a little detergent. The doctor told me to sponge Erik down with cold water in order to lower his temperature.

Answer 8

If two or more things coalesce, they come or grow together to form one thing or system. to combine into a single group or thing: [ I ] The theory is that galaxies coalesced from smaller groupings of stars. the process in which speech sounds are joined together because someone is talking fast

Answer 9

the particular things that a person prefers, believes, thinks, or usually does: We employ people without regard to their political orientation. the fact of someone being sexually or romantically attracted to people of a particular gender, or more than one gender: He is not legally required to disclose his orientation to his employer. Anti-discrimination laws include race, sex, gender, orientation, disability, and military status as protected classes. orientation noun [U] (AIMS) the particular interests, activities, or aims of an organization or business: the company's new eco-friendly orientation

Answer 10

the general set of ideas, beliefs, feelings, etc. that is typical of a particular period in history Put in the contemporary context, this change also mirrored the overall rebellious zeitgeist of civil society, which was beginning to witness protests over many issues

Answer 11

the physical appearance of the natural features of an area of land, especially the shape of its surface the natural features of land, esp. the shape of its surface, or the science of mapping those features: Volcanoes have sculpted the topography of the island.

Answer 12

to persuade someone to do something they might not want to do, by pleasant talk and (sometimes false) promises: He really knows how to cajole people into doing what he wants. I managed to cajole her out of leaving too early. The most effective technique is to cajole rather than to threaten. to try to persuade someone to do something by saying things that please the person or make the person feel important: She is constantly cajoling her fellow citizens to adopt modern ideas and methods.

Answer 13

to persuade someone gently to do something or go somewhere, by being kind and patient, or by appearing to be: Perhaps you could coax your father into taking you to the station. A mother was coaxing her reluctant child into the water. a coaxing voice to manage to get something to do something, or something to happen, by being very patient and taking great care: Stem cells are coaxed to grow into a variety of cells to be injected into patients. She coaxed the plane in for the landing.

Answer 14

to persuade someone to do something in a clever and dishonest way, when they do not want to do it: Her son tried to inveigle her into giving him the money for a car.

Answer 15

to try to persuade someone to do something or give you something by praising them or being intentionally charming: She's one of those children who can wheedle you into giving her anything she wants. She wasn't invited, but somehow she managed to wheedle her way in. I tried different approaches - I wheedled, threatened, demanded, cajoled. to try to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by using your charm and by repeatedly asking in a way that would make refusal embarrassing: [ T always + adv/prep ] He wasn’t going to tell me but I wheedled it out of him.

Answer 16

to steal something: I was using a pen that I'd purloined from the office.

Answer 17

to cut or tear something, especially flesh: The sharp branches lacerated my bare arms. He was seen pushing the man into a wall, lacerating his chin. literary to cause someone great emotional pain: To think of his own friends betraying him lacerated him. Their cruel laughter lacerated my heart. to criticize someone or attack them with words in a very powerful way: Critics have lacerated the press for getting the facts wrong in this case. As a political cartoonist, he likes to lacerate the pompous and the powerful.

Answer 18

feeling very sorry and guilty for something bad that you have done: a contrite apology/expression

Answer 19

feeling sorry and wishing that something had not happened: He turned away with a rueful laugh.

Answer 20

relating to sound or hearing: The microphone converts acoustic waves to electrical signals for transmission. used to refer to a musical instrument that is not made louder by electrical equipment: an acoustic guitar

Answer 21

to treat yourself, your wishes, or your beliefs as being less important than other people or their wishes or beliefs: She subjugated herself to her mother's needs. Reporters must subjugate personal political convictions to their professional commitment to balance. to defeat people or a country and rule them in a way that allows them no freedom

Answer 22

the act of ending something by force: brutal police suppression of the riots the act of preventing something from being seen or expressed or from operating: the suppression of free speech the illegal suppression of evidence

Answer 23

stupid behaviour that will have bad results: It would be lunacy to try to climb the mountain in this weather. It was sheer lunacy spending all that money. old-fashioned mental illness

Answer 24

treatment in which someone is punished or judged less strongly or severely than would be expected: The defending lawyer asked for leniency on the grounds of her client's youth. But for the leniency of the referee, the player would have been sent off. C2 not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected: They believe that judges are too lenient with terrorist suspects. In view of the quantity of drugs involved, 16 years was the most lenient sentence (= punishment) the judge could impose.

Answer 25

evil: acts/crimes of moral turpitude depravity the state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad

Answer 26

to turn something so its top is at the bottom or put something in the opposite order or position: Invert the cake onto a wire rack and let it cool.

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