Re-ZA Flashcards
plunder
V: pillage, pirate; steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder.
“looters moved into the disaster area to plunder stores”
N: the violent and dishonest acquisition/possession of property.
“the farmers suffered the inhumanity and indignities of pillage and plunder”
reproach
V: address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment.
2. rebuke, reprimand, admonish; accuse someone of.
“You know that isn’t true,” he reproached her”
2. “his wife reproached him with cowardice”
N: the expression of disapproval or disappointment.
“he gave her a look of reproach”
stature
N: a person’s natural hight
2. reputation, repute
a man of short stature
2. an architect of international stature
repute
N: reputation; the opinion generally held of someone or something; the state of being regarded in a particular way.
“pollution could bring the authority’s name into bad repute”
V: reported; be generally regarded to be or as being (but not definitely the case).
“he’s reputed to earn $7m per annum”
wane
V: diminish (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
- (especially of a condition or feeling) decrease in vigor, power, or extent; become weaker.
“confidence in the dollar waned”
subside
V: moderate, abate; become less intense, violent, or severe.
2. (of water) go down to a lower or the normal level.
“I’ll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides”
2. “the floods subside almost as quickly as they arise”
reticent
A: reserved, withdrawn; not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.
“she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs”
succinct
A: concise, compact; (especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed.
“use short, succinct sentences”
wax
V: enlarge; (of the moon between new and full) have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, increasing its apparent size.
ant: wane
N: a fit of anger.
“she is in a wax about the delay to the wedding”
sully
V: disgrace, taint; damage the purity or integrity of; defile.
“they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name”
trek
V/N: a very long journey on foot
The guide took us on a long trek through the jungle in order to reach the village
bleak
A: discouraging, hopeless, bare
After the stock market crash, the future of the economy looked bleak.
