Unit 25 Flashcards
Document
(v) to provide with written evidence to support
e. g. The insurance company asked Debbie to document her claims with letters from the doctors who treated her for her condition.
Doggerel
(n) poor verse
e. g. The last stanza deteriorates into doggerel.
Dogmatic
(adj) stating opinion without proof
- Dogma (n): a belief asserted on authority without evidence
e.g. She was not tempted to be dogmatic about what she believed.
Dormant
(adj) inactive
e. g. There is a considerable body of evidence that many diseases, such as ulcers, asthma, and hypertension have a large psychological component; the working hypothesis is that they represent manifestations of dormant emotional disturbances.
Dross
(n) waste; worthless matter; trivial matter
e. g. One of the ways the dross among blogs on the internet are filtered out from the worthwhile ones is through links good blogs provide to other good blogs.
Dupe
(v) to deceive; trick
e. g. In friendship, as well as in love, the mind is often duped by the heart.
Ebullient
(adj) exhilarated; enthusiastic
e. g. The ebullient candidate for president appeared before his supporters to announce that he had won in landslide.
Landslide
(n) an overwhelming majority of votes for one party or candidate in an election
e. g. They won by a landslide.
Eclectic
(adj) selecting from various sources; deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
e. g. Universities offering an eclectic mix of courses.
Emancipation
(n) the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation
e. g. The social and political emancipation of women.
Effervescence
(n) state of high spirits or liveliness; the process of bubbling as gas escapes
- Effervescent (adj)
e.g. Effervescence occurs when hydrochloric acid is added to a block of limestone.
Effete
(adj) depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent
e. g. Effete trendies from art college.
