Vocab 10.2 Flashcards
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quotidian
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recurring everyday
common place
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humdrum
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quotidian existence is sometimes described as a humdrum routine monotonous without change without variation without excitement something that is dull and uninteresting
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penultimate
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second to the last
next to last
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nub
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gist essence core central idea crux of the argument
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demarcate
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to set boundaries
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delineate
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to draw it trace the outline of something
to sketch
to describe something in words or by gestures or by picture
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fret
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annoyed irritated bothered feeling uneasy vex agitated disturbed don't fret, just ignore it
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vex
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vexation
anything that can cause vexation is called vexation
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prod
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literal meaning - to poke animal with a pointed instrument
metaphorical meaning- to cause someone to get going
to give someone that extra push thru need to get them going
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underscore and underline
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both are the same to emphasize to highlight to bring to attention to stress to "accentuate"
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pedestrian
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not as a noun- not as a person walking on foot ordinary common boring full undistinguished mundane
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synonyms of pedestrian
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trite banal hackneyed prosaic soporific cliche
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trite
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overused
common place
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hackneyed
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overused
common place
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banal
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lacking freshness
lacking originality
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prosaic
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comes from the with prose literally means like a prose as oppose to poetry had no life no emotion metaphorically means something that lacks imagination and creativity
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soporific
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the weird is derived from saffron had the quality which makes you drowsy something that induced sleepiness metaphorically it had come to mean something that is dull boring and unimaginative
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cliche
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an overused expression
something that is trite
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extant
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antonym of extinct
don’t confuse with extent
humans are extant
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contract
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two meanings with same pronunciation
1. to catch a disease
to become infected
- to shorten
to shrink
things that contract in cold
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synonyms of shrink, shorten,
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abridge
truncate
abbreviate
curtail
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abridge
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comes in the context of literary words
to reduce the length of written work
to condense
we generally say abridged version of book
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truncate
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to shorten something
when you say truncating a book
“taking and treating it”
but abridge is shortened version of the book
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abbreviate
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to shorten a word or phrase
not literate, just a word of phrase
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curtail
to cut short
curtail your comment
curtail your enthusiasm
it can be used with anything in general
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regiment
to follow strict orders or set of rules
to follow a diet plan or plan of action
generally comes up with diet
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moniker
monicker
sobriquet
sobriquet
both mean nickname
| both had same spelling
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muck
make a muck of it
| make a mess of it
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prerogative
an exclusive right or privilege
it is the prerogative of the client to not accept the good, but the merchant cannot
there's something called women's prerogative, but there's nothing called men's
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aberration
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deviation from normal
an outlier ( from statistics)
one off thing
an exception
once in a blue moon event
"it was just a aberration officer"
adjective: Aberrant
so there's a Aberrant behavior
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connote
noun: connotation
to suggest or imply more to the meaning of a word than its literal meaning
secondary meaning suggested or implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning
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brief synonyms
Curt
terse
succinct
loconic
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Curt
to be brief
| to be Curt connotes to be brief in a ride way
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terse
to be brief in a rude manner but not always or necessarily so
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succinct
to be brief and clear
good quality to have
a virtue
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laconic
to be brief
very neutral
no connotation
so now we can understand and connote the shades of words
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noun of brief
brevity
to be brief
to have the quality of being brief
what is the antonym of brief?
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antonym of brief
verbose
noun : verbosity
using too many words
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```
synonyms
reprisal
retribution
restitution
reparation
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to pay for what u did wrong
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reprisal
noun
payment you may require from someone for the damages they did to you ("monitory payment ")
retaliation for an injury or damage
Some form of revenge (" physical damage ")
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retribution
same as reprisal
| synonym of reprisal
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restitution
returning to rightful owner what has been taken illegally from him
or giving him something of equal value
remember the hangover tiger part
tradition
restitution and retribution has a connotation of getting back at the person
restitution is kind of a court process where you have to pay back
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reparation
entire different from other 3
cos it is a nuance of atonement
atone: to make amends
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expiation
atoning of one's sins
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reparations
in the plural form
mainly history class word
compensation required from a defeated nation for the damages and injury
reparations are obligations
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atone
to make amends
to improve ones behavior
to improve our revise a law
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synonyms of consequences
reverberation
repercussions
ramification
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reverberate
it is more of a direct effect
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repercussions
indirect effect
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ramification
branching
sub diving
partitioning
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comprehensive
```
shows understanding of something
comprehend
thorough
complete
all encompassing
all inclusive
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eclectic
coding or coming from different or varied sources
eclectic collection
eclectic collection of paintings furniture etc..
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tacit
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not spoken out loud
implied or inferred from someone's actions or statements
tacit approval
tacit arrangement
tacit agreement with a corrupt official
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placid
```
quite
unruffled
undisturbed
tranquil
unperturbed
placid ambience
placid environment
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perturb
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to feel disturbed
to feel uneasy
to feel anxious
to feel perplexed
to feel confounded
to feel bewildered
to feel confused
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equanimity
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antonym of perturb
to remain calm
to have calmness
to have your composure
to remain even tempered
to have SANG FROID
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SANG FROID
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literally means cold blooded
here the context is different
you are calm
at ease
you haven't lost your temper
cold blooded generally means
careless
no feelings
no remorse
no emotions
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sanguine
literally means color of blood
| metaphorically means blood will come to your face
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sanguinary
blood thirsty
| committing carnage
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cavalier
literally means
mounted soldier
soldier on a horse
as oppose to a foot soldier
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metaphorically means
to have a carefree attitude
nothing is going to happen to me
I'm safe, off handed
arrogant
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non chalant
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synonym of cavalier
cool carefree
casually
unconcerned about what is important
to have casual disregard for something that is important
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Philistine
an uncultured \ unrefined person
a person who is not concerned with arts or music
a person who does not understand our appreciate finer things in life
a boor
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boor
literally peasant
metaphorically
a person with ill refined manners, etiquette, decorum
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decorum
proper manners
proper behavior
property etiquette
a person who is decorous
