Vocab - Set 11 Flashcards

Question

polarize

Answer 1

divide two sharply contrasting things into two different ideas

Answer 2

opinionated, biased, dogmatic person

Answer 3

tedious and not fun activity

Answer 4

lend credibility to something

Answer 5

bogus, fake

Answer 6

interpret something/understand something

Answer 7

extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of. "my travel notes were distilled into a book"

Answer 8

throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship or abandon or discard

Answer 9

unjustifiably, flawed, groundless, illogical, unacceptable

Answer 10

pleasant, beneficial

Answer 11

economically, frugally

Answer 12

convenient/advantageous and practical although possibly improper or immoral

Answer 13

showing very poor judgement

Answer 14

NOT generous, its FRUGAL, economically

Answer 15

the quality of being infallible; the inability to be wrong

Answer 16

feel uneasy or embarrassed

Answer 17

malleable, flexible

Answer 18

not full developed or without shape

Answer 19

not skilled

Answer 20

attribute, assign

Answer 21

not being clear in order to hide the truth

Answer 22

double or being deceitful

Answer 23

long and complex or adjective: curvy, full of twists and turns - for eg: roads

Answer 24

too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous

Answer 25

impossible to harm or damage

Answer 26

come together to form one mass or whole, merge, fuse

Answer 27

not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious, an inscrutable smile, inscrutable motives

Answer 28

associated with corrupt bribery

Answer 29

scold or blame

Answer 30

comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory or exhibition of art/something

Answer 31

irritate or annoy

Answer 32

the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried

Answer 33

hesitancy; uncertainty

Answer 34

someone concerned, showing interest or concern

Answer 35

cheerful and full of energy

Answer 36

tendency to be easily angered, short-tempered

Answer 37

not regularly or continuously; intermittently - sporadically

Answer 38

lack of moral principles; bad character, evil

Answer 39

quickly fading, disappearing

Answer 40

recurrence of an undesirable condition

Answer 41

listen; hearken back: date back

Answer 42

reduced in quality or value, degraded

Answer 43

"Normative," however, refers to what we perceive as normal, or what we think should be normal, regardless of whether it actually is - normative behaviour

Answer 44

- best example of something - widely used example of something

Answer 45

exist in large numbers or contains large numbers

Answer 46

1. to declare a dead person saint 2. to treat something as the "greatest" or sacred

Answer 47

1. argue (for your position in argument) 2. deal with problems/difficult situation "she's had a lot of problems to contend with)

Answer 48

Imitate actions (but in good way, to achieve the same success as others, its not simply copying)

Answer 49

distinguished style

Answer 50

conceal or hide true feelings

Answer 51

dangerous, risky

Answer 52

strong feelings for something, enthusiasm

Answer 53

acting as if you are better and more moral than others

Answer 54

continuous questions, comments (can be physical attack with guns also)

Answer 55

diverging from previous thoughts or course in life

Answer 56

1. speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people 2. clever language that sounds good but is insincere and may not have any real meaning

Answer 57

1. pure (metal) 2. unconditional, complete (love)

Answer 58

horrified, surprised

Answer 59

1. charm someone in deceptive way 2. help pass time pleasantly "to beguile some of his time he went to the cinema"

Answer 60

increase in flow, ripple, growth

Answer 61

fast and energetic in wild and uncontrolled way

Answer 62

unlucky, unfortunate

Answer 63

to make something unclear and more difficult to understand

Answer 64

copying a work of art but it pays homage to it, its not mocking it

Answer 65

enthu or ecstatic expression of feeling "rhapsodies of praise"

Answer 66

by chance, accident

Answer 67

turning and twisting while moving, having many curves (path, roads)

Answer 68

stop, halt (flow)

Answer 69

state of being morally bad

Answer 70

1. showing something how bad it is "children leaving school with no qualifications is an indictment of education system" 2. accusation of crime

Answer 71

1. murky, opaque, cloudy substance 2. confused or obscure in meaning or effect "turbid piece of cinema"

Vocab - Set 11 Flashcards

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