Vocab week 2 Flashcards
Alienated (two parts of speech, five definitions)
Alienated (adj)
1. experiencing or inducing feelings of isolation or estrangement.
“an alienated, angst-ridden twenty-two-year-old”
2.
(of property) transferred to the ownership of another person or group.
“restoration of alienated lands to their former owners”
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Alienate (v)
1a. cause (someone) to feel isolated or estranged.
“an urban environment that would alienate its inhabitants”
1b. cause (someone) to become unsympathetic or hostile.
“the association does not wish to alienate its members”
2. transfer ownership of (property rights) to another person or group.
“they defended the Masai against attempts to alienate their land”
Alleviate (one part of speech, one definition)
Alleviate (v)
1. make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
“he couldn’t prevent her pain, only alleviate it”
Alliance (one part of speech, three definitions)
Alliance (n)
1a. a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
“a defensive alliance between Australia and New Zealand”
1b. a relationship based on an affinity in interests, nature, or qualities.
“an alliance between medicine and morality”
1c. the state of being joined or associated.
“his party is in alliance with the Greens”
Ambiguous (one part of speech, two definitions)
Ambiguous (adj)
1a. (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.
“ambiguous phrases”
1b. unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made.
“the election result was ambiguous”
Ambivalent (one part of speech, one definition)
Ambivalent (adj)
having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
“some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her”
Amenable (one part of speech, two defintions)
Amenable (adj)
1a. (of a person) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
“parents who have had easy babies and amenable children”
1b. (of a thing) capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible to.
“the patients had cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment”
Amicable (one part of speech, one definition)
Amicable (adj)
1. (of relations between people) having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor.
“there will be an amicable settlement of the dispute”
Ample (one part of speech, three definitions)
Ample (adj)
1a. enough or more than enough; plentiful.
“there is ample time for discussion”
1b. large and accommodating.
“he leaned back in his ample chair”
1c. used euphemistically to convey that someone is fat.
“she stood with her hands on her ample hips”
Anachronistic (one part of speech, two definitions)
Anachronistic (adj)
1a. belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
“‘Titus’ benefits from the effective use of anachronistic elements like cars and loudspeakers”
1b. belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned.
“she is rebelling against the anachronistic morality of her parents”
Anomaly (one part of speech, two definitions)
Anomaly (noun)
1. something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
“there are a number of anomalies in the present system”
2. (astronomy) the angular distance of a planet or satellite from its last perihelion or perigee.
Anthology (one part of speech, two definitions)
Anthology (n)
1a. a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.
“an anthology of European poetry”
1b. a published collection of songs or musical compositions issued in one album.
“a double-CD anthology of Moby Grape, the legendary Sixties San Francisco band”
Antiseptic (two parts of speech, three definitions)
Antiseptic (adj)
1. relating to or denoting substances that prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms.
“garlic has powerful antiseptic properties”
2. scrupulously clean or pure, especially so as to be bland or characterless.
“the antiseptic modernity of a conference center”
Antiseptic (n)
1. an antiseptic compound or preparation.
“the inappropriate use of antiseptics”
