Week 14 Flashcards
(20 cards)
aspire
strive for
i aspire to be great
inveigh
attack verabally
like an argument is inveighing somebody
nettle
irritate
the baby was nettling me
overt
open
overt the door
relegate
assign to an inferior position
he didint relagate the new eymp yee
supine
lying on the back
laying down on ur back is supine
mammoth
huge
the building was a mammoth building
repulse
drive back
go back
havoc
ruin, devastating
havoc is terrible
raze
destroy, level to the ground
they razed the cathrine hotel like a decade ago
lethal
deadly
it could have been lethal in my bike crash if i was wearing my old helmet
scurry
run hastily
he was scurrying away from his opps
incisive
acute
the shape was incisive
always analytical.
precipitate
hasten, make happen or quicker
he got precipitated in the fight
stereotype
unvarying pattern, widely held generalization often wrong
black people are normally stereotyped
stentorian
loud
the bass was stentorian
singular
extraordinary
the assignment was singular
valor
courage
the protesters have a lot of valor
bias
prejudice
the ref should be unbiased
sinecure
soft job
like an easy job i guess
