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Vocab 1,90
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| castigate eg:- The judge castigated the lawyers for their lack of preparation. | scold |
| Deified eg:- When the crops were harvested, he was deified. | worship as god |
| annotate eg:- all they have to do is to annotate these printouts. | give notes/explain |
| abridged eg:- He said that Congress would make no law abridging the freedom of speech. | make shorter |
| antedate eg:- a civilization that antedated the Roman Empire. | precede in time |
| complementary eg:- My spouse and I have complementary goals. | matching |
| complimentary eg:- She made complimentary remarks about his work. | compliment |
| lascivious eg:- he gave her a lascivious wink. | desire for sexual interest |
| prescient eg:- That anxiety has not proven to be prescient. | to tell future |
| preternatural eg:- She has a preternatural ability to charm people. | beyond natural |
| preordained eg:- His life seems to have followed a preordained path. | decide an outcome |
| preposterous eg:- He knew his world too well to make preposterous mental demands upon it. | absurd |
| pithy eg:- As usual, my question will be brief and pithy. | concise |
| venerate eg:- She is venerated as a saint. | regard with respect |
| lionize eg:- She was lionized everywhere after her novel won the Pulitzer Prize. | treat as celebrity |
| indemnify eg:- He was required to indemnify his neighbour for the damage he caused. | compensate |
| actuarial eg:- the actuarial and finance skills. | analysing statistics |
| quotidian eg:- Television has become part of our quotidian existence. | daily |
| slanderous eg:- It is slanderous to charge that against us. | false and malicious |
| caustic eg:- She wrote a caustic report about the decisions that led to the crisis. | sarcasm |
| vicissitude eg:- meaning of life in all its vicissitudes. | unpleasant change |
| akimbo to eg:- he collapsed on the bed, legs akimbo" | hands-on-hip |
| abreast of eg:- The soldiers marched two abreast. | remain current |
| obtuse to eg:- I was obtuse in seeing that all the preliminary parts of his speech did lead up to the point. | slow to understand |
| subservient to eg:- The woman's needs are seen as subservient to the group interest. | less important |
| askance to eg:- A waiter in a tuxedo looked askance at his jeans. | suspicion |
| apologist eg:- The game is being damaged by apologists. | defence |
| proponent eg:- He was a leading proponent of a rational, sensible approach. | support |
| mercenary eg:- It feels very mercenary and callous. | money minded |
| lackey eg:- He was nothing but a spineless lackey of the establishment. | servant |
| demarcate eg:- Parking spaces are demarcated by white lines. | set boundaries |
| whitewash eg:- He pledged that there would be no whitewash and a full investigation. | cover up |
| trumpet eg:- He likes to trumpet his own achievements. | announce publicly |
| improvident eg:- Judy's bankruptcy is the result of several years of improvident borrowing with little thought as to how she would ever manage to repay her debts. | careless |
| taciturn eg:- My father was a very stern and taciturn man and my relationship with him wasn't good. | quiet |
| dissolute eg:- His father was dissolute but his wife was pious. | overindulge in sensual pleasures |
| acerbic eg:- He can be an acerbic critic. | style of sharp comment |
| inimical eg:- Nor can human flesh touch it, for its substance is inimical to life. | tend to harm |
| pallid eg:- He has a pallid complexion and a brow streaming with sweat. | pale |
| aghast eg:- He looked aghast, literally casting his head around for excuses. | horror/shock |
| impecunious eg:- My impecunious uncle, who could not afford to buy his own books, usually ended up borrowing mine. | no money/ poor |
| enigmatic eg:- He could come across as a rather enigmatic figure. | mysterious |
| emblematic eg:- It seemed entirely emblematic of their afternoon. | symbolic |
| pragmatic eg:- pragmatic approach | practical |
| quixotic eg:- It began as a quixotic project three years ago in local theatre. | unrealistic |
| grandiloquent eg:- Such a grandiloquent claim deserves to be tested. | pompous |
| posit eg:- Most religions posit the existence of life after death. | fact |
| cajole eg:- I managed to cajole her out of leaving too early. | persuaded to do something by flattery |
| warily eg:- She eyed the dog warily, afraid it might jump. | carefully |
| mendaciously eg:- mendacious propaganda | lying |
| panned eg:- The film was critically panned and was also box office flop. | criticise severely |
| insouciance eg:- Given the scale of events, their reaction seems positively insouciant. | showing lack of concern |
| profundity eg:- He always listens to speeches with great interest and speaks with the profundity which one expects of him. | knowledge |
| prologue eg:- This was a prologue to today's bloodless revolution. | musical/literary work |
| catharsis eg:- Writing the book provided a catharsis of sorts. | purification |
| coda eg:- There is a coda to the book. | concluding passage |
| homily eg:- The priest gave a brief homily on forgiveness. | religious discourse |
| rampage eg:- Rioters went on a/the rampage through the city. | destruction |
| ominously eg:- There is something ominous about the cream envelope on my doormat. | unauspicious |
| presciently eg:- That anxiety has not proven to be prescient. | predicting |
| anarchism eg:- He advocated anarchism as the answer to social problems. | belonging to old period |
| providential eg:- We had made a providential escape. | opportunity |
| shrewd eg:- She is such a shrewd judge. | clever |
| simpatico eg:- simp | likeable/get-along easily |
| effusive towards eg:- They offered effusive thanks for our help. | expressing strong feelings |
| maudlin eg:- I am perplexed and worried that there may be too much maudlin sentiment. | expressing strong feelings |
| syncopated eg:- They were playing syncopated things that were meshing with the snare drum. | of music or a rhythm |
| coalesced eg:- The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. | come together |
| agglomerated eg:- The album is a bizarre agglomeration of styles. | collection of things |
| amortised eg:- amortise the debt | payback |
| inscribing eg:- His name was inscribed on the trophy. | to carve |
| redundant eg:- He edited the paper and removed any redundant information or statements. | not important |
| inveigle eg:- She inveigled him to write the letter. | flatter |
| hector eg:- I am sure that we should seek to persuade, not just hector and lecture. | to bully |
| presage eg:- It's important to understand the weather conditions that presage frost. | to foreshadow |
| archaically eg:- The pamphlets they publish are archaically called tracts. | old time |
| erroneously eg:- The package was erroneously delivered to my neighbour. | mistakenly |
| deftly eg:- He deftly caught the ball. | skill fully |
| unbeknownst eg:- | without knowledge |
| abhorrent eg:- My husband would find it abhorrent and a form of cheating, which I suspect it is. | disgust |
| consanguineous eg:- He was the only child of healthy non-consanguineous parents. | related by blood |
| tremulous eg:- She opened the letter with tremulous hands. | trembling |
| coltish eg:- She was coltish; now she's womanly. | energetic but awkward |
| cumbersome eg:- The application process is cumbersome and time-consuming. | difficult to carry |
| beguiled by eg:- She was cunning enough to beguile her classmates into doing the work for her. | charmed by deceive |
| chary of eg:- She is chary about spending money. | reluctant |
| sentries eg:- There were plenty of precedents for being shot by one's own sentries. | soldier |
| sages eg:- Here are some sage pieces of advice we took away with us. | saints |
| syncophants eg:- In memory, he was reviled as a servile race traitor, a cringing sycophant to white wealth and power. | someone who takes advantage of something/someone |
| fecund eg:- The pampas are still among the most fecund lands in the world. | fertile |
| efficacious eg:- The penalty should certainly prove efficacious, he observed lightly. | effective |
| imperious eg:- Her attitude is imperious at times. | arrogant |
| forebears eg:- We are much closer to our Victorian forebears than we might imagine. | ancestors |
| progeny eg:- Many Americans are the progeny of immigrants. | offspring |
| harbinger eg:- It has a short season and is a pleasant enough harbinger of summer. | messenger |
| underpin eg: the theme of honour underpinning the two books | support |
| undergird eg: that's a philosophy that needs to undergird retailers' business plans this year. | support |
| wallop eg: My mother gave me such a wallop when she eventually found me. | hit something hard |
| interring eg: he was interred with the military honours due to him. | burying |
| palliating eg: treatment works by palliating symptoms | ease |
| laconic eg: his laconic reply bordered on rude | using only a few words to say something |
| curt eg: She gave him a curt reply and slammed the phone down. | short and rude |
| demagogic eg: His demagogic style was often undemocratic. | trying to win support by exciting the emotions of ordinary people rather than by having good or morally right ideas |
| hirsute eg: their hirsute chests | hairy |
| belletristic eg: Professor Davison’s belletristic debut was as improbable as his academic baptism. | regarded for aesthetic value rather than content |
| monastic | related to monks |
| hermetic eg: a hermetic seal that ensures perfect waterproofing | airtight |
| precocious eg: a precocious child who started her acting career at the age of 5 | developed abilities at very young age |
| immolate eg: He was threatening to immolate both of them when police ended a standoff by grabbing him. | kill/sacrifice |
| hankering eg: he had a hankering to return to Scotland | yearn for/longing |
| proclivity eg: a proclivity for hard work | liking |
| germane eg: that is not germane to our theme | relevant |
| mimetic eg: If, however, he was not in a playing mood, he was often asked to give some of his wonderful mimetic imitations. | mimic |
| disdain eg: Monica felt that her boss always treated her ideas with disdain. | disrespect |
| rue eg: with rue my heart is laden | regret |
| sedulous eg: he watched himself with the most sedulous care | diligent/careful |
| mordant eg: a mordant sense of humour | sarcastic |
| assiduous eg: he has been very assiduous in his research | diligent/careful |
| beseeched eg: I earnestly beseech him to give the matter due consideration. | beg |
| chided eg: she chided him for not replying to her letters | scold |
| snubbed eg: a horse snubbed to a tree | slight |
| concede eg:When it was clear that he would lose the election, he conceded defeat. | accept |
| mortifying eg: How mortifying to have to apologize to him! | embarrassing |
| epicurean eg: Epicurean philosophers | sensualist |
| baneful eg: the baneful effects of envy and jealousy | destructive |
| fastidious eg: she dressed with fastidious care | difficult to please |
| mayhem eg: The early monsoon created mayhem in the coastal state. | confusion and fear |
| credence eg: psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen | acceptance |
| hegemony eg: it is difficult to challenge the state's hegemony | supremacy |
| poignant eg: a poignant memory | sad/pity |
| synergetic | cooperative |
| exegetic eg: Every surface is teeming underneath with hidden meanings, obscure interpretations and exegetic excesses. | explanatory |
| collusive eg: the companies' collusive behaviour enabled them to charge higher prices | conspiratorial |
| coup eg: Getting that promotion was a real coup. | achievement |
| debacle eg: the carefully planned operation turned into a complete debacle | failure |
| anecdote eg: He was a huge fan of Dutch art, stuffed with incident and anecdote. | short story |
| aphorism eg: the old aphorism ‘the child is father to the man’ | maxim |
| retort eg: ‘Who asked you for your opinion?’ she retorted. | quick angry reply |
| recrimination eg: there was a period of bitter recrimination | accusations |
| rejoinder eg: I am a painter of the 20th century,’ was his rejoinder. | retort |
| stickler eg: he's a stickler for accuracy. | martinet |
| luminary eg: one of the luminaries of child psychiatry | guiding light |
| virulence eg: a virulent attack on the leader | strong and dangerous |
| acrimony eg: The dispute was settled without acrimony. | anger/bitterness |
| intransigence eg: her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent | uncompromising |
| politic eg: I did not think it politic to express my reservations | wise |
| immoderate eg: immoderate drinking | without limits |
| fortuitous eg: the similarity between the paintings may not be simply fortuitous | coincidence |
| discretionary eg: there has been an increase in year-end discretionary bonuses | optional |
| unvarying eg: the unvarying routine of parsonage life | not changing |
| repentant eg: she said she was not in the least repentant | regretful |
| culpable eg: In public he pleads culpable to his part in that shock result. | deserving blame |
| synoptic eg: a synoptic outline of the contents | abbreviated |
| commiserate eg: I commiserated with Ratna over losing her job. | feel sorry for |
| pandering to eg: newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts | indulge |
| cowering to eg: The dog cowered under the table when the storm started. | crouching in fear |
| pliant eg: a more pliant prime minister | easily influenced |
| sheath eg: I sheathed my dagger | cover |
| brandish eg: The robber was brandishing a knife. | wave something in the air |
| wield eg: She wields enormous power in the company. | hold |
| promulgate eg: They petitioned the king to promulgate the decree at once, without amendments. | promote/announce something |
| disseminate eg: The findings of the research have been widely disseminated. | spread information |
| cauterise eg: He wished they were back by the Dien Bien Phu kitchen so he could cauterize the wound. | disinfect |
| fervent eg: She’s a fervent believer in women’s rights. | intense |
| congeal eg: congealed blood | semi-solid |
| plodding eg: We plodded on through the rain for nearly an hour. | slow-moving |
| hamstring eg: we were hamstrung by a total lack of knowledge | constraint |
| steadfast eg: steadfast loyalty | loyal |
| vacillating eg: Hurt shook his head, astonished by his own ability to vacillate. | waver |
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