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*TFD - set 1
10-14 Sep 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CANTANGKEROUS | BLOODY-MINDED (ill-tempered; quarrelsome) e.g. She made it more difficult for him by adopting a ~ tone. |
| NEFARIOUS | VILLAINOUS (infamous by way of being extremely wicked) e.g. The ~ plot to blow up the Paliament was discovered in time. |
| SALIENT | PROMINENT (strikingly conspicuous) |
| INELUCTABLE | UNAVOIDABLE |
| DIFFIDENT | UNSURE; TIMID |
| FLIGHTY | FLYAWAY; SCATTERBRAINED (guided by whim and fancy) |
| PRATTLE | BABBLE; GABBLE; PIFFLE (talk meaninglessly) e.g. I fell asleep listening to them ~ |
| INGRAFT | GRAFT (cause to grow together) |
| EXACERBATE | EXASPERATE (make worse) |
| UNDULATE | RIFFLE; RIPPLE; RUFFLE; COCKLE (move in a smooth wave-like motion) e.g. The ~ing water in the pool created patterns of light on the walls. |
| VARIEGATE | "MOTLEY (make sth more diverse and varied) e.g. After the third consecutive dinner of mashed potatoes |
| PARADIGM | EPITOME (one that serves as model) |
| RUFFIAN | HOOLIGAN; ROUCHNECK (cruel and brutal fellow) |
| ARGOT | PATIOS; VERNACULAR; LINGO; CANT (a specialised vocab used by certain group of ppl) |
| STALACTITE | DRIPSTONE |
| ICONOCLAST | IMAGE BREAKER (one who destrys sacred religious images) |
| ENSIFORM | SWORDLIKE (shaped like a sword) |
| MEDICO | DOC; PHYSICIAN (a licensed medical practitioner) |
| DESTITUTE | "IMPOVERISHED; INDIGENT; NECESSITOUS (lacking resources or means of subsistence) e.g. Thought they were poor and ~ |
| COEVAL | "CONTEMPORANEOUS (originating |
| INSOUCIANT | "CASUAL; NONCHLANCT (marked by blithe unconcern) e.g. She showed an ~ disregard for cold weather |
| EFFETE | "DECADENT (depleted of vitality |
| SACROSANCT | INVIOLABLE (regarded as sacred and inviolable) |
| BREAKWATER | JETTY; SEAWALL; BULWARK (????????????????) |
| LIEGEMAN | FEUDATORY; VASSAL (a person who hold a fief- land from feudal lord- and owes service to a feudal lord |
| ABROGATION | ANNULMENT; REPEAL (legal cancellation) |
| ANATHEMA | BETE NOIRE (a detested person) |
| TURNCOAT | APOSTATE; RECREANT; RENEGADE; DESERTER; RATTER (one who traitorously switches allegiance) |
| CLEMENCY | LINIENCE; REPRIEVE; MILDNESS (a disposition to show mercy) |
| ALLEGIANCE | COMMITMENT; LOYALTY (act of binding yourself to a course of action) |
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