English Vocab 1-4
Terms
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- ebullience (n)
- overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify (ant. minimize)
- exaggerate (v)
- overstatement (ant. understatement)
- ebullient (adj)
- overflowing with enthusiasm, effervescent, exuberance or vivacious
- exaggeration (n)
- overstatement (ant. understatement)
- exhort (v)
- arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
- exhortation (n)
- urgent recommendation or advice
- expertise (n)
- specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how; expertness
- finicky (adj)
- excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety
- gall (v)
- make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex
- gall (n)
- brazen boldness; nerve (ant. meekness)
- inane (adj)
- lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid (ant. deep; profound)
- inanity (n)
- foolishness; shallowness
- indemnify (v)
- compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay
- Occident (n)
- west; countries of America and Europe (ant. Orient)
- Occidental (adj)
- western (ant. Oriental)
- peruse (v)
- read; look after attentitively; study
- perusal (n)
- reading; study
- baffle (v)
- to bewilder; perplex; filled with confusion; puzzle or frustrate
- baffling (adj)
- confusing
- cinema (n)
- movies, motion picture, audacity
- cinematography (n)
- art of making movies
- despise (v)
- to look down on with contempt or distrust; to regard as inferior (ant. admire)
- despicable (adj)
- worthy of contempt (ant. laudable)
- scuffle (v)
- struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple
- scuffle (n)
- brawl; fight
- spurn (v)
- thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject (ant. accept)
- stipend (n)
- fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner
- surveillance (n)
- close watch over a person or group, or area; supervision
- tepid (adj)
- moderately warm; lukewarm
- tepidly (adv)
- unethusiastically; lukewarmly
- wager (v)
- risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet
- wager (n)
- bet
- wane (v)
- decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink (ant. wax)