English Vocabulary 1st semester
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- VERB 1. to make less intense or severe (usually something unpleasnt) 2. to satisfy or appease 3. to pacify or calm
- assuage
- NOUN 1. contemtuous or jeering laughter; ridicule; a state of being derided 2. an object of ridicule; a laughingstodk
- derision
- NOUN quickness and keeness of judgement or insight
- acumen
- VERB to instruct esp. so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
- edify
- VERB to clear of guilt or blame
- exculpate
- ADJECTIVE grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing
- bombastic
- ADJECTIVE 1. lasting for a markedly brief time 2. living or lasting only for a day NOUN a markedly short lived thing
- ephemeral
- ADJECTIVE 1. dexterous; deft 2. skillfull and adept under pressing conditions
- adroit
- ADJECTIVE resembling an enigma; puzzling
- enigmatic
- ADJECTIVE 1. lacking or maked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid 2. reserved in manner
- diffident
- ADJECTIVE appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing
- cogent
- ADJECTIVE 1. of questionable authorship or authenticity 2. erroneous; fictitious
- apocryphal
- NOUN 1. a sudden collapse, downfall, or debeat; a rout 2. a total, often ludicrous failure 3. the breaking up of ice in a river 4. a violent flood
- debacle
- NOUN 1. a substance that modifies and increases the rate of a reaction without being consume in the process 2. one that precipitates a process or event, esp. without being involved in the consequences
- catalyst
- NOUN good-humored, playful conversation VERB to speak in a playful or teasing way; to exchange mildly teasing remarks
- banter
- ADJECTIVE 1. severe or stern in disposition or appearnace; somber and grave 2. strict or severe in discipline; ascetic 3. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare
- austere
- VERB to speak or write
- expatiate
- ADJECTIVE 1. carefree and light-hearted 2. lacking due concern; casual
- blithe
- VERB to abate the courage of; discourage
- daunt
- ADJECTIVE 1. of, related to, or marked by antithesis 2. diametrically opposed
- antithetical
- VERB to make maliciously or knowingly false statements about
- calumniate
- VERB 1. to express disapproval of; deplore 2. to belittle; depreciate
- deprecate
- NOUN a long narrow pillow or cushion VERB 1. to support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion 2. to buoy up or hearten
- bolster
- VERB 1. to stop short and refuse to go on 2. to refuse obstinately or abruptly NOUN 1. a hindrance, check, or defeat
- balk
- AJDECTIVE 1. rough and stormy; violent 2. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- boisterous
- NOUN appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
- decorum
- VERB to urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; wheedle
- cajole
- NOUN 1. deviation or departure form the usual or common order, form, or rule 2. one that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal, or difficult to classify
- anomaly
- VERB to leave quickly and secretly and hide, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
- abscond
- VERB 1. to pull up by the roots 2. to destroy totally; exterminate 3. to remove by surgery
- extirpate
- NOUN 1. an expression of strong dissaproval or harsh criticism 2. an official rebuke, such as one by a legislature to a member VERB 1. to criticize severely; blame 2. to express official dissaproval of
- censure
- VERB to make or become better; improve
- ameliorate
- ADJECTIVE 1. moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected 2. occuring haphazardly; random
- desultory
- NOUN deep wide learning
- erudition
- ADJECTIVE characterized by or subject to whim
- capricious
- VERB 1. to grow together; fuse 2. to come together so as to form one whole; unite
- coalesce
- VERB 1. to put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; to begin to grow or blossom 2. to grow and flourish
- burgeon
- VERB to affirm positively; declare
- aver
- AJECTIVE 1. disposed to believe too readily; gullible 2. arising from or characterized by credulity
- credulous
- ADJECTIVE 1. intented to instruct 2. morally instructive 3. inclined to teach or moralize excessively
- didactic
- ADJECTIVE 1. of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulger 2. having a bad disposition; surly 3. difficult to work with, such as soil; intractable
- churlish
- NOUN 1. infliction of severe punishment 2. severe criticism
- castigation
- NOUN a bitter, abusive denunciation
- diatribe
- VERB to avoid; shun
- eschew
- VERB to show or demonstrate clearly; manifest
- evince
- NOUN 1. a deoctrine or a system relating to matters such as morality and faith, authoritatively by a churhc 2. an authoritave principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion 3. a principle or belief or a group of them
- dogma
- VERB 1. to give a false representation to; misrepresent 2. to show to be false; contradict
- belie
- VERB to coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole
- blandish
- VERB 1. to bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate; to announce 2. to pierce in order to draw off liquid 3. to draw off (a liquid) by piercing a hole in a container 4. to shape or enlarge (a hole) with a tapered, serrated tool NOUN a tapered, serrated toold used to broach a hole
- broach
- ADJECTIVE 1. unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy 2. profuse; overflowing
- effusive