Karteikarten
Academic words flashcards
Karten in diesem Stapel (20)
- 1Rekindle
- 2Digressverb (use without object).
meaning; to deviate or wander away from the main topic.
- 3StoicAdj. a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
- 4Lexical
- 5DazzleVerb (used with object)
Meaning; 1-to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light. 2- to impress deeply.
- 6RamificationNoun. A consequence of an action or event, especially when complex or unwelcome.
- 7SupersedeVerb. To replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, as by another person or thing.
- 8FerventlyAdverb. very enthusiastically or passionately.
He was working fervently on his new research. - 9FlounderVerb. to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements. (usually followed by about, along, on, through.)
The horses were floundering through the deep snow.
- 10PoignantAdjective.
Meaning; Keenly distressing to the feelings.
e.g. The boy sent a poignant letter to Santa asking for a pair of shoes. - 11PhilanthropistNoun.
Meaning; a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes. - 12AdventNoun.
Meaning; the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. - 13PenitentiaryNoun.
Meaning; a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline or punishment.
e.g. Most of the inmates in the penitentiary have committed major criminal offenses.
- 14StrutVerb.
Meaning; to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out.
McGregor walk
- 15LegacyNoun.
Meaning; anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor.
- 16CoercionNoun.
Meaning; force or the power to use force in gaining compliance, as by a government or police force. - 17MalnutritionNoun.
Meaning; lack of proper nutrition, inadequate or unbalanced nutrition. - 18FerocityNoun.
Meaning; ferocious quality or state, savage fierceness.
angry chihauhau lol
- 19BlunderNoun.
Meaning; a gross stupid or careless mistake.
e.g. That's your second blunder this morning. - 20UnderpinningNoun.
Meaning; a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
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