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Flashcards by Illia Danko, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Illia Danko
about 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Abundant | Present in large quantities. [Living close to a lake means we have an abundant supply of water.] |
| Accumulate | To gradually collect. [Each fall, leaves accumulate in our driveway.] |
| Accurate | Correct | free from errors. [Make sure your address is accurate before submitting your online order.] |
| Accustomed | Used to something. [Having 8AM classes means I’m accustomed to getting up early.] |
| Acquire | To come into possession of. [When my grandmother died, I acquired her cookbook collection.] |
| Adamant | Refusing to change an opinion. [The defendant was adamant that he was innocent.] |
| Adequate | Enough to suit your needs. [Our house isn’t big, but it’s adequate for the two of us.] |
| Adjacent | Close to or next to. [The park is adjacent to the school.] |
| Adjust | To change something so it serves its purpose better. [The bike seat may be too high | you’ll probably need to adjust it.] |
| Advantage | Something that makes it easier to achieve success. [His height gives him an advantage in basketball.] |
| Advocate | To publicly support. [My aunt is a major advocate for women’s’ rights.] |
| Adverse | Unfavorable | against one’s desires. [I had an adverse reaction to my medication and had to stop taking it.] |
| Aggregate | To combine. [We should aggregate our resources to share them more easily.] |
| Aggressive | Assertive and pushy. [The salesperson was very aggressive when trying to get us to buy the television.] |
| Allocate | To put aside for a specific purpose. [The village needs to allocate funds for building the new school.] |
| Alternative | Another option or choice. [If the ATM is broken, an alternative solution is to stop by the bank.] |
| Amateur | Someone who is inexperienced or not highly skilled in a particular area. [He’s an amateur soccer player and is still learning the rules of the game.] |
| Ambiguous | Having several potential meanings | unclear and difficult to understand. [When I asked the HR manager what my chances were of getting the job, she gave me a very ambiguous reply.] |
| Ambitious | Having large goals. [My son is very ambitious and hopes to be a millionaire by the time he’s thirty.] |
| Amend | To change for the better | to improve. [I believe we should amend our country’s tax laws.] |
| Ample | Plentiful. [Our new apartment has ample space for the two of us.] |
| Anomaly | Deviation from the norm. [The basketball player is the team’s best free thrower, so his missing both shots was an anomaly.] |
| Annual | Occurring yearly. [The annual company barbeque takes place every August.] |
| Antagonize | To tease or be hostile towards a person or group. [The boy loves to antagonize his little sister by pulling her hair.] |
| Attitude | Manner or feeling. [After she got grounded, the teenager had a bad attitude for the rest of the day.] |
| Attribute | To give credit. [Be sure to attribute credit to your sources when writing a research paper.] |
| Arbitrary | Based on a whim or random decision. [Flipping a coin is an arbitrary way to make a decision.] |
| Arduous | Requiring a lot of effort. [After you cross the bridge, there’s an arduous walk up the hill.] |
| Assuage | To lessen a negative feeling. [The mother assuaged her child’s fear of the dark.] |
| Assume | To suppose without solid proof. [I assumed he was rich because he worked as a lawyer.] |
| Augment | To increase or make larger. [She augments her regular salary by babysitting on the weekends.] |
| Benefit | Something positive or advantageous. [A benefit of doing homework on Friday is that your weekend will be free.] |
| Berate | To scold. [Our neighbor berated us after we broke his window playing baseball.] |
| Bestow | To give as a gift. [The medal was bestowed upon him by the president.] |
| Boast | To brag or talk with excessive pride. [He always boasts of his talents after he wins a game.] |
| Boost | To help raise or increase something. [I gave him a pep talk to boost his self-esteem before his speech.] |
| Brash | Rude and tactless. [The brash man always asked inappropriate questions.] |
| Brief | Short (in terms of time). [It will only have a brief meeting, so you’ll still have plenty of time for lunch.] |
| Brusque | Abrupt to the point of rudeness. [After being away for so long, I expected more than her brusque greeting.] |
| Cacophony | A harsh, unpleasant mixture of noise. [The cuckoo clock shop lets off a cacophony every hour.] |
| Cease | To stop. [I wish they would cease arguing.] |
| Censure | To express strong disapproval. [Every parent in our district censured the education cuts.] |
| Chronological | Arranged in order of time or date. [Put the historical events in chronological order to make them easier to study.] |
| Clarify | To make clear | to remove confusion. [I didn’t understand the instructions, so I asked the teacher to clarify them.] |
| Coalesce | To combine or grow together. [The people on the street eventually coalesced into a group.] |
| Coerce | To force someone to do something against their will. [The young boy was coerced into stealing by his friends.] |
| Cognizant | Being aware or having knowledge of something. [Before mountain climbing, you need to be cognizant of the risks.] |
| Cohesion | Uniting | becoming one. [Water molecules show strong cohesion when they stick together.] |
| Coincide | To occur at the same time. [This year Thanksgiving coincided with my birthday.] |
| Collapse | To fall down or break down. [The old building finally collapsed, leaving nothing but a pile of rubble.] |
| Collide | To hit one another with a forceful impact. [The two cars collided on the freeway.] |
| Commitment | Dedication to a cause or activity. [Joining a school play is a big commitment. You’ll need to practice every evening.] |
| Community | A group of people who live or work together. [The Chinese community in my city is hosting a New Year celebration next week.] |
| Conceal | To hide. [The mountains concealed the ocean from view.] |
| Concur | To agree. [He believes women should be paid as much as men, and I concur.] |
| Conflict | A disagreement or fight. [The conflict between the two families has been going on for generations.] |
| Constrain | To restrict or repress. [You should move your plant to a bigger pot, otherwise you’ll constrain its roots.] |
| Contemplate | To consider thoughtfully. [I spend a lot of time contemplating what career I want to have.] |
| Continuously | To go on without stopping. [My neighbors have been continuously blasting their music since last night.] |
| Contradict | To give the opposite opinion. [I told the employees that sales were down, but my boss contradicted me and said sales were actually up.] |
| Contribute | To give something (usually money or time) to a common fund or cause. [Every roommate contributes part of his paycheck to the grocery bill.] |
| Convey | To make known. [I’ve conveyed my interest in working for that company.] |
| Copious | Abundant. [He always takes copious notes during class to study later on.] |
| Core | Central | of main importance. [Although many employees left the company, the core leadership remained.] |
| Corrode | To gradually wear away. [The rust corroded the paint on my car.] |
| Cumbersome | Burdensome | clumsy [Trying to carry four grocery bags at once was very cumbersome.] |
| Curriculum | The courses given by a school or program. [Our school needs to add more music courses to its curriculum.] |
| Data | Facts, statistics, or pieces of information. [The data from these graphs show that yearly temperatures are increasing.] |
| Decay | To decline in health or excellence. [After the tree died, its wood began to decay.] |
| Deceive | To trick or mislead. [He deceived me by pretending to be a millionaire.] |
| Decipher | To find the meaning of. [The spy deciphered the secret code.] |
| Declaration | An announcement. [He made a declaration to the office that he was quitting.] |
| Decline | To politely refuse. [1. I declined his offer of a ride home. 2. Her health has declined ever since she turned 70.] |
| Degrade | To lower in quality. [My attempt at cake degraded into a crumbly mess.] |
| Demonstrate | To show. [Let me demonstrate the proper way of throwing a football.] |
| Deny | To state that something isn’t true. [He denied being the robber.] |
| Deplete | To significantly decrease. [Your shopping sprees have depleted my savings.] |
| Deposit | To deliver and leave an item. [Please deposit your books in the bin outside the library.] |
| Desirable | Worth having or wanting. [Bravery is a desirable trait for firefighters to have.] |
| Despise | To hate. [I despise early morning classes.] |
| Detect | To locate something. [The police dog detected the missing child’s scent.] |
| Deter | To discourage. [The warning signs on the house deterred trespassers.] |
| Deviate | To differ from the norm. [I decided to deviate from my normal route home and took a shortcut.] |
| Devise | To plan or create. [The coach devised a plan for winning the game.] |
| Diatribe | A sharp criticism or attack. [The politician went into a diatribe against her opponent.] |
| Digress | To wander from the main subject. [The teacher digressed from the lecture to discuss the weather.] |
| Dilemma | A situation where one must choose between two difficult choices. [The student faced the dilemma of attending school sick or missing her exam.] |
| Diminish | To shrink or reduce. [Sprinkle baking soda on the carpet to diminish the stain.] |
| Dispose | To get rid of. [I need to dispose of this trash.] |
| Disproportionate | Too large or small when compared to something else. [The piece of pie I received was disproportionately small.] |
| Disrupt | To interrupt by causing a disturbance. [The protesters disrupted the politician’s speech.] |
| Distort | To misrepresent. [The camera filter distorted the image.] |
| Distribute | To give portions of something. [Distribute the materials evenly among the class.] |
| Diverse | Showing a lot of variety. [This city has a very diverse population.] |
| Divert | To cause a change of course. [Because of the accident, the police had to divert traffic down a side street.] |
| Dynamic | Constantly changing. [The theater has dynamic shows, so you never know what you’ll see.] |
| Ease | To reduce unpleasantness or difficulty. [This prescription will ease your allergies.] |
| Efficient | Maximizing productivity. [Now that I’m following a schedule at work, I’m much more efficient.] |
| Eliminate | To remove. [Our team lost the match and was eliminated from the competition.] |
| Elite | A select, above-average group. [The elite detective team were also sent for when there were big crimes.] |
| Eloquent | Moving speech or writing. [Her eloquent writing has gained her many fans.] |
| Emphasize | To give special importance to when speaking or writing. [The teacher emphasized the due date of the project.] |
| Endure | To suffer through something difficult with patience. [He has endured four knee operations so far.] |
| Enhance | To intensify or magnify. [The falling snow enhanced the beauty of the small village.] |
| Epitome | A perfect example of something. [The duchess is the epitome of class.] |
| Equivalent | Equal. [Twenty-four is equivalent to two dozen.] |
| Erroneous | Incorrect. [He apologized for his erroneous statement.] |
| Estimate | An approximate value. [Try to get an estimate of the number of people attending the concert.] |
| Evade | To avoid or escape. [By hiding in the bathroom, we were able to evade the intruder.] |
| Evaluate | To assess. [At the end of the class, every student will evaluate how well the professor taught.] |
| Evidence | Facts or information that help prove or disprove something. [These fossils are evidence of evolution.] |
| Evolve | To gradually change. [The small school evolved into a world-class institution.] |
| Exemplary | Worthy of imitation. [She is an exemplary student, and you should copy her study habits.] |
| Exclude | To leave out. [The young boy was excluded from his friends’ soccer game.] |
| Exclusive | Not admitting the majority. [We may not be able to get in since that club is very exclusive.] |
| Expand | To increase in size. [Adding air to bike tires will cause them to expand.] |
| Expertise | Expert knowledge or skill in a particular field. [The surgeon’s expertise is knee surgeries.] |
| Exploit | To use selfishly. [The company exploited its workers by making them work long hours.] |
| Expose | To reveal or unmask. [The emails presented exposed the company’s corruption.] |
| Extension | An act of making something longer. [If you’re sick on the day the paper is due, the teacher may give you an extension on the due date.] |
| Extract | To get or remove something. [The dentist extracted one of my teeth.] |
| Famine | A time when there is an extreme lack of food. [Millions of children in Ethiopia died due to the famine there.] |
| Feasible | Possible to do. [This study plan you made for me sounds feasible, even with my work schedule.] |
| Finite | Having an end or limits. [Remember that life is finite | you’re not immortal.] |
| Flaw | A feature that ruins the perfection of something. [I got the diamond for a reduced price since the stone had a flaw.] |
| Fluctuate | To change continually. [I’m not sure what to wear since the temperature has been fluctuating so much.] |
| Focus | The central point or idea. [The program is going to focus on environmental issues.] |
| Fortify | To strengthen. [The king decided to fortify the castle walls to protect them during attacks.] |
| Framework | A skeletal structure designed to support something. [Skyscrapers must have a strong framework to support all the floors.] |
| Frivolous | Unnecessary | of little importance [You must stop spending your money on frivolous purchases.] |
| Function | A purpose natural to a person or thing. [The function of petals is to attract insects to the plant.] |
| Fundamental | Of primary importance. [Learning scales is fundamental to being a good piano player.] |
| Gap | A space in between to objects. [Be careful to avoid the gap between the two steps.] |
| Garbled | Communication that is distorted and unclear. [Our answering machine is so bad that people’s voices are always garbled.] |
| Generate | To produce. [The fire generates heat, which keeps the room warm.] |
| Grandiose | Pompous | overly important. [The actress had only one small part before she got grandiose ideas of her fame.] |
| Hackneyed | Overused and unoriginal. [HIs poems contain many hackneyed phrases.] |
| Haphazard | Lacking planning. [There was no schedule, so the event was very haphazard.] |
| Harsh | Not gentle | unpleasant. [Her comments on my performance were very harsh and not kind at all.] |
| Hasty | In a hurry. [In order to avoid the police, the robbers made a hasty retreat.] |
| Hazardous | Full of risk. [The nuclear reactor has a lot of hazardous waste.] |
| Hesitate | To pause, often due to reluctance. [She hesitated before entering the abandoned building.] |
| Hierarchy | A ranking system. [In the office hierarchy, the manager is higher than the associate.] |
| Hindrance | Something that causes delay or resistance. [Her hatred of public transportation is a hindrance when trying to get around New York City.] |
| Hollow | Empty inside. [The dead tree is hollow.] |
| Horror | An intense feeling of fear. [The haunted house filled me with horror.] |
| Hostile | Extremely unfriendly. [My ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend was very hostile towards me.] |
| Hypothesis | An unproven idea that attempts to explain something. [You’ll need to conduct an experiment to test your hypothesis.] |
| Identical | Exactly the same. [The twins were completely identical.] |
| Illiterate | Unable to read. [Because he’d never been able to attend school, the man was illiterate.] |
| Illustrate | To explain by using an example. [The professor illustrated the lesson with a personal story.] |
| Impact | Effect or influence. [His moving words had a large impact on me.] |
| Impair | To worsen. [Drinking alcohol will impair your driving abilities.] |
| Implement | To carry out. [We will implement the new schedule starting next semester.] |
| Imply | To strongly suggest. [My mother implied that I was the one who forgot to take out the trash.] |
| Impose | To force upon. [After the riots, the mayor imposed a curfew on the town.] |
| Impoverish | To reduce to poverty. [These medical bills are going to impoverish me.] |
| Incentive | A reason to do something. [I hate my job, but the big paychecks are a good incentive to stick with it.] |
| Incessant | Continuing without pause. [I can’t sleep because of the dog’s incessant barking.] |
| Incidental | A minor part. [Don’t worry about your grade on this quiz | it’s only an incidental part of your grade.] |
| Incite | To urge on. [The ringleader incited the soldiers to rebellion.] |
| Inclination | A preference. [My inclination is to go to bed early.] |
| Incompetent | Incapable | lacking ability. [The incompetent worker was fired from his job.] |
| Inconsistent | Changing randomly. [His pitching has been very inconsistent all season.] |
| Indefatigable | Untiring. [She is an indefatigable hiker and can walk all day.] |
| Indisputable | Not able to be challenged. [She’s the indisputable star of the basketball team.] |
| Ineffective | Not producing any major impact. [The drug was shown to be ineffective at curing cancer.] |
| Inevitable | Unable to be avoided. [Even if you’re healthy, death is inevitable in the end.] |
| Infer | To guess based on evidence. [I inferred that she was annoyed based on her body language.] |
| Inflate | To increase in size. [Getting a promotion has really inflated his ego.] |
| Influence | The ability to have an impact of something. [The older sister has been a positive influence on her younger siblings.] |
| Inhibit | To hinder or restrain. [This cleaning spray inhibits the growth of bacteria.] |
| Initial | The first. [She was the initial president of the company.] |
| Inquiry | An investigation to determine the truth. [Congress launched an inquiry after the senator was accused of taking bribes.] |
| Integral | Necessary to complete the whole. [You can’t quit. You’re an integral part of this team.] |
| Integrate | To combine. [When making a cake, you need to fully integrate the wet and dry ingredients.] |
| Interpret | To explain the meaning of something. [I need you to interpret this German speech for me.] |
| Intervene | To come between people, objects, or an event and change what is happening. [When the toddlers couldn’t share their toys, their mothers had to intervene.] |
| Intrepid | Fearless. [The intrepid mountain climber reached the top of Mt. Everest.] |
| Intricate | Highly detailed. [The pattern on this blanket is so intricate.] |
| Invasive | Intrusive. [We found the stranger’s questions too personal and very invasive.] |
| Investigate | To examine or study. [The police are going to investigate the crime scene.] |
| Irascible | Easy to anger. [Even though my grandfather seems irascible, he’s actually very loving.] |
| Irony | The use of words to give a meaning opposite to their literal meaning. [“I love spending my Friday nights doing homework,” she said with irony.] |
| Irresolute | Uncertain. [Not sure which direction to go in, he stood irresolute.] |
| Jargon | Words specific to a certain job or group. [To be a successful doctor, you’ll need to learn a lot of medical jargon.] |
| Jointly | Together. [The newlyweds jointly opened up a bank account.] |
| Knack | A special talent or skill. [My brother has a real knack for solving tricky math problems.] |
| Labor | Work or effort. [Building a house requires a lot of labor.] |
| Lag | To fall behind. [I stayed with the front group of runners for the first few miles, but after that I began to lag.] |
| Lampoon | To mock or ridicule. [The cartoonist lampooned the president’s speech.] |
| Languish | To become weak | to be neglected. [During winter break, my plants languished since I was visiting my parents and couldn’t water them.] |
| Lecture | A talk given to an audience. [The professor will give a 30 minute lecture before the quiz.] |
| Leery | Wary. [I’m leery of taking the dark-looking shortcut.] |
| Legitimate | Lawful. [The way he became mayor is completely legitimate.] |
| Lenient | Merciful | less harsh. [The judge gave the criminal a lenient sentence due to his bad childhood.] |
| Likely | Probable. [I don’t have much homework, so it’s likely I’ll be able to go out tonight.] |
| Ludicrous | Ridiculous. [His claims about me are absolutely ludicrous.] |
| Maintain | To continue at the same level. [She has maintained the same weight since high school.] |
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