Flashcards
week 4
Flashcards do conjunto (10)
- 1GREGARIOUSadjective
fond of the company of others; sociable.
social, genial, outgoing, convivial, companionable, friendly, extroverted. - 2METICULOUSadjective
taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough:
a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance. - 3ARDUOUSadjective
requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult:
Land reform is a complex and arduous process. - 4SUCCUMBverb (used without object)
to give way to superior force; yield:
to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.;
The Palestinian people had been dreaming of statehood for more than 40
years and would never succumb to oppression. - 5STANCEnoun:
a mental or emotional position adopted with respect to something:
They assumed an increasingly hostile stance in their foreign policy. - 6CONSTITUENTSadjective
serving to compose or make up a thing; component:
the constituent parts of a motor.
Their main constituents are methane and carbon dioxide. - 7CONDESCENDverb (used without object)
to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity - 8EXONERATEDverb (used with object), exonerated, exonerating.
to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate:
He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating.
to relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task. - 9SUBSIDIZEverb (used with object), subsidized, subsidizing.
to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy.
to secure the cooperation of by bribery; buy over. - 10DISMISSIVEadjective
indicating dismissal or rejection; having the purpose or effect of dismissing, as from one's presence or from consideration:
a curt, dismissive gesture.
indicating lack of interest or approbation; scornful; disdainful.