Friday, December 28, 2007

Vocab/ Sentences

1. Adulation- excessive or slavish admiration or flattery. / He is good at adulation.

2. Mendacious- given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth. / He is a mendacious person.

3. Complacent- 1) marked by complacency 2) complaisant / He is complacent about his a work of art.

4. Ruthless- having no pity / he was very ruthless

5. Laudatory- of, relating to, or expressing praise / the speech was laudatory writings for people.

6. Dissonance- a: lack of agreement: inconsistency between the beliefs one holds or between one's actions and one's beliefs b: an instance of such inconsistency or disagreement / the song was dissonance

7. Complaint- A: expression of grief, pain, or dissatisfaction B: a formal allegation against a party / there are many people’s complaint against government.

8. Succinctly- a: being girded b: close-fitting / he always says succinctly.

9. Reinforce- to strengthen by additional assistance, material, or support: make stronger or more pronounced / He reinforced a wall with mud.

10. Aggrandizement- to make great or greater / The governor aggrandized the lake.

11. Wretched- deeply afflicted, dejected, or distressed in body or mind / I think He lived a wretched life.

12. Guileless- : INNOCENT, NAIVE / He is a guileless person

13. Sycophant- a servile self-seeking flatterer / I’m not a sycophant

14. Utopian- of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a utopia; especially: having impossibly ideal conditions especially of social organization / He is a utopian dreamer.

15. Hagiography- biography of saints or venerated persons/ I read a hagiography of Edison.

16. Emulate- to strive to equal or excel/ He always emulates his friends.

17. Component- a constituent part/ This is a component of the car.

18. Incentive- something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action / I gave him an incentive to the work.

19. Conversely- reversed in order, relation, or action. / You should think conversely.

20. Evaluation- to determine or fix the value of / The evaluation was wonderful.

21. Cremation- to reduce (as a dead body) to ashes by burning. / Korea needs a culture of cremation.

22. Zealously- filled with or characterized by zeal / I do homework zealously.

23. Practitioner- one who practices; especially: one who practices a profession / She is a medical practitioner.

24. Tedious- tiresome because of length or dullness: BORING / That is a tedious discourse.

25. Bogged- to cause to sink into or as if into a bog / he bogged me into a bog.

26. Propellant- capable of propelling / his money was the propellant of the plan.

27. Initiative- of or relating to initiation / The thought was initiative.

28. Centripetal- proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis / centripetal movement of the tornado is very interesting.

29. Trampled- TRAMP; especially: to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure / the flowers were trampled by children.

30 Soar- a: to fly aloft or about, b: to sail or hover in the air often at a great height / The eagle was soaring.

31. Compensation- the act of compensating / I received money as compensation for the car accident.

32. Designation- the act of indicating or identifying, appointment to or selection for an office, post, or service / He followed the designation.

33. Tally- a device (as a notched rod or mechanical counter) for visibly recording or accounting especially business transactions / I lost the tally for my business.

34. Doldrums- a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or slump / He will conquer the doldrums of his business.

35. Cornerstone- a stone forming a part of a corner or angle in a wall; specifically: such a stone laid at a formal ceremony / the accident is the cornerstone of democratic government.

36. Anesthesiologist- a physician specializing in anesthesiology / He is an anesthesiologist

37. Cluster (V) - to collect into a cluster, to furnish with clusters / Ants clustered around sugar

38. Arteries- any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body / He has a problem in arteries.

39. Receptor- a cell or group of cells that receives stimuli / he has his receptor treated.

40. Crippling- to deprive of the use of a limb and especially a leg / He was crippled by arthritis.

41. Afflict- a: to distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering or anguish b: TROUBLE, INJURE / She afflicts herself with illness.

42. Demonize- a: an evil spirit b: a source or agent of evil, harm, distress, or ruin / He demonized the monster.

43. Halo- a circle of light appearing to surround the sun or moon and resulting from refraction or reflection of light by ice particles in the atmosphere / I saw halo around the sun

44. Ethical- of or relating to ethics / this is a ethical problem.

45. Diagnosis- a: the art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms b: the decision reached by diagnosis / I had a diagnosis at hospital today.

46. Facilitate- to make easier: help bring about / I facilitated growth of the plant.


47. Conduit- a natural or artificial channel through which something (as a fluid) is conveyed / The conduit is not working.

48. Resilient- a: capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture b: tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change / The player is resilient from injuries.

49. Ascertain- to make certain, exact, or precise / He ascertain that he is in New York City now.

50. Vulnerability- capable of being physically or emotionally wounded / that is his vulnerability

51. Dictate- 1: to give dictation 2: to speak or act domineeringly: PRESCRIBE / She dictated sentences to students.

52. Volt- a leaping movement in fencing to avoid a thrust / He volted.

53. Electrode- a conductor used to establish electrical contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit

54. Reconstruction- the action of reconstructing : the state of being reconstructed / The Company decided reconstruction.

55. Pacemaker- a: one that sets the pace for another b: one that takes the lead or sets an example / He is a pacemaker of this plan.

56. Stimulation- to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity / Praise stimulates students to work hard.

57. Defibrillator- an electronic device that applies an electric shock to restore the rhythm of a fibrillating heart / Te heart could work again by defibrillator.

58. Neuron- a grayish or reddish granular cell with specialized processes that is the fundamental functional unit of nervous tissue / I learned neuron at science class.

59 Rudimentary- consisting in first principles, of a primitive kind / the rudimentary education is the most important.

60. Notorious- generally known and talked of; especially: widely and unfavorably known / the area is notorious for crime.

61. Lobotomy- surgical severance of nerve fibers connecting the frontal lobes to the thalamus performed especially formerly for the relief of some mental disorders / He had lobotomy last night.

62. Derivation- a: SOURCE, ORIGIN b: DESCENT, ORIGINATION / the derivation of the taekwondo is taek-gyun.

63. Vetting- a: to provide veterinary care for (an animal) or medical care for (a person) b: to subject (a person or animal) to a physical examination or checkup / He is vetting dogs.

64. Obliged- to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the exigencies of circumstance / I was obliged to go at once.

65. Advanced (V) - far on in time or course / My class is advanced.

66. Resonance- the quality or state of being resonant / I heard the resonance.

67. Physiological- of or relating to physiology / It is physiological illness.

68. Remission- the act or process of remitting / He can return to his home by the remission of sins.

69. Versatile- changing or fluctuating readily / He is a versatile writer.

70. Enable- to provide with the means or opportunity, to make possible, practical, or easy, to cause to operate / Endurance enabled him to win the race.

71. Apathetic- having or showing little or no feeling or emotion / He was apathetic by the gag.

72. Despairing- given to, arising from, or marked by despair : devoid of hope / She despaired of success.

73. Retail- to sell in small quantities directly to the ultimate consumer / They retailed a car.

74. Paradoxically- a: of the nature of a paradox b: inclined to paradoxes / He paradoxically said to them.

75. Ecological- a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments / I studied an ecological map.

76. Extend- to spread or stretch forth / He extended his arms to the sky.

77. Anointing- to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance. / I anointed the burn.

78. Hosiery- HOSE. / He wears hosiery.

79. Milliner- a person, who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats. / She works in a big store as a milliner.

80. Shortcoming- an imperfection or lack that detracts from the whole / He found his shortcoming.

81. Skeptical/ bravado- Skeptical: relating to, characteristic of
Bravado: a pretense of bravery
/ He skeptical about her bravado.

82. Intuition- quick and ready insight. / His intuition is very fast.

83. Prosaic- characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry, DULL, UNIMAGINATIVE / The novel prosaic.

84. Anchoring (adj) - to cast anchor, to become fixed. / The boat was anchoring.

85. Objective (n) - a lens or system of lenses that forms an image of an object, something toward which effort is directed. / His objective is being a president.

86. Delectable- highly pleasing. / I was very delectable on last Sunday.

87. Stroll (V) - to go from place to place in search of work or profit / I strolled on the street.

88. Hem (V) &haw- to make a hem in sewing, often used to indicate a vocalized pause in speaking, to utter the sound represented by hem / I hemmed my quilt.

89. Elusive- tending to evade grasp or pursuit. / The word has very elusive meaning.

90. Dazed- to stupefy especially by a blow. / He dazed by a blow.

91. Renovate- to repair an old building and put it back into good condition. / They renovated a old buildings.

92. Stately- a: marked by lofty or imposing dignity b: HAUGHTY, UNAPPROACHABLE / the tree in front of my house is very stately.

93. Urge- to present, advocates, or demand earnestly or pressingly. / He urged him to come into the team.

94. Fade- to lose freshness, strength, or vitality. / The flowers finally faded.

95. Wander- to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal / He wandered on a hill.

96. Tireless- seemingly incapable of tiring / His zeal is tireless.

97. Tackle (n) - a set of the equipment used in a particular activity. / We bought tackles for fishing.

98. Camaraderie- a spirit of friendly good-fellowship. / I think that camaraderie is very important.

99. Abundance- an ample quantity: PROFUSION / I ate an abundance of food.

100. Patrol- a: the action of traversing a district or beat or of going the rounds along a chain of guards for observation or the maintenance of security b: the person performing such an action c: a unit of persons or vehicles employed for reconnaissance, security, or combat / He is a patrol of a town.

101. Romanticize- to make romantic : treat as idealized or heroic/ He romanticized the poem.

102. Linoleum- a floor covering made by laying on a burlap or canvas backing a mixture of solidified linseed oil with gums, cork dust or wood flour or both, and usually pigments / I used linoleum to make a floor cover.

103. Triumphantly- 1 VICTORIOUS, CONQUERING 2 archaic: of or relating to a triumph / though he lost the war, he looked like a triumphant general.

104. Glazed- covered with or as if with a glassy film. / I glazed a window.

105. Eggnog- a drink consisting of eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and often alcoholic liquor / I drank eggnog in the morning.

106. Bourbon- a whiskey distilled from a mash made up of not less than 51 percent corn plus malt and rye — compare CORN WHISKEY / He drank bourbon

107. Replete- fully or abundantly provided or filled / water is replete to have a shower.

108. Repast- something taken as food / I ate a repast.

109. Avuncular- of or relating to an uncle / He is my avuncular.

110. Tribute- a payment by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection / The Memorial Day is a tribute to our dead soldiers.

111. Travesty- to make a travesty of: PARODY / I travesty his speech

112. Traverse- something that crosses or lies across / I experienced a traverse of the United States.

113. Crucial- a: important or essential as resolving a crisis: DECISIVE b: marked by final determination of a doubtful issue c: IMPORTANT, SIGNIFICANT / The experiment is the most crucial of this year.

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