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What does 'stagger' mean?
What does 'stagger' mean?
Define 'sifted'.
Define 'sifted'.
To examine closely or separate finer elements.
Perspiration is a term for sweat.
Perspiration is a term for sweat.
True
What does 'haughty' mean?
What does 'haughty' mean?
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What is an 'intruder'?
What is an 'intruder'?
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Match the following terms with their definitions:
Match the following terms with their definitions:
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A 'callously' action is done in a ______ manner.
A 'callously' action is done in a ______ manner.
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A 'tamper' means to interfere in a harmless way.
A 'tamper' means to interfere in a harmless way.
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What does 'quidd pro quo' refer to?
What does 'quidd pro quo' refer to?
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What is meant by the term 'malicious'?
What is meant by the term 'malicious'?
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The word 'dismal' is often used to describe something that is ______.
The word 'dismal' is often used to describe something that is ______.
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Study Notes
Movement and Behavior
- Stagger: To walk or move unsteadily
- Heedlessly: To act carelessly and without regard for consequences
- Tramp: A person who travels on foot and is often homeless
- Get loco: A slang term for going crazy or becoming wild
- Genuflect: To kneel as a sign of respect or worship
- Stampede: A sudden rush of people or animals, often caused by panic
- Vie: To compete eagerly for something
Objects and Actions
- Sifted: To examine something closely or separate the finer elements
- Sooty: Covered with or resembling soot; blackened.
- Forge: To create or shape (a relationship or document) often with effort or deceit
- Prod: To poke or stimulate someone into action
- Swab: To clean or apply something with a sponge or mop
- Rake something up: To bring up an old subject or problem
- Launder: To clean, or in a figurative sense, to process illegally obtained money
Description and Style
- Haughty: Arrogantly superior and disdainful
- Yonder: At some distance in the direction indicated
- Kerfuffle: A commotion or fuss
- Elusive: Difficult to find, catch, or achieve
- Spectacular: Impressive or dramatic in appearance or effect
- Incongruent: Not in harmony or not fitting in
- Intransigent: Unwilling to change one's views or to agree
- Exquisite: Extremely beautiful and delicate
- Inane: Silly or lacking meaning
- Grim: Harsh or forbidding in appearance or outlook
- Demeanor: Outward behavior or manner
- Reiterate: To say or do something again for emphasis
- Dire: Extremely serious or urgent
- Poised: Having composure and self-assurance
- Dismal: Depressing or dreary
- Egregious: Outstandingly bad or shocking
Relationships and Social Interactions
- Acquaintance: A person one knows slightly, but not a close friend
- Bandit: A robber or outlaw
- Intruder: Someone who enters a place without permission
- Prof: A short word for "professor"
- Subaltern: A subordinate or lower-ranking person
Concepts and Ideas
- Perspiration: Sweat; the process of sweating
- Pursuit: The action of chasing or striving for something
- Resilient: Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
- Coherent: Logical and consistent
- Viable: Capable of working or being successful
- Irritant: A substance or action that causes discomfort or annoyance
- Behove: To be necessary or proper for someone
- Ill-behove: To be inappropriate or improper
- Emulate: To imitate or match, especially out of admiration
- Contentious: Causing or likely to cause disagreement
- Callously: In a way that shows cruelty or insensitivity
- Retrieval: The process of recovering or retrieving something
- Islet: A small island
- Cede: To give up power or territory
- Sub-judice: Under judicial consideration and therefore prohibited from public discussion.
- Assertion: A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief
- Demarcate: To set boundaries or limits
- Join the bandwagon: To join others in doing or supporting something fashionable or popular
- Atrocity: An extremely wicked or cruel act
- Besieged: Surrounded by armed forces or troubled persistently
- Ceasefire: A temporary stoppage of a war where both sides agree to stop fighting
- Abstain: To refrain from doing something by choice
- Carrot and stick: A method of persuasion using both rewards and punishment
- Brink: The edge or verge of something, often a dangerous situation
- Rhetorically: In a way that is intended to persuade or impress, often without expecting an answer
- Leverage: The use of something to gain an advantage
- Suffice: To be enough or adequate
- Adjunct: Something added to something else as a supplementary part
- Assuage: To make an unpleasant feeling less intense
- Malicious: Intending or intended to do harm
- Robust: Strong and healthy
- Vulnerable: Exposed to the possibility of being harmed
- Undergird: To support or strengthen
- Cassandra: A person who predicts bad events, often ignored
- Tamper: To interfere with something in a harmful or unauthorized way
- Minuscule: Extremely small
- Trivial: Of little value or importance
- Pivot: The central point or aspect of something
- Strident: Loud, harsh, and forceful
- Wayward: Difficult to control or predict
- Impending: About to happen
- Elephant in the room: An obvious problem or issue that is being ignored
- Pessimistic: Having a negative outlook on the future
- Augur: To predict a good or bad outcome
- Dampen: To make something less intense or enthusiastic
- Revelation: A surprising or previously unknown fact
- Naysayer: A person who opposes or criticizes
- Substantial: Of considerable importance or size
- Quid pro quo: A favor or advantage given in return for something
- Emphatic: Expressing something forcibly and clearly
- Apprehension: Anxiety or fear that something bad will happen
- Lion's share: The largest portion of something
- Laud: To praise highly
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Test your knowledge with this vocabulary quiz focused on various actions and behaviors. Explore words related to movement, objects, and descriptions to evaluate your understanding of their meanings. Perfect for enhancing your language skills!
