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Flashcards by Rawan Samy, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rawan Samy
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| Question | Answer |
| elude | escape --he eluded the police by jumping into the river |
| denizen | an organism that is usually in a habitat ---a monkey is a denizen to the forest |
| elusive | difficult to achieve --- scoring 2400 on sat is an elusive task |
| embolden | encourage - emboldened by her smile,he asked her to dance |
| Eminent | renowned , reputed an eminent person is famous, important, and respected ---Angelina jolie is eminent for her acts of kindness in africa. |
| enigma | mystery or puzzle --- when i first met ruksana ,she was nothing but an enigma to me. -- the crossword puzzle was nothing but an enigma to jimmy. |
| enthralling | beguiling, enchanted extremely interesting --enthralling experience --the magic ice show was enthralling |
| eschew | to avoid, refrain --in mun we have to eschew using personal pronouns. |
| evasive | not straightforward --she was evasive when her mom asked her where had she been. --Bill answered evasively when he was asked why he was driving a stolen car. |
| expedient | useful, convinent --I could have travelled by car, but found it more expedient to take the train. |
| expropriate | to take something from someone illegally in order to use it --Bill felt that the company was planning the expropriation of his own ideas. -- |
| facetious | saying things that are intended to be clever and funny but are really silly and annoying. not meant to be taken seriously -----Bumhair enjoys giving facetious comments and questions in class. |
| fanciful | imaginary --the girl enjoyed the company of her fanciful friend. --the child made up stories with fanciful characters |
| felicitous | suitable for an occasion fortunate or lucky pleasant -- the dress rawan wore was felicitous for a graduation. |
| fortuitous | accidental, unexpected --meeting the karate twins was fortuitous |
| fictitious | not true and not real --The girl gave the guy a fictitious phone number to get rid of him. |
| flippant | not being serious about something that other people think you should be serious about. jokey --adam gave a flippant reply when everyone was waiting for a serious answer. -- minions are always flippant even at serious times. |
| foible | a minor flaw in a person's character - we all have our little foibles. -john's yellow teeth were the only foible his friends could find. |
| foreboding | feeling that something bad is going to happen --I had a sense of foreboding when my dad called me into his room. - raven had a sense of foreboding when she saw the vision. |
| forestall | to prevent something from happening by acting first --the government took measures intended to forestall further attacks. --always stretch before exercising to forestall any injury. |
| forgo | miss or decline she wanted to forgo dinner with her parents. |
| elitist | selective , exclusive people with more power and wealth than the rest. ---elitist country clubbers who don't care about anybody else. |
| efficacious | effective the exemption policy was an efficacious method to reduce absences. |
| eclectic | varied, drawn from different sources ---His home was beautifully decorated using an eclectic mix of antique and modern furnishings. |
| formulaic | mechanical, fixed, standard -Children love jokes and riddles that are heavily formulaic -the rules in the student handbook are fairly formulaic and never change over the years. |
| frivolous | jokey, playful, perky - ahmed is a frivolous guy, that can never be serious. |
| futility | pointless -it is futile to ask ms susan for an extension on the assignment. |
| halcyon | calm,happy, peaceful the halcyon times of middle school when there wasn't a lot of homework. |
| harbinger | omen, indication - clouds are harbingers of a severe storm. |
| hostility | resentment, anger, -pictures of syrian refugees caused popular hostility towards politics. |
| antagonism | hatred between people or groups of people |
| imperceptible | unnoticiable, barely visible -the stain on mariam's shirt was imperceptible. |
| imperturbable | calm, cool،collected -kyla ross is imperturbable even during competition. |
| impervious | wasn't effected by it ,resistant, impermeable - she was impervious to her friends' rude comments. -the membrane was impermeable to fatty substances. |
| improvident | careless, reckless especially spending money. مصرف - improvident driving results in putting peoples lives in danger. - because of her improvident spending habits, her husband handles all financial matter. |
| incantation | chants or prayers words used in magic -- the wizard kept repeating incantations that we didn't understand. |
| incessant | never ending - the incessant crying of a baby drove me nuts. |
| incur | bring upon yourself انتي اللي عملتي كدة في نفسك - i wondered what i did to incur his disapproval. |
| indelible | can not be forgotten -travelling to turkey with the team was an indelible experience. |
| indigent | poor, needy - the indigent man could not afford food or clothing. |
| indignant | angry, offended -my mom was indignant about the way she has been treated by the manager. |
| infallible | reliable , dependable,always works -vinegar socks are infallible cure for fever. |
| ingenuity | cleverness, skill, creativity - scorpion is about a team of geniuses using their ingenuity to prevent major threats. |
| inimitable | unique, too good for others to copy - few players can match the inimitable talents of agahev. |
| innocuous | harmless -Although the berries appear innocuous, they are really poisonous. |
| insatiable | always wanting more,greedy, ravenous(starving) adam smith believed that people's insatiable desire for money will make the free market work. |
| insidious | dangerous, sinister while amal might seem like a nice girl she has an insidious side to her. |
| insinuation | imply , suggestion تلميح the coach tried to insinuate that she is not ready for the tournament. |
| insolent | rude,disrespectful, impudent, impertinent --Because William was insolent to the principal, he got suspended from school for three days. |
| dissolute | having an immoral way of life فاجر -After being arrested for hiring a prostitute, the dissolute minister was asked to give up his church position. |
| dispense | distribute |
| disparage | belittle, mock -It is never right to disparage people based on ethnicity. |
| disdain | scorn, contempt, dislike احتقار I have an absolute disdain for hypocrites. |
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