WORDS SEARCHED – PART V
1.
Obscurity:
The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand; state of being
unknown or not well known
a.
Reese and Finch have been working in obscurity for
years now.
2.
Jiffy:
A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to
beat)
a.
If I had the chance I'd do it in a jiffy.
3.
Nemesis:
the goddess of divine retribution= (The act of correcting for your wrongdoing)
and vengeance; curse
a.
The nemesis of my life.
4.
Graft:
The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain
an illicit advantage; bribe
a.
(Surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a
donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient.
b.
Cause to grow together parts from different
plants; Graft the cherry tree onto the plum tree.
5.
Promiscuity:
Indulging in promiscuous = (Casual and unrestrained in sexual behaviour) (casual
and indiscriminate) sexual relations
a.
His reputation for promiscuity.
6.
Cringed:
Draw back, as with fear or pain; show submission of fear
a.
She cringed when they showed the slaughtering of
the calf.
7.
Fastidious:
Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with
cleanliness.
a.
Fastidious about personal cleanliness.
b.
A fastidious and incisive intellect.
8.
Incisive:
Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
9.
Deft:
Skilful in physical movements; especially of the hands.
a.
Deft fingers massaged her face.
10. Muck: Soil with mud, muck, or mire;
faecal matter of animals
11. Recapitulate: Summarize briefly.
12. Consternation: Fear resulting from the
awareness of danger.
13. Affluence: Abundant wealth.
a.
Affluence of an area compared to rest of the
state.
14. Distraught: Deeply agitated especially
from emotion.
a.
Distraught with grief.
15. Prosthesis: Corrective consisting of a
replacement for a part of the body.
16. Liaison: A channel for communication
between groups; a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.
a.
He provided a liaison with the guerrillas.
17. Complicit: Involved with others in an
illegal activity or wrongdoing.
18. Placebo: An innocuous or inert
medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the
efficacy of a drug; medication.
19. Inundated: Covered with water; the main
deck was inundated.
20. Strife: Lack of agreement or harmony
21. Inept: Generally incompetent and
ineffectual
22. Debilitate: Make weak
a.
Life in the camp debilitated him.
23. Gnaws: Bite or chew on with the teeth
24. Scrupulous: Motivation deriving
logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts
and actions, arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled.
a.
Less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were
deceptive in appearance.
25. Enamour: Attract; cause to be enamoured
a.
She enamoured all the men’s hearts.
26. Prudence: Knowing how to avoid
embarrassment or distress; Acting with or
showing care and thought for the future
a.
The servants showed great tact and prudence.
27. Tact: Consideration in dealing with
others and avoiding giving offence
28. Frugality: The
quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness.
29. Thrifty: Careful and diligent in the use of resources.
30. Nepotism: Favouritism shown to
relatives or close friends by those in power.
31. Imputation: A statement attributing something
dishonest (especially a criminal offence).
32. Discretion: Freedom to act or judge on
one's own.
33. Annuitant: Recipient of an annuity=Income
from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
34. Blissful: Completely happy and
contented.
35. Beckon: Signal with the hands or nod,
appear inviting.
a.
She beckoned to her friends.
36. Contour: A line drawn on a map
connecting points of equal height; any spatial attributes
37. Altruism: The quality of unselfish
concern for the welfare of others.
38. Assuage: Cause to be more favourably
inclined; gain the good will of; satisfy; provide physical relief.
a.
She managed to assuage the angry customer.
39. Dither: Act nervously; be undecided; be
uncertain.
a.
He was in a dither.
40. Arrears: an unpaid overdue debt.
41. Attrition: A wearing down to
weaken or destroy.
42. Rout: cause to flee; defeat
disastrously.
43. Traction: The friction between a body
and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the
road).
44. Vehement: Marked by extreme intensity
of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid= characterized
by intense emotion.
a.
Vehement clapping by the audience.
45. Jovial: full of or showing high
spirited merriment.
46. Bickering: a quarrel about petty
points.
47. Ostentation: A gaudy outward display.
a.
A charming host without any touch of stiffness
or ostentation.
48. Turgid: Ostentatiously lofty
in style.
49. Incoherent: Without logical or
meaningful connection
50. Perverse: Marked by a disposition to
oppose and contradict.
a.
Took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans.
51. Disposition: a person’s usual mood; the
act or means of getting rid of something
52. Condescending: Do something that one
considers to be below one's dignity
53. Incandescent: Emitting light as a
result of being heated
54. Vex: Cause annoyance in; disturb,
especially by minor irritations; irk.
55. Gall: Abnormal swelling of
plant tissue caused by insects, microorganisms or injury; a feeling of
deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
56. Ruse: a deceptive manoeuvre.
57. Platonic: Free from physical desire;
platonic love.
58. Emasculated: having the testicles
removed; deprive of strength or vigour.
59. Endomorphic: having a fleshy, round,
flat build.
60. Analgesic: capable of relieving pain.
61. Endorphin: A neurochemical occurring
naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties
62. Agnatic: related on the father’s side.
63. Frail: physically weak.
64. Senile: mentally or physically infirm=
(Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality) with age.
65. Doting: extravagantly or foolishly
loving and indulgent.
a.
Deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband
with a young captain.
66. Globe-trot: travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing.
67. Incarcerate: lock up or confine, in or
as in jail.
68. Lobotomy: Surgical interruption of
nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked
cognitive and personality changes.
69. Impassive: having or revealing little emotion
or sensibility.
70. Patron: A regular customer; someone who
supports something.
71. Celibacy: An unmarried status.
72. Autocracy: A political system
governed by a single individual.
73. Beleaguer: Annoy persistently.
74. Status quo: the existing state of affairs.
75. Arbitrator: Someone chosen to judge and
decide a disputed issue.
76. Apprise: inform of something, make
aware of.
77. Gagging: desperate
a.
(V) Prevent from speaking out; be too tight, rub
or press.
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