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This flashcard set is designed for primary school students to expand their vocabulary. It covers a range of words with definitions and examples, focusing on terms like "nondescript," "insipid," "abrogate," and "replete." The set includes words related to speech, opinions, and everyday objects, helping young learners understand and use new words in context. It's particularly useful for students who want to improve their language skills and express themselves more clearly.
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08.09.2014 / 08.09.2014

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innocuous

not harmful or offensive

it was an innocuous question

impetuous

acting without thinking—done impulsively; sudden decision

 

While I may have been impetuous as a teenager, I have become a patient adult.

bigot

narrow-minded, prejudiced person

a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices

 

Elaine is a racist bigot who refuses to speak to anyone of a different race.

 

obstinate

stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or action; very difficult to change or persuade; refusing to obey

 

Although the little boy knew he was wrong, he was too obstinate to apologize to his parents.

placid

not easily upset or excited; calm; peaceful

 

The placid husband was the total opposite of his easily upset wife.

remuneration

money paid for work or a service.

 

The salary earned by teachers is not enough remuneration for all the work they do on a daily basis.

 

bilk

1.to defraud; cheat:

He bilked the government of almost a million dollars.

2. to evade payment of (a debt).

3.to frustrate:

a career bilked by poor health.

4.to escape from; elude:

to bilk one's pursuers.

noun

5. a cheat; swindler.

6. a trick; fraud; deceit.

engender

1.to produce, cause, or give rise to:

Hatred engenders violence.

2.to beget; procreate.

verb (used without object)

3.to be produced or caused; come into existence:

Conditions for a war were engendering in Europe.

knotty

1.having knots; full of knots :

a knotty piece of wood.

2.involved, intricate, or difficult:

a knotty problem.

involute

 

involuted

1 intricate; complex.

2.curled or curved inward or spirally

abase

1.to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation;humble; degrade.

2.Archaic. to lower; put or bring down:

He abased his head.

diatribe

1.a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism:

repeated diatribes against the senator.

abusive speech or piece of writing

Upset about his demotion, Ed made an angry diatribe about his employer.

synonym=- harangue

replete

adjective

1.abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with):

a speech replete with sentimentality.

2.stuffed or gorged with food and drink.

3.complete:

a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.

 

having much or plenty of something

abrogate

verb (used with object), abrogated, abrogating.

1.to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act;repeal:

to abrogate a law.

2.to put aside; put an end to

 

to abolish; to do away with

A good father would never abrogate his parental responsibilities.

insipid

without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid:

an insipid personality.

without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland:

a rather insipid soup.

nondescript

adjective

of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind:

a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.

.undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid:

The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes.

noun

 

a person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind.

 

 undistinctive, usual, ordinary, unexceptional.

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