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| Cartes-fiches | 16 |
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| Langue | English |
| Catégorie | Géographie |
| Niveau | École primaire |
| Crée / Actualisé | 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.
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.
