Vocabulary

English vocabulary

English vocabulary


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Flashcards 83
Language English
Category English
Level Secondary School
Created / Updated 14.09.2015 / 15.09.2015
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Harness

Meaning:

Verb.

  • control and make use of (natural resources), especially to produce energy.

Example:

She harnesses the urge for trouble in her work.

Recede

Meaning:

Verb.

  • go or move back or further away from a previous position.
  • (of a quality, feeling, or possibility) gradually diminish

Example:

My bitching self is receding now.

Futile

Meaning:

Adj. 

  • incapable of producing any useful result, pointless

Example:

To defy their will is futile.