eng vocab 2

wildly, insane; without self-control

complain

• sad or miserable in appearance.
• A person may looks woebegone as a result of a calamity.

• reject or void, especially by legal procedure.
• cancel, reverse, rescind, repeal, revoke, retract
• his conviction was quashed on appeal

• To brandish something is to wave it about aggressively, as one might brandish a sword or tennis racket
• flourish, wave, shake, wield

To confide in someone is to tell them something privately. We confide in people we trust.

small amount of something; a bite

enthusiastic and lengthy applause

a steep or rugged cliff or rock face

a small cave

absolutely absurd

• besiege, surrounded
• The zebra was beset by leopards

set free, emancipate

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

work hard, labor

• matchless
• an inimitable style

• the term during which some position is held
• incumbency, term of office

• not genuine; fraudulent.
• I thought your accent was a bit phony
• bogus, false, fake, fraudulent, spurious

• make (information) known; communicate.
• announce, proclaim, herald, promulgate, broadcast

• make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack
• avenge, revenge, reprisal, retribution, vengeance

• appease, conciliate, make up
• the pagans thought it was important to propitiate the gods with sacrifices

the action of spending funds; expenses

emitting light as a result of being heated

displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious.

• A glut is too much of something
• surplus, excess, surfeit, superfluity

to help someone understand; uplift

• a crime that undermines the offender's government
• treachery, disloyalty, betrayal

Sedition is the illegal act of inciting people to resist or rebel against the government in power. It's what the southern states did at the start of the Civil War.

• 1. an event with a powerful and unpleasant effect; a blow.
• the third whammy was the degradation of the financial system

• voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up, renounce
• he relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive

lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing, dishonesty

• search for and collect (anything usable) from discarded waste
• If you're looking for a replacement part for a vintage car, you might scavenge at the dump for a suitable part.

destructive to both sides in a conflict

• seize and carry off (someone) by force.
• her child was ravished from her breast
• seize, snatch, carry off/away, steal, abduct

• perceive or recognize (something)
• I can discern no difference between the two policies

• take away a part from; cut down on; make a reduction in; diminish
• His bad manners detract from his good character

To flounce is to move in an exaggerated, emphatic way, especially if your movement expresses anger or impatience.

expressing sorrow; mournful

• breathing with difficulty and making whistling sound
• the air was full of ash, and they coughed and wheezed

• 1. delicately small and pretty
• 2. something good to eat; a delicacy.

• an angular or rounded shape made by folding
• bend, crimp, fold

To growl is to make a low, guttural, aggressive sound, like “grrrrrrrrrrr.” If you’ve ever gotten too close to an angry dog, you’ve probably heard a growl

To muffle is to quiet a sound, usually by wrapping it with something. If you try to speak with a scarf over your mouth, your voice will be muffled.

burn with a hot liquid or steam

• a painful or horrific experience, especially a protracted one
• Something kind of hard like taking a test can be an ordeal, but often an ordeal is a serious and long-lasting event, like an illness or tragedy

• feel about uncertainly or blindly
• She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom

• scrape or brush the surface of (a shoe or other object) against something
• scrape, scratch, rub, abrade

A grunt is a short, deep sound.

• intensely painful, agonizing, acute, intense
• excruciating back pain

to complain about something clearly but quietly, in a low mutter.

• To pounce is to attack suddenly by leaping onto your prey. A tiger will slowly sneak up on its prey and then suddenly pounce, using speed as much as strength to make the kill.
• swoop

unpleasantly sticky or messy substance.

humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner.

• a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
• the basis of a theory

into parts or pieces, apart

• curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
• express strong disapproval of, deplore

• a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter
• плесен, мана

• use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something
• handle clumsily

get down on feet and begging for something

• When you mangle something, you completely destroy it, by ripping, cutting, crushing, or otherwise mauling it into pieces.
• mutilate, damage

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies, free will

To flunk is to do poorly on a test or in a class. One way to avoid flunking is to start studying several nights before a test.

• a person's orders or command.
• instruction, requirement, demand, insistence

• To fidget is to make little movements with your hands and feet. Even if you're nervous during your job interview, try not to fidget.
• wriggle, squirm, twitch, jiggle, shuffle

walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.

• extremely bad; appalling.
• awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious

a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague

Sharp or bitter in tone or meaning; cutting.

• jump or dive quickly and energetically.
• Joy plunged into the sea

• The advent of something means that it's finally here.
• arrival, coming

Something that is done because of an unreasonable behavior, without any sense

• 1. to indulge yourself
• 2. be showy or ostentatious

to become wrinkled or creased.

• a varied mixture of people or things; a miscellany.
• an interesting medley of flavors

press down tightly

A breach is a violation of a law, duty, or promise. If you'd contracted to mow your neighbor's lawn and don't do it, he can sue you for breach of contract. Or he can mow the lawn himself.

perceptive; insightful

speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds.

To bewilder is to amaze, baffle, dumbfound, flummox, perplex, or stupefy. When you bewilder people, you confuse them

Politeness

smelling of; giving off odors

sorrow and repentance

• stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
• Rebellious

• making meaningless noises
• blabber, chatter, clack, gabble

• cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations
• confuse

the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

To obviate means to eliminate the need for something or to prevent something from happening. If you want to obviate the possibility of a roach infestation, clean your kitchen regularly.

A throng is a crowd of people or animals. On the crowded platform, the throng of passengers attempted to push their way into the already overcrowded subway car.

lacking in shape

A frolic is a light-hearted, fun, often silly activity. To frolic is to cavort, romp, or run around — to have fun.

swagger; show off

• Intransigence is a stubborn refusal to change your views.
• stubbornness

• 1. something that is hunted for food; pray
• 2. mine for stone

• having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
• prophetic, predictive

poet

• (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age 
• emaciated; bony and angular

very lively; cheerful; jovial; happy

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

nomadic; moving from place to place

hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.

flimsy, not solid, shaky.

to get angry

payment for work done

depravity; wickedness.

As its sound might suggest, plaudit is indeed related to "applaud" and "applause." In fact it's really just a fancy way of saying "praise" or "acclamation."

Destitution is an unfortunate state in which a person lacks something important — like money, food, companionship, or even hope

it precedes something or serves as an example

drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.

stubborn; resolute; holding firm to a purpose

a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals.

A squabble is a fight but not necessarily a serious one. When we squabble, we have a little argument, probably about something not too important.

• a short excursion or journey for pleasure.
• trip, pleasure trip

immunity

• clear (someone) of blame or suspicion
• hospital staff were vindicated by the inquest verdict

To flail means to wave around wildly.

When you use the word emanate, you're usually talking about lights, sounds or unseen forces coming out of a specific source. If you hear creepy sounds emanating from an old house, that might mean it's haunted.

shell, hull, pod, case

To lurch is to suddenly move — usually forward. If you are on a ship that lurches a lot during a storm, you may find your body lurching in one direction and your stomach going in the opposite one.

If you need to be untangled, set free or otherwise released from something or someone, you need to be extricated.

semitransparent

• praise formally or officially
• he was commended by the judge for his courageous actions

To recuperate is to get something back that you have lost — could be good health, or money lost in a bad investment. When you recuperate, you heal and recover.

extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic

• an uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration, typically in a young child
• He has temper tantrums if he can't get his own way.

• wretched; shabby
• Scrubby tufts of grass.

• the action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint
• The payment was made under compulsion.

• Obligatory; required
• A compulsory examination

• claim to be, profess to be, pretend to be
• Use purport when you want to convince people about something that might not be true, like when you purport that the dog ate your homework.

Revelry is a wild, fun time. If you enjoy the revelry of a New Year's Eve party, you might pay for partying hard the next day.

• go or move back or further away from a previous position
• the flood waters had receded

protest against official policy; dissent, disagreement

To wean yourself from something is to gradually eliminate that thing from your life; disengage

• aggressively greedy or grasping.
• greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, covetous

litter, mess up, disarrange

• limitation of supply or effort; skimp
• A habit that is intrinsic to parsimonious type of people

Jubilation is a happy word. Where there is jubilation, there are laughter, smiles, laughs, joy, and gladness.

• of the nature of or indicative of disease
• The treatment of morbid obesity

Expiate means to make amends or atone for a wrong you or someone else has committed.

When you conceal something, you are keeping it from being discovered

suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at

Abjure means to swear off, and it applies to something you once believed.

using secretive method

A herd is a bunch of animals, or — people who act like a bunch of animals. It's also a verb — when people herd animals, they try to keep them moving in the same direction

• to twist in pain; suffer acutely 
• He writhed in pain as the dentist pulled his molar free.

wise, judicious, sagacious, sage, shrewd

• 1. censure or criticize severely.
• 2. tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading

A preamble is a brief introduction to a speech, like the Preamble to the Constitution that starts out "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union...do ordain and establish this Constitution."

to express disapproval; criticize

• revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement)
• The government eventually rescinded the directive.

• feeling about future event
• He had a premonition of imminent disaster.

the state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons; banish

to charge, especially  with a crime

phrase or idea that have been overused

To lurk is to creep around, hide out, and wait to attack.

• to gain the favor of another by effort.
• He quickly ingratiated himself with his new boss.

• sharing a boundary; adjacent 
• Illinois and Indiana have contiguous borders.

become progressively worse

deviate, go off on a tangent, get off the subject

• A contingency is an event you can't be sure will happen or not.
• eventuality, incident, occurrence, juncture,possibility

• a sudden sharp movement.
• jerk, snap, flip, whisk

• the use of fallacious arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving
• a fallacious argument.

Filthy, morally degraded

ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly.

a natural ability to do something.

sincere regret or remorse

exuberantly plentiful; abundant

recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.

false name or identity

feel or express discontent; fret.

speak or laugh at someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

push, thrust, jar, bump, knock, bang

An utterly trivial objection or criticism.

• admit (someone) formally to a position or organization.
• Some schools induct only students who meet their pre-entrance standards.

the action of depriving someone of membership in an organization

to enjoy

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

spread throughout (something); pervade.

light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter

integrity, honesty, uprightness, decency

Shameless viciousness.

Use the verb persevere when you want to persist in anything and continue despite difficulties or obstacles.

Someone's disposition is their mood or general attitude about life.