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*TFD - set 1

10-14 Sep 10

QuestionAnswer
CANTANGKEROUS BLOODY-MINDED (ill-tempered; quarrelsome) e.g. She made it more difficult for him by adopting a ~ tone.
NEFARIOUS VILLAINOUS (infamous by way of being extremely wicked) e.g. The ~ plot to blow up the Paliament was discovered in time.
SALIENT PROMINENT (strikingly conspicuous)
INELUCTABLE UNAVOIDABLE
DIFFIDENT UNSURE; TIMID
FLIGHTY FLYAWAY; SCATTERBRAINED (guided by whim and fancy)
PRATTLE BABBLE; GABBLE; PIFFLE (talk meaninglessly) e.g. I fell asleep listening to them ~
INGRAFT GRAFT (cause to grow together)
EXACERBATE EXASPERATE (make worse)
UNDULATE RIFFLE; RIPPLE; RUFFLE; COCKLE (move in a smooth wave-like motion) e.g. The ~ing water in the pool created patterns of light on the walls.
VARIEGATE "MOTLEY (make sth more diverse and varied) e.g. After the third consecutive dinner of mashed potatoes
PARADIGM EPITOME (one that serves as model)
RUFFIAN HOOLIGAN; ROUCHNECK (cruel and brutal fellow)
ARGOT PATIOS; VERNACULAR; LINGO; CANT (a specialised vocab used by certain group of ppl)
STALACTITE DRIPSTONE
ICONOCLAST IMAGE BREAKER (one who destrys sacred religious images)
ENSIFORM SWORDLIKE (shaped like a sword)
MEDICO DOC; PHYSICIAN (a licensed medical practitioner)
DESTITUTE "IMPOVERISHED; INDIGENT; NECESSITOUS (lacking resources or means of subsistence) e.g. Thought they were poor and ~
COEVAL "CONTEMPORANEOUS (originating
INSOUCIANT "CASUAL; NONCHLANCT (marked by blithe unconcern) e.g. She showed an ~ disregard for cold weather
EFFETE "DECADENT (depleted of vitality
SACROSANCT INVIOLABLE (regarded as sacred and inviolable)
BREAKWATER JETTY; SEAWALL; BULWARK (????????????????)
LIEGEMAN FEUDATORY; VASSAL (a person who hold a fief- land from feudal lord- and owes service to a feudal lord
ABROGATION ANNULMENT; REPEAL (legal cancellation)
ANATHEMA BETE NOIRE (a detested person)
TURNCOAT APOSTATE; RECREANT; RENEGADE; DESERTER; RATTER (one who traitorously switches allegiance)
CLEMENCY LINIENCE; REPRIEVE; MILDNESS (a disposition to show mercy)
ALLEGIANCE COMMITMENT; LOYALTY (act of binding yourself to a course of action)
Created by: vizruta
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