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vocab planner # day 9


word list

·         asperity : harshness, roughness,

 

·         austere : severely simple, ascetic, astern

 

·         assiduous : diligent, industrious, relentless

 

·         assuage : lessen pain or suffering, alleviate, recieve

 

·         atheist : doesn’t believe in the existence of god

 

·         atrocity : cruelty, savagery

 

·         audacious : fearless, intrepid, impudent, insolent

 

·         authentic : genuine, reliable, trustworthy

 

·         assailant : attacker

 

·         assent : agree, acquiesce, concor, consent

 

·         assimilate : absorb, understand, incorporate

 

·         astute : shrewd, smart, wise

 

·         atone : to make amends, expiate

 

·         attest : certify, bear out, prove

 

·         augment : increase, enhance, enlarge


·         avarice : greed, rapacity , covetousness


one word


·         egoist : thinks only about himself

 

·         altruist : helps others

 

·         extrovert : expresses his feeling openly

 

·         misogynist : hates women

 

·         ascetic : lives a simple life, no pleasures

 

·         arbiter : has the power to decide in a dispute

 

·         egoist : thinks he is the best

 

·         misanthrope :  hates mankind

 

·         misogamist : hates marriage

 

·         reticent : does not talk much

 

·         arbitrator :  appointed by the parties to decide in a dispute

 

idiom and phrases


·         have a long face : look unhappy

 

·         lose face : suffer loss or reputation

 

·         fall flat : fail, have  no effect

 

·         a frather in one’s cap  : an achievement

 

·         drag one’s  feet : tale a long time to do something

 

·         keep a straight face : not show any feeling

 

·         fall back on : rely on

 

·         pull a fast on : deceive him

 

·         feather one’s own nest : benefit oneself selfishly

 

·         have feet to clay : feel too weak to face a situation

 

prepositional phrases


·         bargain with a person for a thing

 

·         have bias towards a thing

 

·         beset with difficulties

 

·         battle with anyone

 

·         based on

 

·         born of rich parents

 

·         be benevolent towards the poor

 

·         bent on doing something

 

 

·         bound by a condition

 

phrasal verbs


·         jump at : accept eagerly

 

·         keep at : continue with something difficult

 

·         keep away : don’t allow someone near something

 

·         keep from : control yourself , refrain

 

·         keep off : remain away from

 

·         keep on : continue

 

vocab planner # day 10

 

word list

·         aver : assert, declare

 

·         averse : reluctant, disinclined, unwilling

 

·         awry : goes wrong , defective, out of direction

 

·         badger  : annoy, pester, tease , hector

 

·         banal : commonplace, dull, prosaic, mundane

 

·         devastate : destroy , pillage, plunder, ravage

 

·         bearing : behaviour, conduct, demeanour, mien

 

·         avert : to turn away or aside, avoid

 

·         devise : create, invent, plan , contrive

 

·         baffle : foil, frustrate, perplex, confound

 

·         detrimental : harmful , deleterious, pernicious

 

·         deviate : deflect, digress, stray, wander, askew

 

one word


·         incorrigible : cannot be reformed

 

·         intelligentia : the intelligent, learned class of the society

 

·         judicious : takes decisions sensibly

 

·         optimist : looks at the bright side of things

 

·         pessimist : believes there is no hope

 

·         pacifist : believes in peace not war

 

·         philistine : not interested in subjects of arts

 

·         plagiarist : copies other’s writings

 

·         pioneer : first one to do something in his field

 

·         quixotic : related to ideas that are not practical

 

idiom and phrases


·         man Friday : an invaluable assistant

 

·         the gift of the gab : the art of talking articulately

 

·         gain ground : make progress

 

·         play to the gallery : do something  to please the masses

 

·         throw down the gauntlet : challenge somebody

 

·         pick up the gauntlet : challenge somebody

 

·         gird up one’s loins : get ready for action

 

·         from the word go : right from the start

 

·         a gold mine : a great source of wealth or benefit

 

·         up for grabs : something ready to be taken

 

prepositional phrases


·         engaged to somebody( to marry)

 

·         be envious of someone

 

·         exception to a rule

 

·         be exonerated from blame

 

·         escape from a place

 

·         equality with a person

 

·         excuse someone for something

 

·         have experience of doing  something

 

·         extract something from a person

 

·         entrance to a place

 

·         essential to happiness

 

·         exempt someone from something

 

·         exempt from a fine

 

·         excel in something

 

phrasal verbs


·         bask in sunshine

 

·         believe in one’s honesty

 

·         bestow a thing on a person

 

·         bear with someone’s faults

 

·         belong to a person

 

·         beware of someone

 

·         beg for something from someone

 

·         bequeath a thing to a person

 

·         blame  a person for something

 

 

vocab planner # day 11


word list


·         devout : devoted, religion, godly, holy

 

·         diabolic : devilish , evil, malevolent, infernal

 

·         diatribe : criticism, invective, tirade, revile

 

·         diffident : shy, timid, bashful, reluctant

 

·         dilatory : delaying , procrastinating, sluggish

 

·         diligent : hardworking, assiduous, laborious

 

·         diplomat : envoy, negotiator

 

·         discard : reject , abandon, dismiss

 

·         dexterous : adept, adroit, deft , expert, skillful

 

·         diagnosis : determination, of the nature of a disease

 

·         didactic : pertaining to teaching , pedagogical

 

·         dilapidated : in a bad condition, ruined

 

·         dilemma : predicament, quandary, in a fix

 

·         discreet : judicious , sensible

 

·         disavow : disclaim, deny, disown

 

·         discern : differentiate, discriminate, distinguish

 

one word


·         homicide : murder of a man

 

·         sororicide : murder of a sister

 

·         matricide : murder of the mother

 

·         genocide : murder of the  race

 

·         suicide : murder of the self

 

·         fratricide : murder of a brother

 

·         patricide : murder of the father

 

·         uxoricide : murder of the wife

 

·         regicide : murder of the king

 

·         foeticide : murder of foetus


 idiom and phrases


·         play havoc with something : cause serious damage to something

 

·         go haywire : go completely out of control

 

·         cannot make head or tail : connot understand at all

 

·         keep one’s head : remain calm in a tense situation

 

·         have  a good  head on one’s shoulders : be sensible

 

·         make headway : make  progress

 

·         have one’s heart in one’s mouth : be anxious or feel too scared

 

·         take  heart : become encouraged

 

·         he has his heart in the right  place : he is kind and generous

 

·         take (something) to heart : be upset by ( something)

 

prepositional phrases


·         boast of one’s achievement

 

·         break into a house

 

·         break through a barrier

 

·         bring a thing to light

 

·         bring to one’s notice

 

·         burst into tears

 

·         bring about a change

 

·         burst on to scene

 

phrasal verbs


·         let someone down : disappoint, not come up to

 

·         let off : not punish

 

·         lie around : be lazy and not do anything

 

·         lie down : rest

 

·         Live up to : be up to standards

 

vocab planner # day 12


word list


·         discord : disharmony, discord

 

·         discrepancy : divergence, difference, various

 

·         disinterested : impartial, fair, indifferent, unbiased

 

·         dispel : drive away, dissipate, banish

 

·         dissent : disagreement , refusal , revolt

 

·         dissolute : corrupt , lewd , licentious, profligate

 

·         dissuade : discourage, deter

 

·         distinction : difference, eminence, renown

 

·         discreet : judicious , prudent, sagacious, discerning

 

·         disdain : contemn, spurn, scorn, dislike

 

·         disparage:  reproach, vilify, belittle, traduce

 

·         disrupt : disturb, intrude, interfere

 

·         dissipate : gradually, reduce, disappear

 

·         dissonance : discord , disagreement , incongruity

 

·         distort : contort, deform, twist, deshape

 

 

·      dwindle : diminish , shrink, lessen, wane

 

one word


·         affection : show not genuine behaviour

 

·         audacity : showing unnecessary boldness

 

·         charisma : charming influence

 

·         discretion : showing good judgement

 

·         empathy : sharing the same feeling with someone

 

·         apathy : absence of interest

 

·         brusque : curt, rude, blunt

 

·         fastidious : difficult to please

 

·         effeminate : having feminine qualities

 

·         exasperation : frustration

 

idiom and phrases


·         flog a dead horse : do something which no result is possible

 

·         straight from the horse’s mouth : directly from the source

 

·         bring the house down : cause a great deal of applause

 

·         raise a hue and cry : a loud protest

 

·         eat humble pie : forced to admit that one is wrong

 

·         break the ice : start a conversation

 

·         cut no ice : have no effect

 

·         the ins and outs : the complete details

 

·         walk on thin ice : be in a risky or dangerous situation

 

·         for keeps : permanently

 

prepositional phrases


·         care  for somebody

 

·         be cautious against something

 

·         careful about his dress

 

·         be certain about a matter

 

·         charge (noun) of murder

 

·         care about somethings\someone

 

·         capable  of improvement

 

·         cautious of giving  advice

 

·         characterised by a thing

 

·         charge(verb) someone with someone

 

·         cause of trouble

 

·         careful of his money

 

·         certain of success

                               

·         characteristic of a person

 

·         claim on something

 

phrasal verbs


·         mess with : annoy bother

 

·         move ahead : make progress , go forward

 

 

·         move along : develop or progress nicely

 

·         move in :  start living in a place

 

 

·         move out : leave   a place you live in

 

·         move up : move to a higher level