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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
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· 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
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
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· 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
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
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· 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
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· 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
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