Vocab

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  • full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers fraught
  • to kill and eat an animal to prey on sth
  • the act of not including something or someone that should have been included omission
  • the activity of reducing the risk of losing money on shares, bonds, etc. that you own hedging
  • to become involved with or support an activity or opinion espouse
  • short or quick fleeting
  • light and delicate, especially in an unnatural way ethereal
  • having the habit of talking a lot, esp. about unimportant things garrulous
  • to think of something in a particular way perceive
  • (of a substance) easily bent without breaking or cracking, or (of a person) easily influenced or controlled by others pliable
  • intended to get information probing
  • unnecessary because it is more than is needed redundant
  • annoyed at someone's behaviour towards you miffed
  • annoyed peeved
  • strength, energy, or enthusiasm vigour
  • to cause something to happen to bring about sth
  • an act that shows skill, strength, or bravery feat
  • not expressing a clear opinion or decision noncommital
  • showing that you do not think something is worth considering dismissive
  • artificial and difficult to believe contrived
  • used or said so often that it seems ordinary, meaningless, or not sincere hackneyed
  • very strong and determined steely
  • to solve or end a problem or difficulty/to make a determined decision resolve
  • producing a great number or amount of something prolific
  • surprising and sometimes worrying startling
  • If something is ..., it causes you to stop and notice it arresting
  • the act of climbing or moving upwards ascent
  • the act of examining someone or something in order to judge their qualities, success, or needs appraisal
  • (especially of a desire or need) too great to be satisfied insatiable
  • never having happened or existed in the past unprecedented
  • always invariably
  • a fact, idea, or subject that takes people's attention away from the central point being considered red herring
  • not physically connected or fastened to something untethered
  • to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true concede
  • to spread the arms and legs out carelessly and untidily while sitting or lying down sprawl
  • an agreement between two groups who have different opinions on a subject, or the process of reaching an agreement like this accommodation
  • to make something that is already bad even worse exacerbate
  • famous for something bad notorious
  • a product or service that makes a lot of money over a long period of time for the company that sells it, often money that is used to support the company's other activities cash cow
  • a lot of unnecessary anger and worry about a matter that is not important storm in a teacup
  • able to be explained explicable
  • causing strong feelings emotive
  • to imagine something conceive
  • If a place is ..., it is empty, and not welcoming or attractive bleak
  • to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next flounder
  • alacrity speed and eagerness
  • from someone who knows that it is definitely true from the horse's mouth
  • very difficult to understand clear as mud
  • something worth thinking seriously about food for thought
  • relating to or characteristic of solipsism (= the belief that only your own experiences and existence can be known or are important) solipsistic
  • to make something simpler and easier for people to understand, especially in order to make it more popular dumb sth down
  • used to say that it is important to choose suitable people for particular activities because everyone has different skills horses for courses
  • to be responsible for something that happens answerable
  • to stay the same and not grow or develop stagnate
  • used to emphasize how good something is stonking
  • to say that someone or something is not good or important denigrate
  • using language to express ideas or opinions clearly and well, so that they have a strong effect on others eloquent
  • extremely painful excruciating
  • to write or say that a play, book, political action, etc. is very bad excoriate
  • to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people convey
  • the basic or most important idea or quality of something essence
  • making you remember or imagine something pleasant evocative
  • being or relating to a sign that something exists, is true, or is likely to happen indicative
  • too many to be counted innumerable
  • ... people have had their property taken away from them dispossessed
  • seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed plausible
  • showing great respect and admiration reverent
  • suggesting a positive and successful future auspicious
  • to be determined to criticize or harm someone have it in for someone
  • attractive because of being unusual and especially old-fashioned quaint
  • the action of moving away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and writing or talking about something else digression
  • causing, involving, or likely to cause disagreement and argument contentious
  • wrong or false erroneous
  • able to be made, done, or achieved feasible
  • an ... character in a play, book, etc. has the same name as the title eponymous
  • in a way that shows you are not thinking about or interested in someone or something indifferently
  • a question, often expressing doubt about something or looking for an answer from an authority query
  • used to describe something that causes great and sometimes unfriendly disagreement within a group of people divisive
  • ... descriptions, memories, etc. produce very clear, powerful, and detailed images in the mind vivid
  • to arrange the different parts of something in separate layers or groups stratify
  • a structure of metal poles and wooden boards put against a building for workers to stand on when they want to reach the higher parts of the building scaffolding
  • the fact of not being skilled or effective ineptitude
  • to become, or cause something to become, stronger, and more certain consolidate
  • a connection with a political party or religion, or with a larger organization affiliation
  • based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason arbitrary
  • to present information in a way that tries to make it as shocking or exciting as possible sensationalize
  • Someone who is assertive behaves confidently and is not frightened to say what they want or believe assertive
  • candid honest and telling the truth, especially about something difficult or painful
  • very or very much infinitely
  • to exchange ideas on a particular subject, often in order to reach a decision on what action to take confer
  • to shake slightly, often because of strong emotion quiver
  • to get or produce something, especially information or a reaction elicit
  • a silly or stupid person nincompoop

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