[ERICKA] CSE Vocab

Pagal

Pagod

Furtive

Secretive or hidden actions

Trenchant

Incisive or sharp in expression or style; clear and effective.

Animosity

Hostility or hatred

Acquiesced

Reluctantly agreeing to something without protest.

Repugnant

Disgust, extremely distasteful or unacceptable

Dwindled

To gradually diminish in size, amount, or strength

Liquescent

Having the quality of becoming liquid; the state of melting or being dissolved.

Invigorating

Causing one to feel stronger, healthier, or more energized; refreshing and stimulating

Enervating

Causing one to feel drained of energy or vitality; weakening and fatigued.

Exhilarating

Thrilling and invigorating.

Irrefutable

Impossible to deny or disprove

Irreparable

Not able to be repaired

Irremediable

Incurable, beyond repair

Tirade

A long, angry speech or lecture, often characterized by vehement criticism or denunciation.

Laudatory

Expressing praise or admiration; commendatory in nature.

Perjury

The act of deliberately lying or making false statements under oath, typically in a court of law.

Larceny

The unlawful taking of someone's personal property with the intent to permanently deprive them of it.

Conspire

To secretly plan with others to commit an unlawful or harmful act.

Rummage

to search through something in a messy or hurried way, often to find an item or organize belongings.

Tenderfoot

A beginner or novice in a particular field, often used to describe someone inexperienced in outdoor activities like hiking or camping.

Catharsis

The process of releasing strong or repressed emotions, leading to emotional relief or purification.

Holster

a holder for a firearm, typically worn on a belt or under the arm.

Not let grass grow under feet

Don't delay in getting something done

Dead wood

People or things which are no longer useful or necessary.

Golden Handshake

Big sum of money given to a person when they leave a company or retire.

Separate sheep from goats

Examining a group of people and deciding their suitability

Buckle down

Doing some hard work with determination and full attention.

Punch above one’s weight

Performing beyond your ability.

Sink your teeth into

Doing something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.

Fish out of water

Feeling uncomfortable in unfamiliar surroundings.

Bee in one’s bonnet

Carrying an idea which constantly occupies your thoughts.

Keep a stiff upper lip

Refers to a person who doesn't show off his emotions.

White elephant

Very expensive but of no use.

Pompous

Self-important

Jubilant

Happiness

Lavish

Excess; abundance

Morose

Gloomy disposition

Nilubugan ng araw

Nawalan ng pag-asa

Aphasia

Language disorder

Fastidious

Great attention to detail

Facile

Easy, superficial

Maggot in bacon

Living in prosperity

Ecstatic

Enthusiastic, marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

Wean

Free from dependence, to gradually eliminate that thing from your life

Busboy

Waiter’s assistant; a young man who clears tables in a restaurant

Uncanny

Relinquish

Give up, leave behind

Stupefy

To make stupid, insensible

Nakabubulahaw

Magulo

Exigent

Requiring immediate aid/action

Bahag ang buntot

Duwag

Ambivalent

Uncertain

Ominous

Threatening

Adamant

Unwavering, resolute

Futile

Pointless

Ostentatious

Pretentious

Grotesque

Outrageous, comically or repulsively ugly or distorted

Clandestine

Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit

Fleeting

Lasting for a very short time

Sordid

Dirty

Euphoria

Happiness

Blurb

A short description of a book, movie, or other product written for promotional purposes and appearing on the cover of a book or in an advertisement

Mundane

Lacking interest, dull; Worldly

Penchant

Liking, fondness

Dogmatic

Opinionated, authoritative

Plethoric

Excessive

Haphazard

Unplanned

Spill the beans

Let out a secret

Barking up the wrong tree

Accusing a wrong person

Achilles heel

Weak spot

Costs an arm and a leg

Expensive

Born with a silver spoon in her mouth

Born into a very rich family

Put all eggs in one basket

To avoid relying on a single source of support, opportunity, or investment

Butterflies on the stomach

Feels nervous

Bury the hatchet

Forget the past

Don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched

You shouldn't make plans or be overly confident about something until it has actually happened

Jumped on the bandwagon

Joined the new trend

Glimmer

Shine

Petrify

Extremely terrified; turn solid into stone

Filibuster

Delaying tactics

Rescind

Revoke or cancel

Not let grass grow under feet

Don't delay in getting something done

Dead Wood

People/things no longer useful or necessary

Golden handshake

Big sum of money given when a person leaves a company or retire

Separate sheep from goats

Examining a group of people and deciding their suitability

Buckle down

Doing some hard work with determination and full atention

Punch above one’s weight

Perform beyond ability

Sink your teeth into

Doing something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm

Fish out of water

Feeling uncomfortable in unfamiliar surroundings

Bee in one’s bonnet

Carrying an idea which constantly occupies your thoughts

Keep a stiff upper lip

Refers to a person who doesn’t show off his emotions

White elephant

Expensive but o use

Shoulder to shoulder

Fast friend in difficult time

Play ducks and drakes

Waste money on worthless articles

Mother wit

Common sense

Long in the Tooth

Old people

In the Flynn

To be easily successful, especially when sexual or romantic

High on the Hog

Living in luxury

Give him the slip

To escape