Day 8 (TUE 12.23) (300-350 cc & in class 8)

Assume (v)

Suppose, presume, presuppose, guess; Take on (a specified quality, appearance, or extent), or be responsible; Pretend or feign

Pique (n, v)

Irritate, bother, upset, annoy, or rile; Stimulate

Punctual (adj)

On time

Exhaustive (adj)

Comprehensive, complete, full

Rudimentary (adj)

Basic, elementary, introductory

Bear (v)

Tolerate or endure; take over, accept, shoulder or assume; carry, bring or take; give birth to (a child)

Belie (v)

Oppose, contradict, or deny; Fail to give a true notion of (something)

Insinuate (v)

Suggest or hint (something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way, allude, imply, suggest

Reminiscence (n)

Remembrances, the enjoyable recollection of past events, reflections, anecdotes

Elusive (adj)

Difficult to find, catch, or achieve; Hard to understand

Discern (v)

Distinguish, separate, recognize or tell the difference

Pathogen (n)

Virus, bacterium, or other microorganism that can cause disease

Avian (adj)

Relating to birds

Reinforce (v)

Strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material

Remorseless (adj)

Heartless, pitiless, without regret or guilt; Relentless, unrelenting, unremitting

Inscribe (v)

Write or carve (words or symbols) on something

Vilify (v)

Criticize, disparage, denigrate, castigate, chastise

Notwithstanding (prep)

In spite of, despite, nevertheless

Advent (n)

Arrival, appearance, emergence

Dreadful (adj)

Awful, outrageous or causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; Extremely bad or serious

Cultivate (v)

Raise or grow (plants), especially on a large scale for commercial purposes; Prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening; Develop or try to acquire (a quality, sentiment, or skill)

Deluge (n, v)

A severe flood; A great quantity

Collegiality (n)

The cooperative relationship of colleagues

Provision (n, v)

Condition or requirement in a legal document; The action of providing something; An amount of food

Curtail (v)

Shorten, abridge, truncate, reduce in extent or quantity

Compassion (n)

Sympathy, empathy, kind-heartedness

Enterprise (n)

Business, project, undertaking, endeavor, venture, pursuit, operation, or task

Oversee (v)

Supervise, manage, superintend

Qualify (v)

Modify, alter, revise, or change; Be eligible, be entitled to, be permitted

Commencement (n)

Beginning, graduation

Dispute (n, v)

An argument between two people, groups or countries; discussion about a subject on which people disagree

Argumentative (adj)

Contentious, cantankerous, causing or likely to cause an argument

Litigious (adj)

Quarrelsome, combative, contentious, too ready to take arguments to court

Impassioned (adj)

Passionate, emotional, heartfelt, wholehearted, filled with great emotion

Vital (adj)

Important, essential

Ballot (n)

Voting, recording of vote (usually secret)

Chronology (n)

Timetable, timeline, sequence of events or arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence

Undergo (v)

Experience or be subjected to (something, typically something unpleasant, painful, or arduous)

Prickly (adj)

Thorny, spiky; Irritable, peevish, bad-tempered

Futility (n)

Uselessness

Fertility (n)

Fertility or productiveness; the ability to conceive children or young

Underscore (v)

Emphasize, foreground, feature; Underline, mark

Juxtapose (v)

Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect

Fecund (adj)

Productive, prolific; Fertile, lush, abundant

Ingenuity (n)

The quality of being clever, original, and inventive, resourcefulness

Concession (n)

Yielding, granting, conceding; acknowledgement

Testimony (n)

Evidence, proof, witness, testament

Suffrage (n)

Voting right

Potency (n)

Power, influence, strength; A male’s ability to achieve an erection or to reach orgasm

devoid

entirely without, lacking, free from it, empty, bereft of

dexterous

adroit, skillful, deft, nimble

dictate

command, order; decree, determine

didactic

intended to teach or instruct, edifying, pedagogic, teaching

diffident

lacking self-confidence, timid, too modest or shy

digress

to stray away from the topic, deviate, wander from the point or the main subject

dilapidated

decrepit, broken-down, run-down, derelict, beat-up, in bad condition and needing repair

dilatory

slow in doing things, inclined to delay, slack

dilettante

amateur artist; a person having a superficial interest in the arts

diminutive

exceptionally small, little, tiny

disavow

to deny, reject, repudiate, contradict, refuse to acknowledge or accept

discern

to discriminate, distinguish, see things clearly, be mentally quick and observant

disclose

to make something known, divulge, betray, reveal

disconcert

to disturb the composure of, upset, frustrate, confound, astound, baffle, bemuse

disconsolate

without consolation, unhappy, melancholy, miserable, discontent

discord

disagreement, conflict, failure to get on

discordant

disagreeing or incongruous, quarrelsome, dissenting

discourse

conversation, dialogue, or thoughtful spoken or written discussion of a subject

disdain (n, v)

scorn, contempt, despise

dishevel

to make untidy, disarrange, throw into disorder or disarray

disingenuous

dishonest, lacking in candor, insincere, untruthful, not innocent

disparage

to belittle, speak of someone with contempt, mock, ridicule, deride

dispassionate

unbiased, impartial, detached

dispel

to drive away, dissipate, disperse

dispense

to distribute, provide, supply; waive, leave out

disperse

to scatter in various directions, distribute widely, dispel

disprove

to prove something to be false or wrong, debunk, falsify

disputatious

inclined to dispute or argue, quarrelsome, cantankerous, choleric

disseminate

to spread, scatter; distribute, make widely known

dissipate

to dissolve, dispel, waste away

dissolution

termination or destruction by breaking down, ending, closure, separation

dissuade

to persuade not to do something, deter, discourage

distort

to twist out of shape, deform, disfigure

distract

to divert attention from, disturb, sidetrack

divergent

separating, differing in opinion, deviating

diverse

different, varied, assorted

divine

heavenly, godlike; to foretell, prophesy, infer, discover by guesswork

divulge

to make something known, disclose, reveal, betray

docile

tractable, amenable, obedient, easy to handle

dogged

dogmatic, stubborn, obstinate

dread (v)

to fear greatly, apprehend, be afraid of

duplicitous

deceptive, deceitful, dishonest, swindling

ebullient

enthusiastic, cheerful, jovial

eccentric

irregular, odd, bizarre, outlandish

eclectic

drawn from many sources, diverse, varied

economical

frugal, thrifty, saving, careful

edifice

a building especially one of imposing appearance or size

edify

to teach, instruct, enlighten, inform

efface

to rub away, eradicate, obliterate

effect (v)

produce, cause something to happen, bring about, accomplish