LNAT vocab

Menace

threat, something that can cause harm

Bestow

grant, present

Confer

grant, present

Apprehend

punish or understand, perceive

Fleeting

lasting for a very short time

Milliard

billion

Lest

to avoid the risk of, preventing

Injurious

harm

Cosmopolitan

international

Clamour

loud noise

Squander

waste

Despot

dictator

Mishap

unlucky accident

Enfranchise

given right to, freed

Perpetual

never ending, everlasting

Perambulation

to walk, travel

Covenant

agreement

Confederate

joined by agreement, treaty 聯合

Municipal

something to do with town

Draconian

harsh, severe

Anthropomorphic

having human characteristics

Transverse

extended across something

Beget

cause, man birthing a child

Farce

mockery, absurdity

Arouse

cause, awaken

Abstruse

unknown, difficult to understand

Vengeance

revenge

Aversion

dislike

Formidable

intimidating, inspiring fear

Pedigree

recorded ancestry

Concede

admit, surrender

obilteration

erasing, destruction

Egregious

appalling, shockingly bad

Gregarious

sociable

Ambit

scope, extent

Potent

powerful, having great influence, power

Salinece

prominence

Putative

considered to be, supposed

Construe

interpret

Conjure

cause ghost to appear through magic, implore someone to do something

Fiat

arbitrary order

Endevour

attempt to achieve a goal

Promugulate

promote something/ put law into effect

Discern

recognise or find out

Defect

lack of, imperfection

Confound

cause surprise confusion, mix up with something

Impunity

exemption from punishment

Capricious

unpredictable, sudden changes to mood

notion

concept/ belief

pundit

expert who offers media opinion

nonchalent

in a casually relaxed manner

Perennial

present all seasons

Espouse

support, adopt, embrace - a concept

Anathema

something that one hates

Lest

avoiding risk

Zealous

passionate

Enigmatic

difficult to interpret, mysterious

Interlocutor

a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

Ruse

trick

Mercenary

soldier serving foreign army

Havor

widespread destruction

Retrograde

move backwards

Cascade

fall, pour

Deleverage

reduce the level of one's debt by rapidly selling one's assets

Hubris

excessive pride, self confidence

Stout

strong and thick

Pilfered

steal

Clout

hit someone hard

Respite

a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant

Chauvinism

exaggerated or aggressive patriotism

Antithetical

directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible

Thuggery

violent behaviour, especially of a criminal nature

Cascade

flow

Concession

rang bu

Perverse

contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice

Complacent

得意showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements

Piquant

pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind

Gawk

stare openly and stupidly

Liturgy

a form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted

Benigh

gentle and kindly

Paltry

petty; trivial, worthless

Prerequisite

a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist

​​nexus

a connection or series of connections linking two or more things

Eviscerate

deprive (something) of its essential content

Incestuous

(of human relations) excessively close and resistant to outside influence

Salvage

to save goods from damage or destruction, especially from a ship that has sunk

Reverberation

a continuing effect; a repercussion.

Annex

add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation.

Rupture

breach or disturb (a harmonious feeling or situation).

irascible

having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

Portend

foreshadow, be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen.

recalibrate

to make small changes to an instrument

confucian ethics

filial piety and fraternal love are the roots of humaneness, the foundation and origin of human morality

filial piety

awareness of repaying the burden borne by one's parents.

afront

action that causes outrage

capulate

surrender