Vocabularies (set 2)

Behooves (v)

• Meaning: Used to express that it is a duty, responsibility, or proper for someone to do something.

• Part of Speech: Verb

• Synonyms: Be proper for, be fitting for, be necessary for, be incumbent upon

• Filipino: Nararapat / Dapat lamang

• Example: It behooves students to study well before an exam.

Trepidation (n)

• Meaning: A feeling of fear, anxiety, or nervous hesitation about something that may happen.

• Part of Speech: Noun

• Synonyms: Fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety, unease

• Filipino: Pangamba / Takot / Pag-aalala

• Example: She entered the dark room with great trepidation.

Intricate (adj)

• Meaning: Having many small parts or details that are complicated and hard to understand or design.

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Synonyms: Complex, complicated, elaborate, detailed

• Filipino: Masalimuot / Magulo / Detalyado

• Example: The artist created an intricate pattern on the fabric.

Incorporating (v – present participle of incorporate)

• Meaning: Combining or including something as part of a whole.

• Part of Speech: Verb

• Synonyms: Including, integrating, merging, uniting, blending

• Filipino: Pagsasama / Paglalakip

• Example: The teacher is incorporating new activities into her lessons.

Relatively (adv)

• Meaning: To a certain degree when compared with something else; not absolutely, but in relation to something.

• Part of Speech: Adverb

• Synonyms: Comparatively, somewhat, moderately, proportionally

• Filipino: Medyo / Kaugnayan / May pagkahambing

• Example: The exam was relatively easy compared to last semester’s test.

Hypothetically (adv)

• Meaning: Used to describe something imagined or supposed for the sake of discussion; based on a hypothesis, not on reality.

• Part of Speech: Adverb

• Synonyms: Supposedly, theoretically, imagined, assumed

• Filipino: Palagay lamang / Palasak na haka-haka

• Example: Hypothetically, if you won the lottery, what would you do first?

Extent (n)

• Meaning: The degree, range, or scope of something.

• Part of Speech: Noun

• Synonyms: Degree, scope, range, magnitude, level

• Filipino: Lawak / Saklaw / Antas

• Example: The extent of the damage after the typhoon was overwhelming.

Advocate

As a Verb (v)

• Meaning: To publicly support or recommend a cause, policy, or idea.

• Synonyms: Support, promote, recommend, endorse

• Filipino: Magtaguyod / Suportahan

• Example: She advocates for children's rights.

Advocate

• Meaning: A person who publicly supports or defends a cause, policy, or someone else.

• Synonyms: Supporter, defender, proponent, champion

• Filipino: Tagapagtanggol / Tagapagtaguyod

• Example: He is an advocate of environmental protection.

Assumptions (n – plural of assumption)

• Meaning: Beliefs or ideas accepted as true without proof or evidence.

• Part of Speech: Noun (plural)

• Synonyms: Presumptions, suppositions, beliefs, expectations, guesses

• Filipino: Palagay / Akala / Haka-haka

• Example: Her assumptions about the project turned out to be incorrect.

Inimitable (adj)

• Meaning: So good or unusual that it cannot be copied or imitated.
  Part of Speech: Adjective

• Synonyms: Unique, incomparable, unmatched, distinctive
  Filipino: Walang kapantay / Hindi matutularan

• Example: Her inimitable style of singing made her famous worldwide.

Insensitive (adj)

• Meaning: Not showing concern for other people’s feelings; not affected by something.

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Synonyms: Unfeeling, heartless, indifferent, uncaring, thoughtless

• Filipino: Manhid / Walang pakiramdam
  Example: It was insensitive of him to joke about her problem.

Oblivious (adj)

• Meaning: Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Synonyms: Unaware, ignorant, heedless, inattentive

• Filipino: Walang kamalayan / Hindi namamalayan

• Example: He was oblivious to the fact that everyone was staring at him.

Rhetorical (adj)

• Meaning: Related to persuasive speaking or writing; often used for effect, not requiring an answer.

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Synonyms: Persuasive, stylistic, expressive

• Filipino: Retorikal / Mapanghikayat

• Example: His rhetorical question made the audience think deeply

Infer (v)

• Meaning: To form a conclusion based on evidence or reasoning.

• Part of Speech: Verb

• Synonyms: Deduce, conclude, interpret

• Filipino: Maghinuha / Magpahiwatig

• Example: From her tone, I inferred she was upset.