Phase 3 - fragmented vocab (Pt 3)

ineffectual (adj)

not effective

counterproductive (adj)

having the opposite of the desired effect

candor (n)

honesty, frankness

to risk V-ing (V-ing is usually a negative act)

có nguy cơ V-ing

mandatory (adj)

required, obligatory

adulation (n)

excessive praise or admiration

attainment (n)

an accomplishment

unalterable (adj)

unchangeable

to extricate (v)

to free, to disentangle

harbinger (n)

something signals the approach of something

to rebuff (v)

to reject

to decipher (v)

to figure out, to interpret

vacuous (adj)

empty

to wear out

to exhaust, to make tired

retention (n)

preservation, maintenance

to rejuvenate (v)

to make young again

to converge (v)

to move toward one point

to subside (v)

become less intense, violent, or severe

to alienate (v)

to turn away, to isolate

to assert (v)

to claim or enforce a right confidently

to aggrandize (v)

to increase in power, influence, and reputation

to be discordant with

incongruous with

to be adumbrated by

to be vaguely shadowed by

to be vitiated by

to be weakened by

to be emanated from

to come from

to evince (v)

to show, to reflect, to display

conjecture (n)

A guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence

conceivable (adj)

capable of being imagined or grasped mentally

exorbitant (adj)

unreasonably high

fraudulent (adj)

fake; false, deceitful, usually on purpose with crime, finance, legal matters (# spurious: false but not necessarily intentional)

to elide (v)

to omit

to gauge (v)

measure

to dissipate (v)

disperse or scatter

to percolate (v)

to drip through a small opening or to filter a liquid

to be demarcated from

to be separated from

inconspicuousness (n)

The quality of not being easily seen or noticed.

sanguine (adj)

optimistic

refractory (adj)

stubborn, resistant

predilection (n)

a feeling of liking, inclination

equanimity (n)

calmness in the way you react to things

disquietude (n)

insouciance (n)

calmness (in a way that not interested or worried about anything)

torpidity (n)

a state of inactivity, sluggishness, or lethargy, often characterized by a lack of energy