VOCABULARY WORKSHOP LEVEL GGG

LARGESSE

willingness to give money, or money given to poor people by rich people

• magnanimity ; longanimity ; chivalrous ; liberal ; prodigality ; profligacy ; generous ; munificent ; beneficent ; beneficiary ; felicitous ; eleemosynary ; unsparing ; unstinting ; charitable ; altruistic ; BENEVOLENCE ; BENIGNANCY ; HUMANITARIAN ; philanthropic ; SELF-DEPRECATING

• UNTENABLE ; TENTATIVELY ; NEBULOUS ; TENUOUS

ARROGATE TO ONESELF + STH

to take something without having the right to do so:

They arrogate to themselves the power to punish people.

• USURP ; TOPPLE

EXTRANEOUS // TANGENTIAL

not directly connected with or related to something:

• extraneous information

• extraneous to

• TANGENTIAL ; FORENSIC ; TENDENTIOUS

DISJUNCTION

a difference or lack of connection between two things:

• disjunction between

• ON THE CUSP OF

• SOCIAL MISFIT

SCAPEGOAT

a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others

MAGNUM OPUS

the greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer

UNSCATHED

without suffering any injury, damage, or harm = UNHARMED

CHARLATAN

a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud - kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ giả mạo

• MOUNTEBANK ; DOUBLE-DEALER

INCENDIARY

likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger:

incendiary remarks

ACCURSED

very annoying

INSUFFERABLE

very annoying, unpleasant, or uncomfortable, and therefore extremely difficult to bear

• untolerable ; unendurable ; unbearable

UNDULATE

to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form

• ADUMBRATE // SKETCH

• scintillating ; fluctuating

SUMMARILY

suddenly, without discussion or a legal process

• swift ; instantaneous ; expeditious ; rapid

SINE DIE

without arranging a future date for something

UNCHOREOGRAPHED

(of an action) not carefully planned before it happens:

(of a dance or other performance) including movements that are not planned in an exact way

MATUTINAL

happening in the morning

• DIURNAL // NOCTURNAL

EVENTIDE

evening:

At eventide they lit the lamps.

the final part of a period of time, especially of someone's life:

In the eventide of life

• ONE’S DECLINING YEARS // FORMATIVE YEARS

• IN ONE’S SALAD DAYS // AUTUMN YEARS

• IN ONE’S TWILIGHT YEARS

• LIVE TO A RIPE OLD AGE

• IN ONE’S HALCYON DAYS

• bucolic ; agrestic ; countrified ; pastoral ; idyllic

OVERT

done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and not secret

==||== COVERT

BRAKISH

[of water] salty, dirty, and unpleasant.

• POTTABLE WATER

• expostulate ; remonstrate ; objurgation ; upbraiding ; PILLORY

LAMBENCY

• a gentle shining light

• the quality of being interesting, clever and humorous, without being unkind

• QUAINT ; PIQUANCY

CELERITY

speed

• instantaneous ; rapid ; expeditious ; swift ; immediacy ; BRISKNESS ; ALACRITY

• AT A GALLOPING PACE

• AT FULL THROTTLE

• sacrilegious ; blasphemous ; desecrate ; profanity ; animadversion ; imprecation

TALISMAN // AMULET

an object believed to bring good luck or to keep its owner safe from harm

BE BESOTTED WITH SB

Deeply in love with someone; thinking about someone all the time

BATTY

Crazy; mad; mentally unstable

BAWL

Scream or cry very loudly

BECKON TO SB

Make a hand or head gesture to encourage someone to come closer

HEARKEN TO SB

listen to SB

BILLOW

To be filled with air; huge moving mass of something.

BRAGGART

Someone who talks about their accomplishments with extreme pride

• BRAGGADOCIO

• HUMBLEBRAG

COQUETTISH

Flirty; playful; behaves in a way that seems very attractive.

DEHORT SB TO V

To persistently try to persuade or convince someone not to do something.

• EXHORT SB TO V

ERSTWHILE

Former; previous.

INTER ALIA

Among other things

MADCAP

Crazy; reckless; eccentric; foolish; not caring about the danger.

PUCKISH

Playful; likes to have fun and joke with people

TYRO

= NEOPHYTE ; greenhorn ; tenderfoot

GO ROGUE

to start behaving in a way that is not normal or expected, especially by leaving your group and doing something dangerous

SUBSTANTIVE

important, serious, or related to real facts

• earth-shattering ; epoch-making ; OVERARCHING

SCOWL /// GLOWER AT SB

To look at someone/something with irritation or anger.

TECTONIC

very important that will have major effects

• A TECTONIC CHANGE // SHIFT

PIQUANT

interesting and exciting, especially because of being mysterious

• stellar ; barnstorming ; pulsating ; galvanizing ; exhilirating

BARNBURNER

an exciting event, especially a sports event

• BARNSTORMING ; STELLAR

PIQUANCY

interest and excitement, especially because of being mysterious

VERVE

Great enthusiasm or energy.

SWELL THE BOUNDS OF PROPRIETY

TRANSGRESS THE BOUNDS OF DECENCY

PERSIFLAGE

conversation that is funny and not serious

PHILOSOPHIZE

to talk for a long time about subjects such as the meaning of life

GAMBIT

a clever action in a game or other situation that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves taking a risk:

• OPENING GAMBIT

PRAXIS

the process of using a theory or something that you have learned in a practical way

INTERWORK

• to operate together

• (of computer equipment and software) to be able to connect and exchange information

• to combine different ideas, methods, etc.

TENEMENT

a large building divided into apartments, usually in a poor area of a city

• almshouse ; dormitory ; social housing

CONDOMINIUM

an apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it, but also containing shared areas

• fixer-upper ; EDIFICE = MANSION

PROPINQUITY

the fact of being near something

• proximity ; vicinity ; adjacency ; contiguity

DALLIANCE

• (involvement in) a sexual relationship that is not lasting or serious

• an interest or involvement in an activity or belief that only lasts for a very short period

• DALLIANCE WITH SB//STH

DOTTINESS

slightly strange behaviour

the fact of being silly or unreasonable

the fact of liking someone or something very much, or of being extremely interested in them

A FRISSON OF EXCITEMENT

a sudden feeling of excitement or fear, especially when you think that something is about to happen

• FROLIC ; ROBUST ; LUSTINESS ; SINEWY ; PERKINESS ; SPRIGHTLINESS ; vivacity ; vibrancy ; ebullience ; bouyancy

• HAVE A LOT OF GET-UP-AND-GO

IN COMMUNION WITH SB

a close relationship with someone in which feelings and thoughts are exchanged:

PRIMORDIAL

developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage

• ancient ; primeval ; primitive ; prehistoric ; superannuated ; antediluvian

VERDANT COUNTRYSIDE

a place covered with healthy green plants or grass

EXHUME

= DISINTER ; UNEARTH ; EXCAVATE ; disentomb ; embalm

CAVORT

to jump or move around in a playful way, sometimes noisily, and often in a sexual way

• to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

• ROMP // PRANCE

DISPORT ONESELF

to enjoy yourself, especially by doing physical activity

GAMBOL AROUND // ABOUT

to run and jump in a happy way

ETHOLOGY

the scientific study of the behaviour of animals in their natural environment

GOSSAMER

very delicate and light

= DIAPHANOUS

SUSSURATION

a soft, low noise like someone whispering (= speaking using their breath but not their voice)

• FECKLESS // SHIFTLESS

MURKY

lacking in clarity and precision

UTOPIAN

founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

=={}== DYSTOPIAN

DISSEMBLE

to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

• DISSIMULATION ; VENEER ; FACADE ; AFFECTATION

VERBIAGE

language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

VISCOUS

having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity

• glutinous ; TREACLY = UNCTUOUS ; gelatinous ; adhesive ; MUCILAGINOUS

UNWONTED

not usual or expected; not in character

• unwarranted ; unjustified ; uncalled-for ; UNBIDDEN

TINTINNABULATION

the act of ringing bells, or a sound like a bell ringing

ORGIASTIC BACCHANALIAN

An orgiastic activity involves wild, uncontrolled behaviour and feelings of great pleasure and excitement.

GO BARHOPPING

the activity of going to a series of bars to have drinks in each, for pleasure

• REVEL // WALLOW // REJOICE IN STH

• REGALE SB WITH STH

CAROUSE

to enjoy yourself by drinking alcohol and speaking and laughing loudly in a group of people

BANQUETING

the activity of having a large formal meal for many people

• MERRYMAKING

ROISTER

to enjoy yourself in a noisy and energetic way

CHANCELLORSHIP

the position of a person of the highest or high rank, especially in a government or university

THE GROVES OF ACADEME

universities considered as a whole

VARSITY

used to describe sports teams at schools or colleges that are at the most skilled level of play

COMPERE

a person whose job is to introduce performers in a television, radio, or stage show = MC

• NEWSCASTER ; NEWSREADER ; ANCHORMAN

CRONING CEREMONY

celebration of an older woman's age, especially in a special ceremony

ROMP HAPPILY ABOUT // AROUND

to play in a rough, excited, and noisy way

BANQUET

• a large formal meal for many people, often followed by speeches in honour of someone

• something that brings a lot of pleasure or benefit, often of a particular kind or for a particular type of person

POSTPRANDIAL

happening after lunch or dinner

• TAKE A POSTPRANDIAL CONSTITUTIONAL

SLOUGH STH OFF

to get rid of something or someone unwanted

MURKY

• dark and dirty or difficult to see through'

• used to describe a situation that is complicated and unpleasant, and about which many facts are not clear

• THE MURKY WORLD // WATERS OF

TURBID

(of a liquid) not transparent because a lot of small pieces of matter are held in it

• MUDDY // MURKY // OPAQUE // DIAPHANOUS // TRANSLUCENT

WUTHERING WIND

used to describe a wind that is blowing very strongly or a place where the wind blows strongly

• OVERCAST // CLOUDBURST = TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR

NEFARIOUS

wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

• FLAGITIOUS ;

EDACIOUS

very eager for something, especially a lot of food

• VORACIOUS ; RAPACIOUS ; FAMISHED ; RAVENOUS ; PECKISH

• PARCHED

• HAVE THE MUNCHIES ; epicurean ; SYBARITE ; VOLUPTUOUS ; hedonistic ; pleasure- seeking ; lotus-eater ; time-server ; clock-watcher

GASTRONOME

someone who enjoys and knows about high-quality food and drink

• EPICUREAN ; GOURMET ; BON VIVANT ; GOURMANDIZE (v)

PILLORY

to severely criticize someone, especially in a public way

• stigmatize ; pigeonhole ; animadversion ; imprecation ; aspersion ; anathematize ; deplore ; lament ; obloquy ; LAMPOON ; opprobrium PHILIPPIC ; BROADSIDE ; SELF-FLAGELLATION

• SNIPE AT SB // HAVE A DIG AT SB

UNSLAKABLE

= unsatisfiable ; unquenchable ; insatiable

MAUL

to criticize something or someone severely

• PILLORY

lLIBERTINE

• a person, usually a man, who has few moral principles and

• has sexual relationships with many peopleopinions and beliefs about religion

• PHILANDERER = LADYKILLER

• carnal ; prurient ; sybaritic ; licentious ; salacious ; wanton ; lascivious

LOUCHE

not completely moral or honest, often in an attractive way

FINAGLE

to use tricks and dishonest methods to get what you want

• GOUGE = SHORTCHANGE

CRONYISM

the situation in which someone important gives jobs to friends rather than to independent people who have the necessary skills and experience

• NEPOTISM