to indemnify, to be indemnified - two meanings: 1) to insure someone for some type of possible loss (if you buy insurance on your car, you are indemnified against damages - if your car gets damaged, you'll receive a payment from the insurance company); 2) to pay someone for some type of damage or harm which has occurred
indolent - being lazy, not feeling like working
sedentary - being seated; a sedentary lifestyle is an inactive lifestyle - a sedentary job is a job in which you sit a lot
endemic to - common to
conspicuously - obviously, noticeably
graft - illegally obtaining money
keening - this is an obscure word which means vocally expressing grief or mourning after a person's death, especially at a funeral (I found the word in the book: Empire of the Summer Moon)
resilient - able to bounce back (usually after something negative happens)
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Designer bags have become a huge industry, as women pay high prices for these luxury items and ___________________ carry them around to show others that they have money and can live the high life.
It was the summer of Bob's junior year and his parents had not pressured him into finding a job. He felt he had the right, this one summer, to be _______________ and relax and casually do some reading and lounging around.
According to the contract, we are __________________ against any losses we may suffer due to the negligence of our partner.
Lately a report noted that those who work at ________________ jobs seem to live shorter lives than those who work at jobs that do not require them to sit for long hours at a time. If a person has to sit for long periods, he/she should find ways to get up and move around often.
One form of political corruption involves _______________. This is when the politician is able to illegally make money through actions he/she preforms as a public servant.
The disease of malaria is _______________ to about 100 countries around the world which have not been able to control the spread of a certain type of mosquito.
The loss of her husband at an early age was devastating for Mary. At the funeral she was literally ________________ over the coffin of her husband with tears running down her face.
Bob proved himself to be extraordinarily ___________________. Even though he was unfairly fired from a job, he soon had another job at a better company in a better position.
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conspicuously
indolent
indemnified
sedentary
graft
endemic
keening
resilient
Yes, I'm the guy who caused the scandal in Korea by revealing to a journalist that I did not feel that K-pop performers were being treated well in NY City:
http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20100512000682
http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20100511000742
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
4 adjectives, 1 verb --> Free SAT, GRE, TOEFL Vocabulary Exercise
mercurial - if a person changes his mood or temper very quickly, he/she is mercurial (The god Mercury traveled quickly between the other gods and people.)
louche - decadent, lacking in morals, corrupt, not an ethical person (pronounced loosh)
glutinous - glue-like or sticky
to ingratiate yourself with someone - to try hard to make someone like you
to be hobbled - to be slowed down (in the old west cowboys would deliberately tie the front legs of their horses together at night to make sure they would not run away - this was 'hobbling' their horses)
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I had heard that my current boss was a no-nonsense type of person who could be difficult to work with. So I went out of my way to _____________________ myself with him. I often asked his advice, complimented him and even bought him lunch sometimes.
I asked Bob how his research was going, and he told me it wasn't going well. His team has been __________________ by the fact that the government has cut their funding in half.
I'm a rotten cook (a bad cook). I can't even cook rice. When I cook rice it looks, feels and tastes like some _________________ mess.
Chicago is known as one of the most politically corrupt (dishonest) cities in America. Political corruption has existed for so long that most of the politicians become ___________________ after just a short time. If you don't go along with the system there, you don't get anywhere in your political career.
Jack is an amazing guy with a good heart, but he has a significant shortcoming in his personality. He is quite _________________ and it's hard to predict what his mood will be from one moment to the next.
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ingratiate
hobbled
glutinous
louche
mercurial
louche - decadent, lacking in morals, corrupt, not an ethical person (pronounced loosh)
glutinous - glue-like or sticky
to ingratiate yourself with someone - to try hard to make someone like you
to be hobbled - to be slowed down (in the old west cowboys would deliberately tie the front legs of their horses together at night to make sure they would not run away - this was 'hobbling' their horses)
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I had heard that my current boss was a no-nonsense type of person who could be difficult to work with. So I went out of my way to _____________________ myself with him. I often asked his advice, complimented him and even bought him lunch sometimes.
I asked Bob how his research was going, and he told me it wasn't going well. His team has been __________________ by the fact that the government has cut their funding in half.
I'm a rotten cook (a bad cook). I can't even cook rice. When I cook rice it looks, feels and tastes like some _________________ mess.
Chicago is known as one of the most politically corrupt (dishonest) cities in America. Political corruption has existed for so long that most of the politicians become ___________________ after just a short time. If you don't go along with the system there, you don't get anywhere in your political career.
Jack is an amazing guy with a good heart, but he has a significant shortcoming in his personality. He is quite _________________ and it's hard to predict what his mood will be from one moment to the next.
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ingratiate
hobbled
glutinous
louche
mercurial
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
2 nouns, 2 adjectives, 1 verb
compunction - a feeling of regret or a sense of guilt over something a person did which he/she considers wrong. This word is often used with 'without' - he acted without compunction, or: he had no compunction in regard to etc.
tandem - when two people/groups work together on something or work on something at the same time; or two people working in conjunction with each other (for instance, in the Olympics there is 'tandem' swimming where two people perform the same activity at the same time)
to abscond with - this means to go somewhere and secretly take something and run away with it
bumptious - a person who is really proud and boastful and kind of rude so that he/she annoys others
protocol - a list of rules to be followed to accomplish something
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The United States and the Soviet Union pursued their space programs __________________ and the competition added extra pressure which allowed quick and amazing innovations.
Al Capone showed little or no ___________________ for the years that he had run a criminal organization in the City of Chicago.
If a student wants to learn how to conduct a scientific experiment properly, he/she must learn the proper ___________________.
We all understood that Bob was very proud that he had won a scholarship to the college he wanted to attend, but it went to his head. He became very arrogant and ____________________ to the point where we began avoiding him.
The elderly lady thought that Mark was a kind person who liked doing volunteer work. When she invited him to her home, however, she later discover that he had __________________ with some of her priceless jewelry.
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in tandem
compunction
protocol
bumptious
absconded
tandem - when two people/groups work together on something or work on something at the same time; or two people working in conjunction with each other (for instance, in the Olympics there is 'tandem' swimming where two people perform the same activity at the same time)
to abscond with - this means to go somewhere and secretly take something and run away with it
bumptious - a person who is really proud and boastful and kind of rude so that he/she annoys others
protocol - a list of rules to be followed to accomplish something
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The United States and the Soviet Union pursued their space programs __________________ and the competition added extra pressure which allowed quick and amazing innovations.
Al Capone showed little or no ___________________ for the years that he had run a criminal organization in the City of Chicago.
If a student wants to learn how to conduct a scientific experiment properly, he/she must learn the proper ___________________.
We all understood that Bob was very proud that he had won a scholarship to the college he wanted to attend, but it went to his head. He became very arrogant and ____________________ to the point where we began avoiding him.
The elderly lady thought that Mark was a kind person who liked doing volunteer work. When she invited him to her home, however, she later discover that he had __________________ with some of her priceless jewelry.
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in tandem
compunction
protocol
bumptious
absconded
Monday, January 20, 2014
5 adjectives, 4 nouns, 1 verb ---> Free SAT, GRE, TOEFL vocabulary
I chose these 10 words from an amazing book: The Empire of the Summer Moon (by S.C. Gwynne). It is a book about an American Indian tribe (the Comanches) that lived in Texas until the 1800s. If you are studying for the SAT or GRE, this would be a good book to read to improve your vocabulary (if you look up all the words you don't know.)
malfeasance - this means an illegal or wrong action, especially by a government official
ornery - an ornery person is kind of a nasty, bad-tempered person who likes to argue and fight
untrammeled - unrestricted, not fenced in, free to move about
arbitrage - when you buy something cheaper in one place and sell it for a higher price in another place
ubiquitous - all over the place; if something looks as if it is all over the place, it is ubiquitous (the word is pronounced with an initial 'you' sound --> you BIK wih tus
unalloyed - pure, not mixed with anything else
an obloquy - a very nasty or mean statement about another person; harsh, severe criticism (this noun can be countable or non-countable...i.e. non-countable: How can you resort to such obloquy! countable: I am tired of all these obloquies being directed at the president!)
a blandishment - this is a deliberately kind of flattering or nice statement meant to get a person to do what you want him/her to do
to bowdlerize - to remove material from a literary work because the material is thought to be too 'dirty', vulgar or offensive; basically this means to censor a work but there is an extra meaning - if a work is bowdlerized, it no longer has the same meaning as it had before the censoring
athwart - in opposition to, against something
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Sometimes young adult versions of classic famous novels are ____________________ so much that they no longer even resemble the original works.
The current data were completely ________________ what everyone had believed. The theory obviously had to be changed.
One of the worst cases of _________________ in recent American history involved Rod Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois. He was thrown in jail for trying to sell a high-ranking political position to anyone who wanted to buy it.
These days there are people who engage in what is called the "forex" trade, which is a type of ___________________. They buy a certain amount of foreign currency at one price and then sell it at a higher price in a different market. Basically, 'forex' is a type of individual gambling that produces no real good for any economy.
Sometimes it's better to use _________________ to encourage a person to do something that is right than using threats of punishment.
I don't understand why it is so hard to catch a cab in Manhattan. The cabs seem to be _________________, yet they all also seem to be carrying people.
If a country in Europe joins the European Union, their citizens will have ____________________ access to other EU countries.
Bob recently proposed marriage to Becky and when she accepted, he was filled with the deepest and most _______________ joy he had ever felt.
Frankly, I was disgusted by the recent presidential campaign. I do not understand why candidates cannot focus on the issues and why they have to resort to ____________________ that attack the reputations of other candidates.
Many people say that New York City cabbies (cab drivers) are rude. That is an understatement. They are worse than rude, they are __________________ and it is best to just take the subway in order to avoid arguments and nasty exchanges with them.
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bowdlerized
athwart
malfeasance
arbitrage
blandishments
ubiquitous
untrammeled
unalloyed
obloquies
ornery
malfeasance - this means an illegal or wrong action, especially by a government official
ornery - an ornery person is kind of a nasty, bad-tempered person who likes to argue and fight
untrammeled - unrestricted, not fenced in, free to move about
arbitrage - when you buy something cheaper in one place and sell it for a higher price in another place
ubiquitous - all over the place; if something looks as if it is all over the place, it is ubiquitous (the word is pronounced with an initial 'you' sound --> you BIK wih tus
unalloyed - pure, not mixed with anything else
an obloquy - a very nasty or mean statement about another person; harsh, severe criticism (this noun can be countable or non-countable...i.e. non-countable: How can you resort to such obloquy! countable: I am tired of all these obloquies being directed at the president!)
a blandishment - this is a deliberately kind of flattering or nice statement meant to get a person to do what you want him/her to do
to bowdlerize - to remove material from a literary work because the material is thought to be too 'dirty', vulgar or offensive; basically this means to censor a work but there is an extra meaning - if a work is bowdlerized, it no longer has the same meaning as it had before the censoring
athwart - in opposition to, against something
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Sometimes young adult versions of classic famous novels are ____________________ so much that they no longer even resemble the original works.
The current data were completely ________________ what everyone had believed. The theory obviously had to be changed.
One of the worst cases of _________________ in recent American history involved Rod Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois. He was thrown in jail for trying to sell a high-ranking political position to anyone who wanted to buy it.
These days there are people who engage in what is called the "forex" trade, which is a type of ___________________. They buy a certain amount of foreign currency at one price and then sell it at a higher price in a different market. Basically, 'forex' is a type of individual gambling that produces no real good for any economy.
Sometimes it's better to use _________________ to encourage a person to do something that is right than using threats of punishment.
I don't understand why it is so hard to catch a cab in Manhattan. The cabs seem to be _________________, yet they all also seem to be carrying people.
If a country in Europe joins the European Union, their citizens will have ____________________ access to other EU countries.
Bob recently proposed marriage to Becky and when she accepted, he was filled with the deepest and most _______________ joy he had ever felt.
Frankly, I was disgusted by the recent presidential campaign. I do not understand why candidates cannot focus on the issues and why they have to resort to ____________________ that attack the reputations of other candidates.
Many people say that New York City cabbies (cab drivers) are rude. That is an understatement. They are worse than rude, they are __________________ and it is best to just take the subway in order to avoid arguments and nasty exchanges with them.
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bowdlerized
athwart
malfeasance
arbitrage
blandishments
ubiquitous
untrammeled
unalloyed
obloquies
ornery
Thursday, January 16, 2014
2 verbs, 3 adjectives, 2 nouns: SAT, GRE, TOEFL vocabulary
to skulk - this means to hide or move around secretly, either because a person is afraid of being seen or because the person wants to do something wrong. So if you did something embarrassing at school, you might skulk around the school hoping not too many people see you. Or, if someone is a criminal who wants to commit a crime, he might skulk around looking for an opportunity.
docile - this word usually means submissive or willing to take orders and do what one is told to do
to dote on - to show too much emotion or affection (love) for someone; to really cater to someone because you really love that person.
vitriol - this is literally a type of acid, therefore, figuratively, it means a very very harsh or nasty type of criticism
chagrin - when a person feels annoyed or irritated because he has failed at something
pendulous - when something is hanging very loosely or low
fallow - in the old days, farmers would leave some of their land fallow for a year so that it could recover from a previous planting and harvesting. So leaving land fallow means not using it so that it can recover.
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The current trend in the field of education is to build up a student's sense of confidence. I remember the old days, however, when a teacher might verbally attack a student, using such __________________ that the student would be deeply embarrassed.
By the time a student reaches a university, his/her professors expect that student to be completely __________________. This is why professors are sometimes surprised when students complain or demand better efforts and more meaningful types of learning in the classroom.
I called the police and reported a guy who was just ________________ around my neighborhood. Every night when I come home I see him just kind of hiding around the corners of buildings and looking around.
The grapes in that area of the world grow to be so huge that they are __________________. They are large and round and just hang low on the vine ready to be plucked.
Because of China's 'one child' policy, parents tended to really __________________ their only child, and many of these children grew up to be very spoiled and self-absorbed.
I love gardening and my little garden has produced so many cucumbers and tomatoes. But I think I am going to leave my garden ________________ this year so that the soil can recover from previous plantings.
Bob was sure that he was going to be admitted to the graduate program he really wanted to go to. To his _______________, he was denied admission and we knew this because he started skulking around our school.
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vitriol
docile
skulking
pendulous
dote on
fallow
chagrin
docile - this word usually means submissive or willing to take orders and do what one is told to do
to dote on - to show too much emotion or affection (love) for someone; to really cater to someone because you really love that person.
vitriol - this is literally a type of acid, therefore, figuratively, it means a very very harsh or nasty type of criticism
chagrin - when a person feels annoyed or irritated because he has failed at something
pendulous - when something is hanging very loosely or low
fallow - in the old days, farmers would leave some of their land fallow for a year so that it could recover from a previous planting and harvesting. So leaving land fallow means not using it so that it can recover.
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The current trend in the field of education is to build up a student's sense of confidence. I remember the old days, however, when a teacher might verbally attack a student, using such __________________ that the student would be deeply embarrassed.
By the time a student reaches a university, his/her professors expect that student to be completely __________________. This is why professors are sometimes surprised when students complain or demand better efforts and more meaningful types of learning in the classroom.
I called the police and reported a guy who was just ________________ around my neighborhood. Every night when I come home I see him just kind of hiding around the corners of buildings and looking around.
The grapes in that area of the world grow to be so huge that they are __________________. They are large and round and just hang low on the vine ready to be plucked.
Because of China's 'one child' policy, parents tended to really __________________ their only child, and many of these children grew up to be very spoiled and self-absorbed.
I love gardening and my little garden has produced so many cucumbers and tomatoes. But I think I am going to leave my garden ________________ this year so that the soil can recover from previous plantings.
Bob was sure that he was going to be admitted to the graduate program he really wanted to go to. To his _______________, he was denied admission and we knew this because he started skulking around our school.
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vitriol
docile
skulking
pendulous
dote on
fallow
chagrin
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
5 adjectives, 3 nouns (2 non-countable, 1 countable)
a milieu - a surrounding environment
pious - very devoted to one's religious beliefs
dingy - dirty, shabby, old and discolored
astute - to be sharp or very clever or very discerning
despicable - disgusting, shameful, something that appalls you because it is so bad
fidelity - faithfulness
reverence - extreme respect for a person or thing
blithe - carefree, showing little concern for things
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I prefer reading the Economist magazine because of its _______________ analysis of world events.
Because she was very young and came from a wealthy background, Victoria had a ______________ attitude toward life in general.
Is a person born a genius or does his/her childhood ________________ have to do with his/her intellectual development?
I once knew a remarkable woman named Estelle who had been married to her husband for over 50 years. Indeed, when I knew her they still loved each other and their _______________ was beyond question.
Bob goes to church each Sunday and observes all the religious holidays and even prays before he eats. He is one of the most _______________ people I know.
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet, but many people around the world treat him with _______________ since he seems to be a man who represents peace and mercy.
I used to do volunteer work in which I delivered meals to senior citizens (people over 65) who could not leave their homes easily. It was sometimes sad to see the _______________ apartments with the very old and torn furniture where some of these poor elderly people lived.
Many people were upset that the basketball player, Dennis Rodman, recently traveled to North Korea and sang "Happy Birthday" to Kim Jong Un. Almost everybody in the world recognizes Kim as a __________________ dictator who enjoys life while his people suffer. (a dictator is a leader of a country who controls everything in the country)
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astute
blithe
milieu
fidelity
pious
reverence
dingy
pious - very devoted to one's religious beliefs
dingy - dirty, shabby, old and discolored
astute - to be sharp or very clever or very discerning
despicable - disgusting, shameful, something that appalls you because it is so bad
fidelity - faithfulness
reverence - extreme respect for a person or thing
blithe - carefree, showing little concern for things
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I prefer reading the Economist magazine because of its _______________ analysis of world events.
Because she was very young and came from a wealthy background, Victoria had a ______________ attitude toward life in general.
Is a person born a genius or does his/her childhood ________________ have to do with his/her intellectual development?
I once knew a remarkable woman named Estelle who had been married to her husband for over 50 years. Indeed, when I knew her they still loved each other and their _______________ was beyond question.
Bob goes to church each Sunday and observes all the religious holidays and even prays before he eats. He is one of the most _______________ people I know.
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet, but many people around the world treat him with _______________ since he seems to be a man who represents peace and mercy.
I used to do volunteer work in which I delivered meals to senior citizens (people over 65) who could not leave their homes easily. It was sometimes sad to see the _______________ apartments with the very old and torn furniture where some of these poor elderly people lived.
Many people were upset that the basketball player, Dennis Rodman, recently traveled to North Korea and sang "Happy Birthday" to Kim Jong Un. Almost everybody in the world recognizes Kim as a __________________ dictator who enjoys life while his people suffer. (a dictator is a leader of a country who controls everything in the country)
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astute
blithe
milieu
fidelity
pious
reverence
dingy
Saturday, January 11, 2014
2 adjectives, 2 verbs, 1 (non-countable) noun
conciliating - when you try to make an angry person feel more calm about a situation
to quell something - basically it means to stop something or to suppress something
prudence - if you are a careful person, you are probably prudent. Prudence means doing things only after you've really considered what the consequences might be.
lustrous - shining
to solicit s/t - to ask for something
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I love going to the MET Museum in New York City and seeing the _____________ armor that the knights of the Middle Ages wore.
Gout is a very painful disease that makes one of your big toes hurt (alot!). Luckily there is an ointment that can _______________ the pain while your body takes care of eliminating the gout.
(An ointment is a liquid type of medicine that you rub on a body part.)
I really don't think we should give anything to beggars who _________________ money. There are many free food and clothing programs for them in the city, and the city will even help them find jobs and housing.
Sophia was wonderfully ___________________ with me. I became so angry but she was very kind and understanding and helped me get rid of my negative feelings.
If a person is going to take out a loan, he/she should show great ________________. Only take out a loan if you are pretty sure you can pay it back some day.
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lustrous
quell
solicit
conciliatory
prudence
to quell something - basically it means to stop something or to suppress something
prudence - if you are a careful person, you are probably prudent. Prudence means doing things only after you've really considered what the consequences might be.
lustrous - shining
to solicit s/t - to ask for something
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I love going to the MET Museum in New York City and seeing the _____________ armor that the knights of the Middle Ages wore.
Gout is a very painful disease that makes one of your big toes hurt (alot!). Luckily there is an ointment that can _______________ the pain while your body takes care of eliminating the gout.
(An ointment is a liquid type of medicine that you rub on a body part.)
I really don't think we should give anything to beggars who _________________ money. There are many free food and clothing programs for them in the city, and the city will even help them find jobs and housing.
Sophia was wonderfully ___________________ with me. I became so angry but she was very kind and understanding and helped me get rid of my negative feelings.
If a person is going to take out a loan, he/she should show great ________________. Only take out a loan if you are pretty sure you can pay it back some day.
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lustrous
quell
solicit
conciliatory
prudence
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
4 adjectives, 1 noun
congenial - this word has two basic meanings: 1) pleasant, friendly 2: if you find a person to be congenial it's because you and that person share certain interests or values
supercilious - a supercilious person is someone who thinks he/she is better or superior to other people
cantankerous - a person who is cantankerous is difficult to get along with; this type of person is kind of nasty and bad tempered
impervious - if something is impervious, it can't be penetrated, you can't get through it
an iconoclast - this is the type of person who enjoys attacking what everyone else believes in; iconoclasts are generally 'good' for a society since they attack ideas or beliefs which may be wrong
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In Italian universities in the 1500s, the philosophy of Aristotle dominated the study of science. Galileo, however, was an ___________________ who openly attacked this philosophy by showing that it did not explain what he had actually observed through his telescope.
Some cell membranes allow a wide variety of substances into the cell while some are more selective. No cell membrane is ever, however, totally ____________________. Each cell has to admit some substances.
Joe was an amazing athlete and could play several sports, but few colleges wanted to accept him because he had the reputation for being quite _________________ with his coaches and teammates.
The person who wrote the book "Tiger Mom" argues that Chinese mothers, like herself, are "superior" to all other mothers. Yet, she seems like a very ____________________ person from a privileged background who likes to look down on people who were not as fortunate or blessed as she was.
From his email messages, Bob struck me as being a cantankerous guy who liked to complain. But when I met him, I found him to be quite _________________. He was pleasant and agreeable.
I hate blind dates. But, when I met Suzy, I discovered she was totally ________________. We like the same types of movies and share the same types of values.
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iconoclast
impervious
cantankerous
supercilious
congenial
congenial
supercilious - a supercilious person is someone who thinks he/she is better or superior to other people
cantankerous - a person who is cantankerous is difficult to get along with; this type of person is kind of nasty and bad tempered
impervious - if something is impervious, it can't be penetrated, you can't get through it
an iconoclast - this is the type of person who enjoys attacking what everyone else believes in; iconoclasts are generally 'good' for a society since they attack ideas or beliefs which may be wrong
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In Italian universities in the 1500s, the philosophy of Aristotle dominated the study of science. Galileo, however, was an ___________________ who openly attacked this philosophy by showing that it did not explain what he had actually observed through his telescope.
Some cell membranes allow a wide variety of substances into the cell while some are more selective. No cell membrane is ever, however, totally ____________________. Each cell has to admit some substances.
Joe was an amazing athlete and could play several sports, but few colleges wanted to accept him because he had the reputation for being quite _________________ with his coaches and teammates.
The person who wrote the book "Tiger Mom" argues that Chinese mothers, like herself, are "superior" to all other mothers. Yet, she seems like a very ____________________ person from a privileged background who likes to look down on people who were not as fortunate or blessed as she was.
From his email messages, Bob struck me as being a cantankerous guy who liked to complain. But when I met him, I found him to be quite _________________. He was pleasant and agreeable.
I hate blind dates. But, when I met Suzy, I discovered she was totally ________________. We like the same types of movies and share the same types of values.
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iconoclast
impervious
cantankerous
supercilious
congenial
congenial
3 verbs, 1 adjective, 1 noun
1. to atrophy - this is when a muscle becomes weaker and smaller because it is not being used
2. intangible - something that is not physical; something which can't be touched
3. to extrapolate - when you extrapolate, you take what you already know and you make a prediction from it
4. to dwindle - to decrease in size
5. a derivative - this comes from the same root word as 'derive;' so a derivative is something that you get from something else
Answers are below the exercise - good luck!
Many foreign tourists come to New York City with lots of money, and before they know it, they realize that their money has ______________ down to a very small amount.
There is a significant problem with using just one test to allow students admission to 'elite' schools. The problem is that some students have amazing but more ________________ qualities that are harder to measure academically (like creativity, kindness, leadership, generosity). It has been a huge failure of our school system to neglect these less measurable qualities.
Gasoline is actually a type of _________________ from oil. After oil is pumped out of the ground, it is refined into gasoline and other products.
From the economic trends of the past year economists have __________________ that unemployment will go down and consumer purchasing will rise.
When astronauts travel in space, they have to make sure that they do various exercises or their muscles will quickly ______________ due to a lack of gravity in space. The lack of gravity means their muscles are not used as much as they are on earth.
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dwindled
intangible
derivative
extrapolated
atrophy
2. intangible - something that is not physical; something which can't be touched
3. to extrapolate - when you extrapolate, you take what you already know and you make a prediction from it
4. to dwindle - to decrease in size
5. a derivative - this comes from the same root word as 'derive;' so a derivative is something that you get from something else
Answers are below the exercise - good luck!
Many foreign tourists come to New York City with lots of money, and before they know it, they realize that their money has ______________ down to a very small amount.
There is a significant problem with using just one test to allow students admission to 'elite' schools. The problem is that some students have amazing but more ________________ qualities that are harder to measure academically (like creativity, kindness, leadership, generosity). It has been a huge failure of our school system to neglect these less measurable qualities.
Gasoline is actually a type of _________________ from oil. After oil is pumped out of the ground, it is refined into gasoline and other products.
From the economic trends of the past year economists have __________________ that unemployment will go down and consumer purchasing will rise.
When astronauts travel in space, they have to make sure that they do various exercises or their muscles will quickly ______________ due to a lack of gravity in space. The lack of gravity means their muscles are not used as much as they are on earth.
answers are below:
answers:
dwindled
intangible
derivative
extrapolated
atrophy
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