VOCAB THAT CAN MAKE YOUR SPEAKING AND WRITING IMPRESSIVE
Panacea – the goddess of healing
Sentence- However, social anthropology can offer no general panacea for our present ills and discontents.
aberration – a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Sentence- This state of affairs is not, I think, an aberration, but is inevitable in the structures of higher education.
abhor – find repugnant
Sentence-We abhor the creeping delegitimisation and demonisation of Israel. But we also believe that the Palestinians deserve a state of their own. These two beliefs are entirely compatible.
Acquiesce – agree or express agreement
Sentence- Simply to acquiesce in skepticism can never suffice to overcome the restlessness of reason.
Alacrity – liveliness and eagerness
Sentence- The alacrity with which northerners enlisted for military service whenever warfare flared up on the Border speaks for itself.
Amiable – diffusing warmth and friendliness
Sentence- Banks is an immensely amiable, bearded ex-beatnik who feels that he is at last putting his past behind him.
appease – make peace with
Sentence- In case a dish fails to appease a customer, Steve Carrasco can always make a flying getaway.
arcane – requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
Sentence- The arcane field of intelligence gathering may prove him wrong, says Charles Grant.
Avarice – reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
Sentence- Ambition often spends foolishly what avarice had wickedly collected.
Brazen – unrestrained by convention or propriety
Sentence-If you are caught simply argue that “everyone does it” and brazen it out.
Brusque- rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner.
Sentence-He was pale, of brusque manners, somewhat given to affectation, but of immaculate dress and generous to his enemies.
Cajole – influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
Sentence- Dealing managers and team leaders shout at, cajole and entice their dealers into selling large quantities of stock.
Callous – emotionally hardened
Sentence- It may have seemed callous to the nurses, but I desperately needed that time to myself.
candor- the quality of being honest and straightforward
Sentence- That extreme, impolitic candor was one of the characteristics that made Rice a perfect rebel and a considerably less perfect leader.
chide –scold or reprimand severely or angrily
Sentence-He was right, in the arch sense that he meant it, as a means of chiding overanxious environmentalists.
circumspect – careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
Sentence- Target shareholders can sometimes be circumspect about accepting ordinary shares in the offeror, particularly if the takeover has been fiercely contested.
clandestine – conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Sentence- He’d expected a clandestine rendezvous – curtained windows, locked doors – not a gypsy encampment.
coerce – cause to do through pressure or necessity
Sentence- Smart governments know that by allowing trade, nations gently coerce their citizens to shift precious resources from low-productivity to high-productivity industries.
Coherent – marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts
Sentence- A coherent strategy for getting more people back to work needs to be developed.
Complacency – the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
Sentence- Despite signs of an improvement in the economy, there is no room for complacency.
Confidant – someone to whom private matters are told
Sentence- A confidant and social support buffers a woman against the losses of retirement, widowhood, moves, and deaths.
Connive – form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
Sentence- He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.
Cumulative – increasing by successive addition
Sentence- Moreover, the cumulative impact of temporary disablements is considerably smaller than that of permanent impairments.