Batch 10 vocabulary: 20 words with meanings
The 20 words in batch 10, each with a plain-English meaning. Tap a word for its picture card, example sentence, synonyms, antonyms and memory tip.
- Conflate v.to combine two or more distinct ideas or things into one, often mistakenly
- Converge v.to come together from different directions toward a single point or conclusion
- Desultory adj.lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm; jumping randomly from one thing to another
- Discriminating adj.showing refined judgment and the ability to recognize fine differences in quality
- Disengage v.to separate or withdraw from involvement, contact, or connection
- Expediency n.the quality of being convenient or advantageous, often at the expense of principle
- Fecundity n.the capacity to produce abundantly, whether offspring, crops, or new ideas; fertility
- Hallmark n.a distinctive feature or characteristic that identifies something
- Heterogeneity n.the quality of being made up of parts that are diverse or unlike one another
- Impetuous adj.acting quickly and rashly, without careful thought about consequences
- Indeterminacy n.the state of being uncertain, vague, or not fixed in outcome or meaning
- Misanthropic adj.disliking and distrusting people in general; avoiding human society
- Mollify v.to calm the anger or anxiety of someone; to soothe or appease
- Recalcitrant adj.stubbornly refusing to obey authority or cooperate
- Reciprocate v.to respond to an action or feeling by giving something similar in return
- Reconstitute v.to build up again or reorganize something in a new or restored form
- Retrenchment n.the reduction of costs or spending, especially in response to economic difficulty
- Retroactive adj.taking effect from a date in the past
- Swoon v.to be overcome with admiration, delight, or emotion; literally, to faint
- Veritable adj.being truly or very much so; used to stress that a description is apt