Batch 14 vocabulary: 20 words with meanings
The 20 words in batch 14, each with a plain-English meaning. Tap a word for its picture card, example sentence, synonyms, antonyms and memory tip.
- Ambivalent adj.having mixed or contradictory feelings about something
- Analogical adj.based on or using an analogy, a comparison between similar things
- Auteur n.a filmmaker whose personal artistic vision shapes every aspect of their films
- Catalyst n.a person or event that triggers or speeds up a significant change
- Curtail v.to reduce, limit, or cut short
- Decry v.to publicly denounce something as bad or wrong
- Emblematic adj.serving as a symbol or typical example of something larger
- Equitable adj.fair and impartial; treating everyone justly
- Exasperate v.to irritate someone intensely; to try their patience
- Expedite v.to make a process or action happen more quickly
- Incursion n.a sudden invasion or intrusion into a place or domain
- Light-hearted adj.cheerful and carefree; not serious in tone
- Partiality n.an unfair bias in favor of one person, side or view
- Qualification n.a statement that limits or modifies a claim; a reservation
- Recant v.to publicly withdraw a statement or belief one previously held
- Stifle v.to suppress or restrain an idea, feeling or activity
- Stipulate v.to specify a requirement as a condition of an agreement
- Transience n.the state of lasting only a short time; impermanence
- Unattainable adj.impossible to reach or achieve
- Vapid adj.lacking liveliness, substance or interest; dull and empty