Batch 18 vocabulary: 20 words with meanings
The 20 words in batch 18, each with a plain-English meaning. Tap a word for its picture card, example sentence, synonyms, antonyms and memory tip.
- Abstruse adj.difficult to understand; obscure and accessible only to specialists
- Articulate v.to express an idea or feeling clearly and coherently in words
- Belie v.to give a false impression of something; to disguise or contradict what is true
- Bellicose adj.eager to fight or quarrel; aggressive and warlike
- Copious adj.abundant in supply or quantity; plentiful
- Craftsmanship n.skill in making things by hand, shown in the quality of the finished work
- Deleterious adj.causing harm or damage, often in a gradual or subtle way
- Deterrence n.the discouraging of an action by making people fear its consequences
- Enervate v.to drain someone or something of energy or vitality; to weaken
- Extemporaneous adj.spoken or done without preparation; improvised
- Ingratiate v.to bring oneself into favor with others, often through deliberate flattery
- Insolent adj.rudely disrespectful, especially toward someone in authority
- Mentorship n.guidance and support given by an experienced person to a less experienced one
- Obfuscate v.to make something unclear or difficult to understand, often on purpose
- Parameter n.a limit or boundary that defines the scope of a process or activity
- Proxy n.a person or thing that stands in for another, such as an indirect measure of something unseen
- Purloin v.to steal something, typically in a sly or underhanded way
- Refract v.to bend a ray of light or other wave as it passes from one medium into another
- Reminiscent adj.tending to remind one of something; suggestive of
- Trade-off n.a balance struck between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise