Batch 20 vocabulary: 20 words with meanings
The 20 words in batch 20, each with a plain-English meaning. Tap a word for its picture card, example sentence, synonyms, antonyms and memory tip.
- Acquiesce v.to accept or agree to something reluctantly but without protest
- Anomaly n.something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected
- Ascribe v.to regard something as caused by, belonging to, or created by a particular source
- Attrition n.the gradual wearing down of strength or numbers through sustained pressure or loss
- Complacency n.smug, uncritical satisfaction with one's situation that ignores possible dangers
- Contemptuous adj.showing scorn or disdain for someone or something regarded as worthless
- Expound v.to explain or set forth an idea in careful, systematic detail
- Foreground v.to make something the most prominent element; to emphasize
- Idiosyncratic adj.peculiar to an individual; marked by distinctive, often eccentric habits or traits
- Importunate adj.persistent in making requests or demands to an annoying or troublesome degree
- Multifarious adj.having great variety; made up of many different kinds of parts or elements
- Obstinacy n.stubborn refusal to change one's opinion or course of action despite persuasion
- Opaque adj.hard to understand or explain; also, not letting light pass through
- Predate v.to exist or occur earlier than something else
- Salvage v.to save something valuable from ruin, loss, or failure
- Startling adj.so unexpected or remarkable as to cause sudden surprise or alarm
- Stratified adj.arranged in distinct layers, levels, or ranks, as rock or a social hierarchy
- Synthesis n.the combination of separate ideas or elements into a coherent whole
- Terseness n.the quality of using very few words, sometimes to the point of seeming curt
- Transcend v.to go beyond the ordinary limits or range of something; to surpass