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English Lesson: Verbal Advantage

Description:   Verbal Advantage List 8/27/07

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Card # English English Image
1 To restate, put what someone else has expressed into different words. Paraphrase
2 Apparent, appearing or seeming to be true, professed or declared as true without being demonstrated or proved. Ostensible
3 To wander, stray from the point, ramble, deviate, go off in another direction. Digress
4 Eerie, strange, weird, mysterious Uncanny
5 Frankness, openness, sincere expression. Candor
6 expresses his or her thoughts frankly and openly, with no hesitation. The candid person
7 speaks directly to the point, plainly and sometimes bluntly, in a no-nonsense manner. The forthright person
8 speaks honestly and sincerely, with no hint of evasiveness or deception. The ingenuous person
9 Gloomy, moody, glum, grumpy, ill-tempered, depressed. Morose
10 Mournful, full of sadness. Dolorous
11 Extremely gloomy or dismal. Lugubrious
12 Having a bitter disposition or sour outlook on life. Saturnine
13 you refuse to speak or associate with people because you're in a bad mood. You are being sullen when
14 you are feeling depressed and silent because you are feeling bitter or resentful. You are being morose when
15 Skilled. Adept
16 Soaked, thoroughly wet, full of moisture. Saturated
17 Practical, having to do with actual practice, concerned with everyday affairs as opposed to theory or speculation. Pragmatic
18 Sympathetic, agreeable, compatible, kindred, harmonious, having the same taste, nature, or temperament. Congenial
19 Unpredictable, tending to change abruptly for no apparent or logical reason. Capricious
20 A sudden change of mind or change in the emotions. Caprice
21 Noisy, disagreeably or offensively loud, boisterous, clamorous. Blatant
22 Required, necessary, binding, mandatory. Obligatory
23 Unimportant, trifling, of little consequence. Negligible
24 Unyielding, immovable, inflexible, refusing to give in, unshakable, unrelenting, implacable. Adamant
25 Occasional, infrequent, irregular, not constant, happening from time to time, occurring in a scattered or random way. Sporadic
26 The forefront of an action or movement, leading position or person in a movement. Vanguard
27 To agree, be in accord with, unite in opinion. Concur
28 Early development or maturity, especially in mental ability. Precociousness
29 Apart, at a distance, removed, withdrawn, not wishing to speak or associate with others. Aloof
30 Belief, professed faith or opinion, especially a system of religious belief. Creed
31 a declared set of beliefs or opinions. A credo is
32 Cheap and showy, gaudy, garish, sleazy. Tawdry
33 Irritable, cross, complaining, fretful, ill-humored and impatient, difficult to please. Peevish
34 Very difficult, hard to achieve or accomplish, requiring great effort. Arduous
35 Attractive, pleasing in appearance, handsome, comely, fair, presentable. Personable
36 Firmly determined or settled, resolved, having a set opinion or purpose, steadfast, unwavering, persevering. Resolute
37 An assumption, theory, hypothesis. Supposition
38 A preliminary or incomplete theory based on insufficient evidence. Hypothesis
39 An assumption based on so little evidence that it is an educated guess. Conjecture
40 all assumptions or theories. A hypothesis, a conjecture, and a supposition are
41 Unreasoned, based on personal feelings or preferences rather than on reason, logic, or law. Arbitrary
42 A judge or umpire who makes a final decision or resolves a dispute. Arbitrator
43 Determined or arrived at in a random or illogical manner. Arbitrary 2
44 Exercising unrestrained or absolute power. Arbitrary 3
45 Lacking variety, tediously uniform, unvarying and dull. Monotonous
46 one, single Mono-
47 Marriage to one person. Monogamy
48 A single eyeglass. Monocle
49 Two or more letters woven into one. Monogram
50 Something handed down from the past, an inheritance. Legacy
51 Numerous and varied, consisting of many kinds, containing many elements, features, or characteristics. Manifold
52 Having great variety or diversity. Multifarious
53 Containing a multitude, consisting of a great number of persons or things. Multitudinous
54 Bending easily, flexible, adaptable, workable. Pliant
55 bending or moving easily. Pliant, pliable, and supple all mean
56 are easily workable. Pliant and pliable usually refer to objects that
57 Applies to material things or to a human body that is flexible and limber. Supple
58 A quick reply, especially one that is cutting or witty. Retort
59 A counterreply, an answer to a reply. Rejoinder
60 back re-
61 To twist, turn. Torquere
62 Stubborn, flexible, unwilling to give in or compromise, not yielding to argument or persuasion. Obstinate
63 To tear, cut roughly, rend, mangle. Lacerate
64 All-powerful, almighty, having unlimited power or authority. Omnipotent
65 All Omni-
66 All-directional Omnidirectional
67 All-present, present everywhere at once Omnipresent
68 All-knowing, having universal knowledge Omniscient
69 Eating all kinds of food or taking in everything Omnivorous
70 Untrustworthy, dishonorable, deceitful, corrupt, lacking integrity or moral principles. Unscrupulous
71 Something that causes hesitation or doubt in determing what is appropriate and proper. Scruple
72 Having scruples. Scrupulous
73 A revival, rebirth, resurgence, renewal of life or vigor. Renaissance
74 A coming into being, beginning, origin, birth, creation. Genesis
75 To justify, give good reason for, authorize, sanction. Warrant
76 To guarantee, promise, give formal assurance of. Warrant 2
77 without good reason or authorization, unjustifiable. The adjective unwarranted means
78 Difficult to deal with, disagreeable, argumentative, quick to quarrel or to exhibit ill will. Cantankerous
79 Quarrelsome, prone to argue or dispute. Contentious
80 Mean-spirited, nasty, spiteful. Malicious
81 Quick-tempered, easily angered, extremely irritable. Irascible
82 Disrespectful in a frivolous way, treating something serious in a trivial manner. Flippant

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