Slake GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /sleɪk/ (verb) to quench or satisfy a desire or thirst, moderate, extinguish, assuage, relieve, satiate, calm down Parents can do at least three things to encourage children’s curiosity. First, provide satisfying answers to their inquiries. Children’s questions are sensitive to the answers they receive. If you give them a satisfying answer…
Fawn GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /fɔːn/ (adj, noun & verb) Verb: to grovel, pander, flatter, bootlick, butter up, ingratiate oneself with, be obsequious to, toady, curry favor with, kowtow, be sycophantic to Noun: a young deer Adjective: a pale yellowish brown color “There’s a personal cost to ingratiating yourself with your boss, or fawning over him”…
Dissonance GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdɪs.ən.əns/ (noun) unpleasant sound or noise, discordant combination of sounds, cacophony, bedlam – disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, dissent, dissidence, conflict, contention, friction, discord, strife, variance The term cognitive dissonance is used to describe the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. People tend to seek…
Wily GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈwaɪ.li/ (adj) clever and deceitful in getting what you want, crafty in deceiving people, cunning, sly, guileful, devious, shrewd, sneaky, astute, scheming, artful, tricky Compare Dahl’s portrayal of the fox, a noble and sympathetic creature, with another: licking his lips, eyes narrowed and thickly kohled beneath comic, angry eyebrows, often surrounded…
Malediction GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˌma-lə-‘dik-shən/ (noun) oath, damnation, curse, anathema, imprecation, hex, spell, blight, wish of evil upon someone A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, hex, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or…
How to Manage Anxiety – English for Psychology with a video to improve listening, selected text for reading practice and illustrated flashcards inside the text Source of image: https://www.calmclinic.com/ Listening practice Watch this video on YouTube Reading practice What is anxiety? Anxiety involves feelings of worry, fear, and apprehension. Anxiety is typically experienced on cognitive,…
English Documentary on Lions with Transcript & Flashcards to improve your listening and reading comprehension and enrich your vocabulary Source of documentary: National Geographic YouTube Channel Source of image: https://thenextweb.com/ Watch this video on YouTube Lion, The King of Beast You may already know that lions are big cats. Weighing up to 500 pounds and growing up to…
Imbue GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪmˈbju:/ (verb) to fill something with a particular feeling or quality, saturate, permeate, enrich, suffuse, permeate, impregnate, penetrate, inject, pervade, freight, instill, soak, infuse Some people argue that children learn morals on their own, or that preschool is too early to imbue children with moral values and ideas. However, that is…
Dictum GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdɪk.təm/ (noun) a short but authoritative announcement or statement, pronouncement, order, injunction, adage, edict, proclamation, apothegm, command, fiat, authoritative saying, commandment, maxim, direction, dictate, aphorism, truism In general usage, a dictum is an authoritative or dogmatic statement. In some contexts, such as legal writing, dictum can have a specific meaning. In…
English Documentary on Exoplanets with Transcript & Flashcards to practice reading and listening and improve your academic & scientific vocabulary Source of documentary: National Geographic YouTube Channel Source of image: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/ Watch this video on YouTube Worlds over the borders They are nestled in the final frontier. Countless worlds, scattered throughout countless galaxies, challenged the notion that…