Subside 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 səbˈsaɪd/ (verb) to become smaller and less effective, decrease, undermine, wane, diminish, sink to a lower level, dwindle, reduce, lessen, weaken, die down, abate, recede – collapse, fall down, descend, settle The critical flood situation stemmed from a series of depressions that have hit Thailand since Oct 7, …
Mourn 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /mɔːn/ (verb) to grieve and show great sadness usually due to someone’s death, grieve for, weep for, lament, cry over, grieve over, bewail, bemoan – deplore, regret, rue This article reports empirical research into public books of condolence signed following two key mourning events within British culture: the …
Daze 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /deɪz/ (noun & verb) Noun: confused state, confusion, perplexity, bewilderment, astonishment, bafflement, stupor, bemusement Verb: to confuse someone, stun, stupefy, stagger, knock out, startle, astonish, shock, astound Golden Retriever Puppy Is Really Dazed By Lemon Slice Gunnar the 8-week-old Golden Retriever challenges a harmless lemon (and loses) in …
Blunder 504 Absolutely Essential Words lesson 29 /ˈblʌn.dəʳ/ (noun & verb) Noun: a big and blatant mistake, gaffe, flagrant mistake, slip, egregious mistake, blooper, error, faux pas Verb: to make a big mistake, err, screw up, get it wrong, blow it, goof, miscalculate – to move in an awkward way, stagger, trip, stumble Much has …
Toil 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /tɔɪl/ (noun & verb) Noun: hard work, drudgery, labor, chore, slog, donkeywork Verb: to work very hard especially physically, slave, labor, sweat, strive, work one’s fingers to the bone – move with difficulty, drag oneself, struggle Robots take toil from the agricultural fields Le Plan Medoc, France–Repetitive and …
Insist 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /ɪnˈsɪst/ (verb) to demand something assertively and forcefully in spite of opposition, maintain something against opposition, contend, enforce, assert, require, claim – state something forcefully, stipulate APC crises worsens as aggrieved members insist on December convention The internal crises rocking the All Progressives Congress deepened on Friday with …
Bait 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /beɪt/ (noun & verb) Noun: anything especially food that is used to attract and catch animals, carrot, enticement, inducement, lure, attraction, draw, temptation, pull Verb: to place any food as a bait on a hook while fishing, tempt, lure, attract, pull, draw – to make a dog attack …
Juvenile 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /ˈdʒuː.vən.aɪl/ (adj & noun) Adjective: too young and immature, callow, fledgling, childish, teenage, youthful, adolescent, bay-faced, infantile, babyish Noun: youngers, teenager, teen, adolescent Juvenile delinquency is the act of committing a crime at a very young age. A juvenile delinquent is a young person, particularly a teenager under …
Censor 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /ˈsent.səʳ/ (noun & verb) Noun: a person who edits and cuts out offensive parts from books, films, etc., expurgator, bowdlerizer, editor, reviewer, corrector, inspector Verb: to expurgate, edit and remove the offensive parts from films, books, etc., cut, remove, delete parts of, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, amend Book censorship is …
Disaster 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /dɪˈzɑː.stəʳ/ (noun) severe harm, damage or death, serious difficulty, calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm – misadventure, mishap, setback, misfortune, debacle, failure, fiasco, adversary Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on …