Vain 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /veɪn/ (adj) extremely proud of one’s appearance, narcissistic, self-important, arrogant, conceited – abortive, futile, without any good result, otiose, fruitless, unsuccessful, worthless, ineffective, unproductive, in vain Vain: having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth. So vain is definitely not the right word…
Flog a Dead Horse 1100 Words You Need to Know Week 45 Day 1 Flog a Dead Horse 1100 Words You Need to Know Week 45 Day 1 to waste time and effort on something that does not have any chance of success, continue making an issue of something that is over, waste energy and…
Futile 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 1 Futile 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 1 /ˈfjuː.taɪl/ (adj) having no effect or good result, unsuccessful, abortive, fruitless, pointless, useless, ineffective, vain, ineffectual He also highlighted the futile US attempts to continue UN sanctions against that country, stating that those attempts are doomed to…
Absurd 1100 Words You Need Absurd 1100 Words You Need /əbˈsɜːd/ (adj) amusingly ridiculous and foolish, ludicrous and irrational, unreasonable, meaningless, silly, bizarre, illogical, pointless, futile Absurdism is a type of philosophy. People who support and argue for absurdism are known as ‘absurdists’. Absurdists think that the human condition is essentially absurd because humans are…
Abortive 1100 Words You Need Abortive 1100 Words You Need /əˈbɔː.tɪv/ (adj) describing an attempt or a plan that fails and brings no good result, fruitless, in vain, unsuccessful, failed, futile, unproductive: Already on the night of the abortive coup Erdoğan called it a “blessing of God,” seeing it as an opportunity to attack the…