Grueling Demanding or exhausting This is a grueling experience Serenity A period of calm and quiet during which you might listen to some relaxing music or swap emails with friends ID: 275279
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Grueling: Demanding or exhausting. This
is a grueling
experience
.
Serenity:
A
period
of calm and quiet during which you might listen to some relaxing music or swap emails with
friends.
Multitude: Refers
to a large
number such as a multitude of followers, multitude of phone calls, multitude of options.
Solicitor: One
who
solicits
or asks
for
one thing or another
- Solicit means to seek by formal application or to incite to action by wrong action. No solicitation allowed in this building.
Resolve: Verb -
to come to a good decision. I have resolved that I shall dedicate my life to the poor. Noun
–
He has a lot of resolve/determination. Slide3
Assure: Is
to
guarantee or promise.
S
elf assurance means to be confident in one’s abilities.
Monotonous: Repetitive, lacking in variety, boring. This class
can get monotonous so we have to create some fun activities.
Pursuit: The chase, hunt, or the act of pursuing.
Conclude:
M
eans
to
end
or
to finish
or resolve.
Infer: Similar
to second meaning of
conclude
but it means to reason or to logically
think or deduce. Slide4
Benevolent: Expressing good will or charity. Bill Gates is a very benevolent person.
Resume: Is to continue what you are doing. Resume also means a brief account of qualifications.
Brash: Over confident, hasty, rash, and impetuous. Someone who acts too quickly without thinking.
Dwindle: Means
to decrease in size or
amount. His fortune dwindled away.
Miser: Someone
who
doesn’t
like
to part with his money. A selfish person.
A Scrooge. Slide5
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Cliché: Expression
that has been
overused. Koreans
love Northface.
It is raining
like cats and dogs!
Predecessor: Is
one who comes
before
, especially in an office or position. Can be used for something other than a person. The new Spider Man statute is more tasteful than its predecessor.
Agile: Is
one who can move swiftly and
nimbly.
Wizardry: Refers
to
magic. Also used
to express expertise. He is a wizard at cooking. He is a wizard on the tennis court.
Vigorous: Energetic
and
dynamic. Characterized by vigor. Slide6
Disclose: Means
to
reveal or to make known. Financial disclosure.
Ensue: Means
to follow.
Every time they meet, a fight ensues. Unless the politicians act fast, more damage could ensue.
Distraught: To be upset. He
was
distraught
over his grade.
Embark: Means to board
a ship or begin a quest or
journey. I want to embark on a career in journalism.
Scour: To scour pots and pans and remove grease; to scour and search all over the place. Slide7
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Avail: To be of use for profit or advantage. I asked for his mercy, but to no avail. I hope to avail myself to students who are looking for a job.
2.
Morbid: Unhealthy attitude, gloomy, or characteristic of disease. Morbid obesity is the number one killer in the U.S.A. I have morbid thoughts from my time in Iraq.
3.
Diagnose: To
recognize and identify a
problem. I need to get a engine diagnosis to identify the problem. Have a medical diagnosis to see what is causing your allergy.
4.
Immune: To
be protected
from.
Immune system, immune from criminal charges,
etc. To develop a medicine for HIV immunity will be very expensive to develop.
5
.
Recurrence: Refers
to a reappearance of a particular
event.