English Vocab List 4

Front 1

diminish or put to rest

[ ]

Back 1

allay

[v]

Front 2

of or like animal or animals

[ ]

Back 2

bestial


[adj]

Front 3

find a way around [an obstacle]

[ ]

Back 3

circumvent

[v]

Front 4

a person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration
[ ]

Back 4

cynosure

[n]

Front 5

do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity

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Back 5

deign


[v]

Front 6

a person who cultivates an area of interest

[ ]

Back 6

dilettante

[n]

Front 7

of or during the day

[ ]

Back 7

diurnal

[adj]

Front 8

issue or spread out from

[ ]

Back 8

emanate

[v]

Front 9

soft and hanging loosely or limpy

[ ]

Back 9

flaccid

Front 10

revoke [ an order]

[ ]

Back 10

countermand

[v]

Front 11

having little or no money

[ ]

Back 11

impecunious


[adj]

Front 12

impossible to deny or disprove

[ ]

Back 12

irrefutable

[adj]

Front 13

lacking enthusiasm and determination

[ ]

Back 13

lackadaisiacal

[adj]

Front 14

disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury

[ ]

Back 14

macabre

[adj]

Front 15

a mixture , a medley

[ ]

Back 15

melange

[n]

Front 16

annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

[ ]

Back 16

obtuse

[adj]

Front 17

move or swing back and forth at a regular speed

[ ]

Back 17

oscillate

[v]

Front 18

reject

[ ]

Back 18

rebuff

[v]

Front 19

the action of ending connection or relationship

[ ]

Back 19

severance

[n]

Front 20

equivalent in seriousness to,virtually the same as

[ ]

Back 20

tantamount


[ adj]