Words And Meaning (Group 2)

Front 1

Trivial

Back 1

1) not important.

SYNONYM : frivolous

Front 2

2) Frivolous

Back 2

1) not important : not deserving serious attention.

2) silly and not serious. Having no sound basis as in law; a Frivolous law suit.

Front 3

Livid

Back 3

1) very angry, furiously angry. Eg/ willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid.

2) (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity. Eg/ a livid lightening streak the sky.

Front 4

Cynical

Back 4

1) believing that people are generally selfish and dishonest.

2) someone who is selfish and dishonest in a way that shows no concern about treating others fairly. You don't care about others you only care about your self.

3) believing that human conduct is motivated primarily by self-interest.

Front 5

Patronize

Back 5

1) To talk to someone in a way that shows that you believe you are mote intelligent or better than other people.

2) to adopt an air of condesence or treat haughtily.

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Cynic

Back 6

1) a person who has negative opinions about other people and about the things people do; especially a person who believes that people are selfish and are only interested in helping themselves.

Front 7

Talk down

Back 7

1) to speak in a condescending or over simplified fashion.

2)to disparage (describe someone as unimportant) or belittle by talking.

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Condescend

Back 8

1) to show that you believe that you are mote intelligent or better than other people.

2) to decent to a less formal or dignified level. Eg/ I will not condescend to answer the sore loser's charge that I cheated to win the race

Front 9

Caviler

Back 9

1) to complain about things that are not important.

2) to raise trivial and frivolous objections.

SYNONYM : fuss and nitpick.

Front 10

Transcend

Back 10

1) to rise above or go beyond the normal limit of something.

Front 11

Indelicate

Back 11

1)not polite : having or showing bad manners or taste

Front 12

Extenuate

Back 12

1 : to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses : mitigate2 : to lessen the strength or effect of

Ryan's tardiness to work that morning was extenuated by the fact that his first meeting of the day was cancelled.

Front 13

Avail

Back 13

2)to be useful or helpful to (someone

or something)

ExamplesOur best efforts did not avail.

All your begging will not avail you in the least

Front 14

Stoic

Back 14

1): a person who accepts what

happens without complaining or

showing emotion

2)showing no emotion especially

when something bad is happening

ExamplesHe had a stoic expression on his face.

Front 15

Bias

Back 15

2)a tendency to believe that some

people, ideas,etc.,are better than

others that usually results in treating

some people unfairly

Examples1)He showed a bias toward a few

workers in particular.

2)Do they have a bias against women?3)The company was accused of racial

bias.

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Pervasive

Back 16

1)existing in every part of something

:spreading to all parts of something

Examplesthe pervasive nature of the problemtelevision's pervasive influence on our culture

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Narcissistic

Back 17

1)Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one's own attributes.

2)Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder in which there is a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of understanding of others' feelings.

Examplesin his narcissism, he just assumed that everyone else wanted to hear

the tiny details of his day.

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Integrity

Back 18

1)the quality of being honest and fair

2)firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility

Examples1)He's a man of the highest integrity.

2)I admire her artistic integrity.

3)She had the integrity to refuse to

compromise on matters of principle.

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Perverse

Back 19

1)wrong or different in a way that

others feel is strange or offensive

Examples

1)their perverse cruelty to animals

2)She has a perverse fascination

withdeath.

3)He seems to take perverse

pleasure in making things as

difficult as possible.