Ten Steps Context CluesVocabulary

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Dung, Zahra, Chamari, Valerie, Justin, Natinee, Ali, Musaed, Tesia,

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Thanks to 5CDFall2014:

Dung, Zahra, Chamari, Valerie, Justin, Natinee, Ali, Musaed, Tesia,

Ramatou, Natinee, Hussain, Hawra, Sang A, El Hadj, Hoa, Kant,

Vy, Aziz B., Inoussa

Mundane (adj.)/ˈmʌndeɪn/

1. Ordinary and not interesting or exciting, especially because of happening regularly. Synonyms: normal, ordinary, tedious, etc. E.g. mundane activities/ tasks/ matters.2. Relating to the world and practical matters instead of religious or spiritual ones. E.g. mundane affairs, the boundaries of the mundane world.

Euphemism (n.)/ˈyo*ofəˌmizəm/

Definition: a word or expression that people use when they want to talk about something unpleasant or

embarrassing without mentioning the thing itself, a nice way of saying something.

Alleviate (v.)/əˈlēvēˌāt/

Definition: to make something less painful, severe, or serious.Synonyms: ease, relieve, lessen, etc. E.g. The doctor has prescribed some drugs to alleviate the pain.

TURMOIL (N):a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.

“Egypt was in turmoil”

Synonyms: confusion, turbulence, disorder, agitation, disquiet, chaos

Enhance (v)• intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.

“Make up enhances her beautiful eyes”

Synonymous: increase, intensify, amplify, elevate, exalt

Culpable (adj) • Deserving of blame or 

censure as being wrong,

evil, improper, or harmful.

Synonymous: to blame, guilty, responsible

“If you choose to do drugs, you are culpable for what you do while you are under their effect”

ADVENT (n)“Coming into place or view/

Arrival/the beginning of an event/arrival of a person, invention of something”

Ex: Advent of holiday season Synonyms : Onset, Beginning, Commencement, Start, Arrival

Antonyms: Departure, End, Leave

BENEVOLENT (adj)

“Desiring to help others/Charitable/Good will/Kind”

Ex: There are no words to express Mother Teresa's benevolent attitudes.

Synonyms : Kind, Generous, Humane, Benign, Caring

Antonyms: Cruel, Hateful, Merciless

Related words: Benevolently(Adj) Benevolence (N)

DILEMMA (n)

“a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives/any difficult or perplexing situation or problem” Ex: I don’t know whether to study for my test tomorrow or go out with my friends. What a dilemma! Synonyms : Puzzle, Mess,

Difficulty, Impasse, Quandary

Antonyms: Good fortune, Solution, Benefit

GIST(n) The main or essential part of a matter.

E.g.: What was the gist of his speech?

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Fabrication(n) - The making up or inventing of false stories.

- A false story that is made up or invented.

E.G.: The story was a complete fabrication.

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Corroborate(v) To support by giving proof; confirm

E.G.: Corroborated my account of the accident

(n) Corroboration

E.G.: The police are looking for corroboration of your statement.

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nebulous (adj.)： not clear : difficult to see, understand, describe,

etc.A nebulous answer; a nebulous point; a nebulous

idea

e ecstatic (adj): very happy or excited

: feeling or showing ecstasy (n)

endow1: to give a large amount of money to a school, hospital, etc., in order to pay for the creation or continuing support of (something)2:to freely or naturally provide (someone or something) with something — usually used as (be) endowed

1: to cause (someone) to decide not to do something

Some potential buyers will be deterred by the price.

2: to prevent (something) from happening

He played an important role in international efforts to deter[=prevent] nuclear war.

METICULOUS

Reliable scientific theories are based not upon careless work, but rather upon

meticulous research and experimentation.

M

eticulous (adjective) taking or showing extreme care about minutes details.

This bathroom is meticulously (adv) kept. There is no dirt anywhere!

STRINGENT(ADJ)

In the early days of automobile manufacturing,

stringent laws controlled motorist ’s speed. In

contrast, the laws designed to protect consumers

from faulty products were extremely weak.

Stringent: strict , severe

Assimilate(v)

Assimilation (n)

To assimilate is defined as to become

To assimilate is defined as to become

like others, or help another person to

like others, or help another person to

adapt to a new environment.

adapt to a new environment.

PROXIMITY (N)

nearness in place, time, order,

occurrence, or relation

An example of proximity is standing next to someone.

The definition of viral is something that has become very popular very quickly on the Internet.

VIRAL (ADJ)

An example of viral is a video that is released and watched by a million people within a few days.

Deficient (dəˈfiSHənt)

(Adjective)

1. Lacking some element or characteristic; defective : deficient in taste Synonyms : lacking, wanting, inadequate, insufficient2.Insufficient; inadequate : deficient knowledge, deficient leadership

Synonyms : defective, flawed, imperfect, weak, inferior

Example : This diet is deficient in vitamin B.

Indispensable[ˌindəˈspensəb(ə)l ]

(Adjective)

Essential, absolutely necessary

Example : If she had filled the need for a pet back then, would children have been as indispensable for her?Most people think that their cell phones are INDISPENSABLE!

Synonyms : needed

Adversary [ad' vər ser'ē]

Noun

The definition of an adversary is a person who fights against something or someone, or is a person who is considered to be a competitor or enemy.

An example : For Batman, the Joker is an adversary.

Synonyms : opponent, rival, enemy, combat

Simulate (V):

To make in imitation of or To create a representation or model of a physical system or particular situation.EX: Simulatethe dynamicsof the space flight.

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Succinct (Adj):

Expressed in few words.Marked by brevity and clarity.EX: A pocket guide thatprovides succinctexplanations for rulesof grammar andpunctuation.

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Impoverished (Adj):

1-reduced to poverty.2-make a person or area poor.EX: the Impoverishedcities cannot improveitself unlessothers help them.

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Lucrative(adjective)

definition: producing a great deal of profit.Example: a lucrative career as a stand-up

comedian

Flamboyant(adjective)

• Definition: of a person or their behavior) tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness

• Example: a flamboyant display of aerobatics

Espouse(verb)

• Definition: adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).

• Example : he turned his back on the modernism he had espoused in his youth

GrotesqueGrotesque

• [ADJ] You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you.

• Ex) the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else.

• [NOUN] A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting.

• Ex) Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.

Lethargic

• [ADJ] If you are lethargic, you do • not have much energy or

enthusiasm.• Ex) He felt too miserable and • lethargic to get dressed.

Fiasco

• [NOUN] If you describe an event or attempt to do something as a fiasco, you are emphasizing that it fails completely.• Ex) The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not • lie with him.

obscure (adj): (of meaning) not clear, hard to understand, dark, unknown

Ex: - My boss gave me an obscure explanation, I don’t understand what she really wants me to do.

- The meaning of the sentence is obscure.

obscurely (adv)

obscureness (noun)

obscure (verb)

condone (v): forgive, overlook

Ex: The teacher cannot condone the behavior that plagiarize from material sources.

lucid (adj): clear, easily understood

Antonym: obscure, unclear

Ex: That was a lucid direction, I believe that I can find the way there.

Noun: lucidity, lucidness Adverb: lucidly

COVERT (a)/kəvərt/

1. Not openly shown2. Not openly acknowledge or displayed

Ex: Justin stole a covert glance at Ali The covert activities of spy were found out

Synonyms : hidden, isolated, secret, sheltered, furtive hideout, lair, nest

Antonyms : open, overt, public

ENIGMA (n)/iˈnigmə/

1. A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand2. Not openly acknowledge or displayed

Ex: His life is an enigma; Nobody could understand.

Enigmatic (a)Synonyms : mystery, puzzle, riddleAntonyms : clear, accessible, obvious

BLATANT (a)/ˈblātnt/

1. Completely obvious.2. (of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly

Ex: What a blatant lie

Synonyms : Obvious, undisguised, unconcealedAntonyms : shamefaced, inconspicuous

Simultaneous (Adjective): when two or several things happen at the same time. Simultaneously (Adverb).

Example: the sun is shining and it is raining simultaneously. Listening and cooking at the same time is a simultaneous action.

They are kicking each other simultaneously Mr. Obama is listening and using his phone simultaneously

Incentive (noun) : something that can encourage a person

to do something or to work hard

Example: Raising the employees wage will be an incentive for

them to work harder.

This money is an incentive, meaning that it encourages the boy to study hard.

Adaptation (noun)Adapt (verb):

To change your behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place

Synonym: Adjustment (noun)

To live peacefully in a foreign country you need to adapt to the culture.

This animal can adapt itself in any space.

Divulge (v)

• Means : To give someone information that should be secret

• Example : it is not company policy to divulge personal details of employees

• Synonym : Reveal

Unabated /ˌʌnəˈbeɪtəd/ AdjContinuing at full strength or force without

becoming weaker; unstoppede.g: the storm continued unabated late into

the night.

Nepotism /ˈnɛpəˌtɪzəm/ nounthe unfair practice by a powerful person of

giving jobs and other favors to relatives.

Allocate: /ˈæləˌkeɪt/ verbAllocation (noun)

 to divide and give out (something) for a special reason or to particular people, companies, etc

e.g: 50 million dollars has been allocated to fight Ebola.

We can allocate money, time, and resources.