4th Week Vocabulary

1.

Word:  gratuitous  

Definition:  not necessary, with no reasonable causes

Part of Speech:  adjective               

Sentence:  There are too many gratuitous scenes which are very cruel in the movie.

Synonym: unnecessary, purposeless

2.

Word:  impetuous

Definition: acting without thinking

Part of Speech:  adjective              

Sentence:  She is so frugal that he never buy something impetuously.

Collocation: ‘impetuous decision’

3.

Word: implacable

Definition:  unable to be changed

Part of Speech:  adjective              

Sentence: She implacably opposed the new policy about immigration.

Collocation: ‘an implacable enemy’

4.

Word:  gluttony

Definition:  a situation in which people eat and drink more than they need to 

Part of Speech:  noun           

Sentence: They had dinner gluttonously because they fasted for a week.

Synonym: greed, indulgence

5.

Word:  hypocrisy

Definition:  a pretense of having virtues, morals, beliefs, or principles that one does not really possess

Part of Speech:  noun         

Sentence:  She strongly criticized politicians' hypocritical attitude. 

Collocation: ‘expose someboudy's hypocrisy’

6.

Word: capitulate

Definition:  to accept without protesting

Part of Speech:  verb             

Sentence:  The terrorists capitulated to SWAT yesterday.

Collocation: ‘capitulate to’

7.

Word: chide

Definition: to express disapproval of 

Part of Speech:  verb          

Sentence:  He chided his children for not brushing their teeth.

Collocation: ‘chide for’

8.

Word: defer

Definition:  to delay something until a later time, to postpone

Part of Speech:  verb              

Sentence:  He deferred his decision to his mother.

Collocation: ‘defer to somebody’

9.

Word: discredit

Definition:  to give people reason to stop believing someone or to doubt the truth of something

Part of Speech:  verb        

Sentence:  They made rumor to discredit the candidate for president.

Collocation: ‘suffer discredit’

10.

Word: malfeasance

Definition:  an example of dishonest and illegal behavior, especially by a person in authority

Part of Speech:  noun             

Sentence:  The public official will soon be fired for malfeasance.

Collocation: ‘malfeasance in’