5th Week Vocabulary

1.

Word: impudent 

Definition: marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard for others

Part of Speech:  adjective               

Sentence: The boy was chided by his parents because he was impudent to them.

Synonym: audacious, bold, blatant

2.

Word: intuitive 

Definition: able to know or understand something because of feelings rather than facts or proof

Part of Speech:  adjective               

Sentence: She knew her baby is in danger of falling off from the sofa intuitively.

Collocation: extremely intuitive

3.

Word: irate

Definition: very angry

Part of Speech:  adjective               

Sentence: dealing with the irate customers is very hard.

Collocation: an irate customer

4.

Word: lucrative

Definition: producing a lot of money

Part of Speech:  adjective               

Sentence: The investment on real estate seems to be lucrative.

Collocation: be lucrative

5.

Word: meticulous

Definition: taking extreme care about minute details

Part of Speech:  adjective               

Sentence: A meticulous person follows the recipe very strictly.

Collocation: meticulous in

6.

Word: adversity

Definition: a difficult or unlucky situation

Part of Speech: noun               

Sentence: He overcame the adversity with his positive personality.

Collocation: in adversity

7.

Word: disdain

Definition: a feeling of contempt for anything deemed unworthy

Part of Speech: noun               

Sentence: She looked down on the poor students with disdain.

Collocation: a look of disdain, in disdain, with disdain

8.

Word: abhor

Definition: to hate a way of behaving 

Part of Speech: verb        

Sentence: I abhor violence because it is inhumane.

Synonym: hate, detest

9.

Word: agitate

Definition: to try to stir up public opinion 

Part of Speech: verb        

Sentence: She agitated against the gender discrimination.

Collocation: agitate for/against

10.

Word: docile

Definition: easily trained, handled, influenced

Part of Speech: adjective       

Sentence: Having a docile dog, I can have enough time to read books.

Collocation: a docile child