Lesson 11: Abdallah

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Lesson 11

By:Abdallah
Ambivalent (adjective)
Meaning : If you have mixed feeling about something and
feel unsure of it, you can declare yourself ambivalent

Antonym:clear/sure

Synonym: mixed/ unsure

Example : Some people took extreme positions but most


had ambivalent feelings.
Beneficent (adjective)

Meaning : (of a person) generous or doing good.

Antonym: cold-hearted
Synonym: kind/ benign

Example : He is the hyperkinetic, beneficent godfather of freed-heel skiing the Canaan Valley.
Sortie(noun)
Meaning : come out from a defensive position to make an attack.

Antonym: retreat

Synonym: raid
Example : My grandfather, his father, was a WW1 ace and was on the sortie which downed the
Red Baron
congenital
(adjective)
Meaning : (of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth.

Antonym : contracted
Synonym: ingrained/ utter
Example : Techshot also envisions someday using artificial tissue and organs to help treat
diseases, and even congenital defects.
interminable
(noun)
Meaning: endless or apparently endless (often used hyperbolically).
Antonym : stopping

Synonym: long-winded
Example : Waiting for a Kanye West album can be an excruciating, interminable experience.
Repugnant(adjective)
Meaning: extremely distasteful; unacceptable.
Antonym : GOOD

Synonym:contradictory-

Example: So, what we find repugnant in one era may be standard in another
sallow(adjective)
Meaning:(of a person's face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown
colour.

Antonym : clean

Synonym: wan-dull
Example: This John is sickly and sallow, his body lacking plasticity.
intrepid
Meaning: fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect).
Synonyms: fearless, unafraid, heroic
Antonyms: fearful, cowardly
Example: "our intrepid reporter"
consensus .(noun)
Meaning: a general agreement.(noun)
Synonyms: agreement, harmony, accord
Antonyms: disagreement, minority view
Example: "there is a growing consensus that the current regime has failed"
Betrothed .(noun)
Meaning : the person to whom one is engaged.(noun)
Synonyms: promised, bound, handfast
Antonyms: unattached, single
Example: "how long have you known your betrothed?"
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