1. assimilate (v.) [əˈsɪməˌlet]
- If you assimilate new ideas, techniques,
or information, you learn them or
adopt them.
Ex: It's not easy to assimilate so many ideas.
2. doctrine (n.) [ˈdɑktrɪn]
-A doctrine is a set of principles or beliefs, especially
religious ones.
Ex: I disagree with
the doctrine that
the writer's life and intention have no
bearing on his texts.
3. reprisal
(n.) [rɪˈpraɪzəl]
- If you do something to a
person in reprisal, you
hurt or punish them because they have done something violent or unpleasant to
you.
Ex: Witnesses
are unwilling to testify through fear of reprisals.
4. rebellious (adj.) [rɪˈbɛljəs]
- A rebellious group of people is a group involved in taking
violent action
against the rulers of their own
country, usually in order to change the system of
government there.
Ex: The rebellious officers,
having seized the radio station,broadcast
the news of the overthrow of the monarchy.
5. regime (n.) [reˈʒim, rɪ-]
- If you refer to a government or system of
running a country as a regime, you
are critical of it because you think it is not democratic and uses unacceptable
are critical of it because you think it is not democratic and uses unacceptable
methods.
Ex: The regime is now in its death throes.
6. flowering (n.) [ˈflaʊərɪŋ]
- The flowering of something
such as an idea or artistic style is the development
of its popularity and success.
of its popularity and success.
Ex: He may be happy with
the flowering of
new thinking, but he has yet to
contribute much to it himself.
7. infuriating (adj.) [in'fjuərieitiŋ]
- Something
that is infuriating annoys
you very much.
Ex: I was in
the middle of typing when Bob rang. It was infuriating!
8. illogicality (n.) [ɪˌlɒdʒɪ'kælətɪ]
- invalid or incorrect
reasoning.
Ex: Like all dreams it had its own weird illogicality.
9. oligarchic (adj.) [ˌɒlɪ'gɑ:kɪk]
- of or relating to or
supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy.
Ex: The oligarchic fortunes are in oil and metals.
10. resentment (n.) [rɪˈzɛntmənt]
- Resentment is bitterness and anger that someone feels about something.
Ex: All her
feelings of resentment just came pouring out.
11. proclaim
(v.) [proˈklem, prə-]
- If
people proclaim something,
they formally make it known to the public.
Ex: He was impelled to proclaim his doctrine.
12. impiety (n.) [ɪm'paɪətɪ]
-unrighteousness by virtue
of lacking respect for a god.
ex: His
remarks show impiety to religion.
13. ferocious (adj.) [fəˈroʃəs]
- A ferocious animal,
person, or action is very fierce and violent.
Ex: The house is guarded by a ferocious dog.
14. Cynicism
(n.) [ˈsɪnɪˌsɪzəm]
- Cynicism is the belief that people always act
selfishly.
Ex: I found
Bella's cynicism wearing
at times.
15. exile (v.) [ˈɛɡˌzaɪl, ˈɛkˌsaɪl]
-If someone is exiled,
they are living in a foreign country because they cannot
live in their own country, usually for political reasons.
live in their own country, usually for political reasons.
Ex: They
threatened to exile her in southern Spain.
16. homogeneity (n.) [ˌhomədʒəˈniɪti]
- Homogeneity is the quality of being homogeneous.
Ex: The government panicked into imposing a
kind of cultural homogeneity.
17. sophist
(n.) [ˈsɑfɪst]
- someone whose reasoning is
subtle and often specious
Ex: Mark is a sophist.
18. philosophical (adj.) [ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪkəl]
- Philosophical means concerned
with or relating to philosophy.
Ex: He was
not accustomed to political or philosophical discussions.
19. preach (v.) [pritʃ]
- When a
member of the clergy preaches a
sermon, he or she gives a talk
on a
religious or moral subject during a religious service.
religious or moral subject during a religious service.
Ex: He realized that his calling was to preach the
gospel.
20. profoundly (adv.) [prəˈfaʊndlɪ]
- You use profound to emphasize that something is very great or intense.
Ex: In politics, as in other
areas, he is profoundly conservative.
21. enslaved (v.) [enˈsleɪvd]
- To enslave someone
means to make them into a slave.
Ex: Gone forever are the days when the imperialists enslaved the Chines people.
22. core
(n.) [kɔr, kor]
- The core of something such as a problem or an issue is the part
of it that has to
be understood or accepted before the whole thing can be understood or dealt
with.
be understood or accepted before the whole thing can be understood or dealt
with.
Ex: The notion that blacks comprise a problem is at the core of
racist reasoning.
23. captive(adj.) [ˈkæptɪv]
- A captive person
or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
Ex: They
were taken captive by masked gunmen.
24. intensified (v.) [inˈtensifaid]
- If you intensify something or if
it intensifies, it becomes
greater in strength,
amount, or degree.
amount, or degree.
Ex: Failure
only intensified my desire to succeed.
25. contemporary (adj.) [kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛri]
- Someone's contemporary is a person who is
or was alive at the same time
as
them.
them.
Ex: Like
most of my contemporaries,
I grew up in a vastly different world.
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