Vocabulary Recitation 2020/05/27

Posted 2020-12-22 xiaoheng2020

adroit adj.

1. ADJ-GRADED Someone who is adroit is quick and skillful in their thoughts, behaviour, or actions.

abdicate vt./vi.

1. VERB If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
2. VERB If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer.

oscillation n.

mania n.

1. N-COUNT If you say that a person or group has a mania for something, you mean that they enjoy it very much or spend a lot of time on it.
2. N-UNCOUNT Mania is a mental illness which cause the sufferer to become very worried or concerned about something.

flounder v./n.

authoritative adj.

1. ADJ-GRADED Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
2. ADJ-GRADED Someone or something that is authoritative has a lot of knowledge of a particular subject.

decorum n.

1. N-UNCOUNT Decorum is bahaviour that people consider to be correct, polite, and respectable.

opaque adj.

1. ADJ-GRADED If an object or substance is opaque, you connot see through it.
2. ADJ-GRADED If you say that something is opaque, you mean that is diffcult to understand.

maneuver n./vt./vi.

horror adj./n.

disburse vt.

1. VERB To disburse an amount of money means to pay it out, usually from a fund which has been collected for a particular purpose.

curtail vt.

1. VERB If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.