English language

harsh , cold , unfeeling 

e.g. = the murders callous lack of remorse shocked the jury 

honesty , frankness 

e.g. = we were supprised by the candor of the policticians speech because she is usually rather evasive 

to voice disapproval

e.g. = Hania chided Gregory for his vulgar habits and sloppy appearance 

cautious 

e.g. = though i promised Martha's father i would bring her home promptly , it would have been mre circumpsect not to have specified a time 

secret 

e.g. = announcing to her boyfriend that she was going to the library , Maria actually went to meet George for a clandestine liasion 

to make somebody something by force or threat 

e.g. = the court decided that David Beckham did not have to honour the contracr because he was coerced into signing it 

logically consistent , intelligible 

e.g. = William could not figure out what Harold had seen because he was too distraught to deliver a coherent statement 

self-satisfied ignorance of danger

e.g. = Simon tried to shock his friends out of their complacency by painting a firghtening picture of what might happen

a person entrusted with secrets

e.g. = shortly after we met , he became my cheif confidant 

to plot , scheme

e.g. = che connived me to give up my plans to start up a new business 

increasing , building upon itself 

e.g. = the cummulative effect of hours spent using the world English website was a vast improvement in his vocabulary and general level of English 

to lower the quality or esteem of something 

e.g. = the large rasie that he gave himself debased his motives from running the charity 

to critisize openly 

e.g. = Andrej Lepper , the leader of the Polish Self Defence party decried the appaling state of the polish roads 

showing respect for another's authority 

e.g. = Donata is always excessively deferntial to any kind of authority figure 

quiet , modest , reserved 

e.g. = though everybody else at the party was dancing and going crazy , she remained demure 

to laugh at mockingly , scorn 

e.g. = the native speaker often derided the other teacher's accent 

one who has total power and rukes brutally 

e.g. = the despot issued a death sentence for anybody who disobeyed his laws 

showing care in doing one's work

e.g. = the dilligent researcher made sure to double check her measurements 

overjoyed , thrilled 

e.g. = when he found out he had won the lottery , the postman was eleated 

expressive , articulate , moving (the best man gave such an eloquent speech that most guests were crying

to steal money by flasifying records 

e.g. = the accountant was fired for embezzling £10,000 of the company's funds 

sensitivity to another's feelings as if they were one's own 

e.g. = i feel such empathy for my dog when she's upset so am I 

ill will , hatred , hostility 

e.g = John and Scott have clearly not forgiven each other , because the enmity between them is obvious to anybody in their presence 

learned

e.g. = My English teacher is such an erudite scholar that he has translated some of the most difficult and abstruse Old English poetry 

to praise , revere 

e.g. = Kamilla extolled the virtues of a vegetarian diet to her meat loving boyfriend 

to make up , invent 

e.g. = When i arrived an hour late to class , I fabricated some excuse about my car breaking down on the way to work 

wild , savage

e.g. = that beast looks so feral that i would fear being alone with it 

astounded 

e.g. = whenever i read an Agatha Christie mystery novel , I am always flabbergasted when i learn the identity of the murderer

to give up , renounce 

e.g. = i wont forsake my consverative principles