Vocab Flash Cards Week 2 Day 3-4

Vigilant

• Watchful, alert, observant

• Careless and inattentive

• Indifferent and unconcerned

• Distracted and oblivious

Pretext

• A false reason

• An excuse, reason

• A legal document

• A type of text

nuance

• Slight variation in meaning, tone, etc., subtle difference

• A loud and clear statement

• An extreme opinion or view

• A simple and straightforward idea

Fabricate

• To lie; to construct, make

• To destroy; to dismantle

• To create; to innovate

• To observe; to analyze

Adroit

• Skillful, capable, expert

• Clumsy and awkward

• Unskilled and inexperienced

• Slow and hesitant

gesticulate

• move the arms energetically

• speak quietly

• sit still

• write carefully

cajole

• Coax, persuade

• Force, compel

• Ignore, neglect

• Dissuade, discourage

enhance

• intensify

• diminish

• reduce

• weaken

avid

• eager, enthusiastic

• indifferent

• apathetic

• disinterested

rudimentary

• Elementary, basic

• Advanced, complex

• Obsolete, outdated

• Superficial, shallow