Essay May 19-25

• Disingenuous


  Not sincere or honest; misleading.

  two-faced, deceitful
• Proponent


  A person who advocates for a particular cause or idea.

  advocate, supporter
• Sequester


  To remove or separate someone or something from others.

  segregate, isolate
• Exploit


  Use unfairly for one's own advantage

  abuse, manipulate,
• Conception


  The formation or beginning of an idea or plan

  origin, inception

  notion, idea, thought, concept
• Exigency


  A situation that requires immediate action or attention.

  emergency, urgency, crisis
• Sustenance


  Supporting life
• Verbatim


  literal, exact, word-for-word, precise
• Aggregate

  • Total, sum, whole, collection, assemblage (for a general amount)
  • Heap, pile, cluster (for a mass of particles)
• Futile


  Walang saysay

  
  

  Ineffective, useless, unavailing, fruitless, in vain, pointless, unsuccessful, failed
• Torrid


  Mainit na mainit

  burning, blazing, sweltering,searing
• Neophyte


  A beginner or novice; someone who is new to a subject, activity, or skill.

  • Beginner: Someone who is just starting to learn something.
  • Novice: Someone who has some experience with something but is not yet an expert.
  • Rookie: Someone who is new to a particular job or profession.
• Artifice


  A clever trick or scheme designed to deceive someone. It can also refer to something that is artificial or not genuine, especially when used to create a certain impression.

  Deceit, cunning, guile
• Belie


  To suggest that something is false or untrue, often by one's appearance or actions.
• Discern


  To recognize something by careful observation or judgment.
• Concur


  To agree with someone or something.
• Praxis


  Practice
• Panoply


  formal word that refers to a group or collection that is impressive either because of its size or because it includes so many different kinds of people or things.
• Capitulate 


  to surrender to an enemy, often after negotiating terms, or to stop trying to fight or resist something.
• Bogart


  something is to use or consume it without sharing.
• Arduous 


  an adjective used to describe something very difficult or strenuous.
• Ebullient


  Overflowing with enthusiasm, cheerfulness, or excitement. It describes someone who is full of positive energy and expresses it readily.
• Vehemently


  masigasig, marahas, maapoy

  forceful, passionate, or angry way. It describes something that is expressed with strong conviction and intensity, often emotionally charged.

  • Fervently: With strong emotion or passion.
  • ardently: With great enthusiasm or passion.
  • Passionately: With strong feeling or emotion.
  • Strenuously: With great effort or force.
• Contradict


  to say the opposite of what someone else has said: deny the truth
• Dexterous 


  is a formal adjective used to describe someone or something that has or shows great skill or cleverness.
• Quixotic 


  Idealistic
• Virility 


  quality of having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive; manliness.
• Callous 


  Heartless, cold-hearted

  showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.