eng lang vocab

• Advocate


  Noun: a person who publicly supports someone or something
• Defeatist


  Noun: a person (or tone) who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure
• Demeaning


  Adjective: to damage or lower the character, status of reputation of someone or something
• Derisive


  Adjective: expressing contempt or ridicule
• Desensitised


  Adjective: to cause someone to experience something, usually an emotion or a pain, less strongly than before
• Despondent


  Adjective: in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
• Detrimental


  Adjective: to cause harm or damage
• Divisive


  Adjective: something that tends to cause a disagreement between people
• Facetious


  Adjective: treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant
• Farcical


  Adjective: very silly, unlikely, or unreasonable, often in a way that is humorous
• Futile


  Adjective: something that produces no end result; useless and pointless
• Idealistic


  Adjective: characterised by idealism; unrealistically aiming for perfection; someone who believes that very good things can be achieved, often when this does not seem likely to others
• Impassioned


  Adjective: filled with or showing great emotion
• Inevitable


  Adjective: something that is certain to happen/ unavoidable
• Marginalised


  Adjective: a group within a society who are not given the same opportunities or power as others
• Obnoxious


  Adjective: very unpleasant or rude
• Paramount


  Adjective: more important than anything else
• Perpetuate


  Verb: to cause something to continue; to spread opinions or beliefs among a lot of people
• Poignant


  Adjective: evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
• Problematic


  Adjective: something that is controversial or presents an issue
• Reverent


  Adjective: feeling or showing deep and solemn respect
• Sensationalise


  Verb: (especially of a newspaper) present information about (something) in a sensational way
• Sobering


  Adjective: making you feel serious or think about serious matters
• Unequivocal


  Adjective: total, or expressed in a clear and certain way
• gauche - lacking social experience or grace
• ricochet - a glancing rebound
• illicit - not permitted
• clandestine - marked by, held in, or conducted in secrecy
• mercurial - rapid and unpredictable changeableness or mood
• elegies - pensive or reflective poem usually nostalgic or melancholy
• eulogise - speak or write in high praise of
• calamitous - extremely bad or unfortunate, causing great distress or damage
• disposition - the tendency of something to act in a certain manner under given circumstances
• maim - to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
• altruism - unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others
• Machiavellian - marked by cunning, duplicity or bad faith
• beguiling - agreeably or charmingly attractive or pleasing
• epiphany - a moment of sudden revelation or insight
• scathing - bitterly severe
• abhor - to hate