Engelska 7, academic english

Abhor synonym to hate, detaste

Abstemious restrictive, harsh of yourself, you don’t allow yourself to drink or eat for example

A penchant for you have a taste or liking for something

Ardently willingly, happily, devoted, meticulous

Acknowledge Recognize, confess, accept, admit, you get acknowledged

Correlation coexisting of two entities, two of something which are connected

Confound bewildering, enormous confusion, surprising even, To confound somebody

Consummate perfect

Duly do something in a correct and respected manor

Disenfranchisement to take away someone's rights, to deprive someone of teheir right to vote

Discernible able to be seen or understood, able to spot or see something

Derisive Mocking, taunting

Debilitate to make something or somebody physically weak

Edgy provocative

Ephemeral very short lived, juice’s career

Hence Consequently, therefore

Integral very important to something

Irrespective of regardless of

Inchoate only recently or partly formed, or not completely developed or clear

On a whim by coincidence, spontaneously

Obfuscation the act of making something less clear and less easy to understand, often on purpose.

Ostracise freeze out

Obnoxious very unpleasant or rude

Profusion an abundance of something, “a profusion of flowers in the spring” = a lot of flowers in the spring

Patois dialekt

Patronising act superior

Promulgate - to spread ideas and beliefs among a lot of people to announce something publicly

Remedial (remedy), refers to help for struggling students

Spuriously something that happens in a false fashion. Fake. Not genuine

Spectacular fantastic, amazing, very good

Teetotal completely abstemious from alcohol (specifically)

Tangible real, existing, able to be shown or experienced. Everything we can touch and feel are tangible

Vanquish defeat

Vicious these people (or an action) show an intention or wish to hurt someone or something very badly, also something that causes someone great pain.

Ubiquitous Universal, common, extensive “the swedes are not alone in finding the language under pressure from the ubiquitous spread of english ”

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