Monday, October 16, 2017

Usefulness/Productiveness
·         Efficacy (Noun)
·         Effectiveness (Noun)
EFFICACY (Noun)
Meaning: The power to produce a desired result or effect
Use:  The vaccine that the doctor recommended had the efficacy of being safe and effective in healing Mike's illness.

EFFECTIVENESS (Noun)
Meaning: The power to produce a desired result or effect



To hinder/To restrict the movement, progress or action of (someone or something)
·         Hamper (Verb)
·         Trammel (Noun, Verb)
·         Clog (Noun, Verb)
·         Fetter (Noun, Verb)
·         Shackle (Noun, Verb)
·         Manacle (Noun, Verb)
·         Constrain (Verb)
Explanation: Hamper (Verb), Trammel (Verb), Clog (Verb), Fetter (Verb), Shackle (Verb), Manacle (Verb) and Constrain (Verb) means to hinder or restrict the movement, progress or action of (someone or something). Trammel and clog implies slowing by something extraneous. Fetter implies a restraining so severe that freedom to move or progress is almost lost. Shackle and manacle are stronger than fetter and suggest total loss of freedom.
HAMPER (Verb)
Meaning: To slow the movement, progress or action of (someone or something)
Use: Their work is hampered by lack of funds.

TRAMMEL (Noun)
Meaning: A net for catching birds or fish
Use: Students and parents who want to throw off the trammels of outdated school policies.

TRAMMEL (Verb)
Meaning: To prevent or restrict (someone or something)
Use: Some canons that trammel the artist’ s creativity.

CLOG (Noun)
Meaning: Something that blocks something
Use: There is a clog in the kitchen sink.

CLOG (Verb)
Meaning: To slowly form a block in (something, such as a pipe or street)
Use: The drain clogs easily because the opening is so small.

FETTER (Noun)
Meaning: A pair of rings connected by a chain used to fasten a prisoner’ s wrists or ankles
Use: The police were moving the prisoners, all of whom were in fetters, to a new location.

FETTER (Verb)
Meaning: To prevent (someone or something) from moving or acting freely
Use: James found himself fettered by the responsibilities of completing the project.

SHACKLE (Noun)
Meaning: A pair of rings connected by a chain used to fasten a prisoner’ s wrists or ankles

Use: He placed shackles on the legs of the prisoners.

SHACKLE (Verb)
Meaning: To put a shackle on (someone or something)
Use: The criminal’ s ankles were shackled to prevent his escape.

MANACLE (Noun)
Meaning: A pair of rings connected by a chain used to fasten a prisoner’ s wrists or ankles

Use: The thief was finally caught at the scene of the crime and was taken away in manacles, with his arms behind his back, which prevented him from fighting with the police.

MANACLE (Verb)
Meaning: To confine (the hands) with manacles
Use: The police officer manacled the prisoner with handcuffs.

CONSTRAIN (Verb)
Meaning: To limit or restrict (something or someone)
Use: "We felt constrained to object to the way he was treating the dog."


Person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group
·         Bigot (Noun)
·         Xenophobic (Adj.)
·         Prejudiced (Adj.)
BIGOT (Noun)
Meaning: 1) A person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas etc.
                  2) A person who hates or refuses to accept the member of a particular group.
Use: Mark's son was considered to be a bigot when he made some offensive remarks about the religious beliefs of another student who was from Israel.

XENOPHOBIC (Adj.)
Meaning: Fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin
Use: When Ray's wife suggested that they should go on a trip to France and England to visit friends, he rejected the idea because as a xenophobic person, he had a terrible fear of being around so many strangers.

PREJUDICED (Adj.)
Meaning: A person who dislikes a person or group because of race, sex, religion etc.
Use: Much of the violence that was observed in the county was the result of prejudiced behavior of the residents.

Strongly supporting his feelings, opinion etc.
·         Bigot (Noun)
·         Rabid (Adj.)
·         Dogmatic (Noun)
·         Fanatic (Adj.)
BIGOT (Noun)
Meaning: 1) A person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas etc.
                  2) A person who hates or refuses to accept the member of a particular group.

RABID (Adj.)
Meaning: Having or expressing a very strong opinion about or interest in something
Use: Fern was a politician with rabid supporters.

DOGMATIC (Noun)
Meaning: Expressing personal opinions or beliefs as if they are certainly true
Use: Pete made a dogmatic statement as to why he would not be going to work today. 

FANATIC (Adj.)
Meaning:
Use: Because of her fanatical views, her friends know better than to discuss religion with her.

Enjoying the company of others/Social
·         Gregarious (Adj.)
·         Extroverted (Adj.)
·         Sociable (Adj.)
·         Convivial (Adj.)
GREGARIOUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Enjoying the company of other people
Use: As a gregarious individual, Samuel loves to be with large gatherings of people.

EXTROVERT (Adj.)
Meaning: Enjoying the company of other people

Use: Mr. Jonas thought that James was the most extroverted, amicable, and open member of his psychology class.

SOCIABLE (Adj.)
Meaning: Enjoying the company of other people or liking to talk to people
Use: They are sociable people who enjoy having parties.

CONVIVIAL (Adj.)
Meaning: Fond of feasting, drinking and a good company
Use: It was a lively, convivial atmosphere- gone but not forgotten.


To feel afraid

·         Quail (Noun & Verb)
·         Cower (Verb)

QUAIL (Noun)
Meaning: A kind of small bird that is often hunted
Use: We had quail for dinner.
QUAIL (Verb)
Meaning: To feel afraid
Use: The unexpected sounds from the attic made Sally quail in fear of a ghost.


COWER (Verb)
Meaning: Crouch or shrink back in fear
Use: The frightened child cowered in the corner of the room.

Very bad
·         Notorious (Adj.)
·         Flagrant (Adj.)
·         Egregious (Adj.)
NOTORIOUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Well known or famous especially for something bad.
Use: Tim's supervisor has notorious outbursts when members of his staff don't complete the right results that they have been assigned to produce.

FLAGRANT (Adj.)
Meaning: Very bad
Use: Henry made a flagrant error in his presentation to the voters.

EGREGIOUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Very bad or easily noticed
Use: Ron made an egregious error in his financial report and so he was recognized as an egregious liar.

Without preparation
·         Extemporaneous (Adj.)
·         Impromptu (Adj.)
·         Improvised (Adj.)
·         Adlib (Verb & Adj.)
EXTEMPORANEOUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Made or done without special preparation
Use: After receiving so much applause after completing the recital, the pianist gave an extemporaneous encore. 

IMPROMPTU (Adj.)
Meaning: Made or done without preparation
Use: When two of Sandra's former classmates dropped by unexpectedly, her sister had an little impromptu party.


IMPROVISED (Adj.)
Meaning: Spoken or performed without preparation
Use: The conductor of the jazz band had improvised some special musical renditions which the audience found very melodious and pleasant to hear.

AD-LIB (Verb)
Meaning: Speaking or performing without preparation
AD-LIB (Adj.)
Meaning: Spoken or performed without preparation


Honesty/Fairness
·         Probity (Noun)
·         Equity (Noun)
·         Integrity (Noun)
PROBITY (Noun)
Meaning: Quality of being completely honest
Use: Everyone took his probity for granted; his defalcations, therefore, shocked us all.

EQUITY (Noun)
Meaning: Fairness or justice in the way people are treated
Use: Our courts guarantee equity to all.


INTEGRITY (Noun)
Meaning: Quality of being honest and fair
Use: Those who doubted, and they were few, spoke of a man of integrity with a strong commitment to republicanism.
 “Solemnity”, which describes a serious and proper state of being, and “solicitousness,” which means hovering attentiveness, are not correct because they do not fit the desired meaning and do not have a match.
Strong criticism
·         Vituperation (Noun)
·         Obloquy (Noun)
·         Opprobrium (Noun)
·         Fulmination (Noun)
VITUPERATION (Noun)
Meaning: Harsh and angry criticism
Use: The supervisor used vituperations to let Marsha know that she had really made some serious blunders in her assignment.

OBLOQUY (Noun)
Meaning: Harsh or critical statement about someone
Use: The head of the secret police resigned in obloquy because his department's secrets had been leaked to the press.

OPPROBRIUM (Noun)
Meaning: Strong disapproval or criticism
Use: The city council is going ahead with its plan to raise taxes despite the people's opprobrium that condemns such action.

FULMINATION (Noun)
Meaning: Criticism
Use: They are going ahead with the plan despite public opprobrium.

Difficult situation
·         Predicament (Noun)
·         Dilemma (Noun)
·         Quandary (Noun)
·         Quagmire (Noun)
PREDICAMENT (Noun)
Meaning: A difficult or unpleasant situation
Use: Sparky, the lively kitten, was always getting herself into predicaments; such as, climbing a tree and not being able to get down.

DILEMMA (Noun)
Meaning: A situation in which you have to make a difficult choice
Use: Because of the bad weather, Lester and his family were in a dilemma as to when they should plan to go on their vacation.

QUANDARY (Noun)
Meaning: A situation in which you are confused about what to do
Use: Mark was in a quandary as to which Presidential candidate he should vote for.

QUAGMIRE (Noun)
Meaning: 1) An area of soft, wet ground.
                  2) A situation that is full of problems.
Use: The had trouble driving his tractor because it was stuck in the quagmire after the heavy rains.

A person enjoying good food and drink or knowledgeable about food and drink
·         Epicure (Noun)
·         Connoisseur (Noun)
·         Gourmet (Noun)
·         Gastronomist (Noun)
·         Bon vivant (Noun)
·         Gustatory (Adj.)
Explanation: Gustatory (Adj.) deviates slightly. It means relating to taste or sense of taste.
EPICURE (Noun)
Meaning: A person who appreciates fine food and drink
Use: Being an epicure is not only being a connoisseur of good edible products, but also a person who has the money to pay for such exquisite meals!

CONNOISSEUR (Noun)
Meaning: A person who knows a lot about something (such as art, wine, food etc.)
Use: Mark and Madeline were connoisseurs of fine wines.

GOURMET (Noun)
Meaning: A person who enjoys and knows a lot about good food and wine.
Use: After years of study, Cleo became a gourmet and frequently entertained her friends.

GASTRONOMIST (Noun)
Meaning: A lover of good food especially one with interest in gastronomy (art of cooking)
Use: A gastronomist and food historian who is very knowledgeable about Spanish cuisine.

BON VIVANT (Noun)
Meaning: A person who likes going to parties and who enjoys good food, wine etc.
Use: Mr. and Mrs. Smithson, known as bon vivants by their neighbors, went on a cruise every year, had a first class veranda, or balcony, with deck chairs, and fantastic meals served in a gorgeous dining room.

GUSTATORY (Adj.)
Meaning: Relating to taste or the sense of taste
Use: Madison and his family were enjoying their gustatory meal as they celebrated his birthday.

Nick name/Title
·         Appellations (Noun)
·         Sobriquets (Noun)
APPELLATIONS (Noun)
Meaning: Name or title
Use: The city fully justifies its appellation “the Pearl of the orient.”

SOBRIQUETS (Noun)
Meaning: Nickname
Use: Tagged her with the sobriquet “peanut” because of her diminutive size.

Enthusiastic and passionate
·         Zealot (Adj.)
·         Ardent (Adj.)
·         Impassioned (Adj.)
·         Fanatic (Adj.)
ZEALOT (Adj.)
Meaning: Energetic or enthusiastic for a cause or pain
Use: Zealots on both sides of the issue resorted to name-calling and scare tactics.

ARDENT (Adj.)
Meaning: Having or showing very strong feelings.
Use: I am an ardent science-fiction fan who has read virtually all of his favorite author’ s many works.

IMPASSIONED (Adj.)
Meaning: Showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
Use: Her lawyer made an impassioned argument in her defense.

FANATIC (Adj.)
Meaning: 1) A person who holds extreme political or religious opinions.
                  2) Enthusiastic
Use: Because of her fanatical views, her friends know better than to discuss religion with her.










Nervous while doing something
·         Timid (Adj.)
·         Timorous (Adj.)
·         Tremulous (Adj.)
·         Skittish (Adj.)
Explanation: Skittish (Adj.) means nervous while doing something. It has second meaning also. Skittish (Noun) means capricious or changing often and quickly.
TIMID (Adj.)
Meaning: Feeling or showing a lack of courage or confidence
Use: She is very timid and shy when meeting strangers.
TIMOROUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Feeling or showing a lack of courage or confidence
Use: Her timorous personality was not evident in the fascinating mystery books which she wrote under a pseudonym.
TREMULOUS (Adj.)
Meaning: 1) Shaking slightly especially because of weakness or nervousness
                  2) Feeling or showing a lack of confidence or courage
Use: Just remember as you hear the tremulous reporter, voice quaking in empathy, why the farmer is crying.
SKITTISH (Adj.)
Meaning: 1) Nervous or fearful about doing something
                  2) Tending to change often
Use: Some skittish children are afraid to meet strangers.
To spend money, resource carefully
·         Husband (Verb)
·         Conserve (Verb)
·         Steward (Noun, Verb)
HUSBAND (Verb)
Meaning: To carefully use or manage (something, such as a resource)
Use: They have also argued that they are husbanding their energies and resources for the next general election.

CONSERVE (Verb)
Meaning: To carefully use something
Use: With so little rain, everyone had to conserve water so there would be enough for the essentials of life."

STEWARD (Noun)
Meaning: 1) An attendant on a ship or aircraft.
                  2) A person employed to manage an estate
Use: We should teach our children to be good stewards of the land.

STEWARD (Verb)
Meaning: To manage or to act as a steward
Use: He will steward the city’ s library programs.

Skillful and clever while dealing with situation
·         Adept (Noun)
·         Adroit (Adj.)
·         Deft (Adj.)
·         Dexterous (Adj.)
·         Agile (Adj.)
·         Nimble (Adj.)
·         Ingenious (Adj.)
ADEPT
Meaning: A highly skilled or well-trained person
Use: Milly is adept at organizational work while her husband is adept in needlecraft.
ADROIT (Adj.)
Meaning: Very clever or skillful
Use: Steve is an adroit mechanic when it comes to taking care of problems with motor vehicles.
DEFT (Adj.)
Meaning: Skillful and clever
Use: Monroe was a deft writer as expressed by his witty descriptions and comments in the newspaper articles.
DEXTEROUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Having or showing great skill or cleverness
Use: Mildred's dexterous fingers moved effortlessly over the piano keys as she was performing.
AGILE (Adj.)
Meaning: 1) Able to move, quickly and easily
                  2) Smart and clever
Use: "Even though Ingrid was a centenarian, she still had an agile mind."
NIMBLE (Adj.)
Meaning: 1) Able to move quickly and easily
                  2) Able to learn and understand things quickly and easily
Use: The magician does special exercises to keep his fingers nimble and body agile.
INGENIOUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Very smart or clever
Use: Henry showed how nimble he was during the football game when he was able to avoid all of the tacklers and make a touchdown.
Skill and cleverness while dealing with situation
·         Adeptness (Noun)
·         Adroitness (Noun)
·         Deftness (Noun)
·         Dexterity (Noun)
·         Agility (Noun)
·         Nimbleness (Noun)
·         Ingenuity (Noun)
·         Legerdemain (Noun)
·         Prestidigitation (Noun)
  Explanation: Legerdemain (or Prestidigitation) (Noun) deviates slightly. Legerdemain (or Prestidigitation) (Noun) means skill in using hand to perform magic.
ADEPTNESS (Noun)
Meaning: Skill or cleverness
ADROITNESS (Noun)
Meaning: skill or cleverness
Use: "As a sculptor, Wayne's adroitness was manifested by the beauty and creativity of the shapes of his figures."
DEFTNESS (Noun)
Meaning: skill or cleverness
Use: The deftness of the surgeon saved Brenda's life.
DEXTERITY (Noun)
Meaning: 1) Ability to use your hands skillfully
                  2) Ability to think and act quickly and cleverly
Use: A surgeon must have dexterity in order to handle medical instruments properly.
AGILITY (Noun)
Meaning: 1) Ability to move quickly and easily
                  2) Smartness and cleverness
Use: The agility of the famed hurdler was also an inspiration for younger runners.
NIMBLENESS (Noun)
Meaning: 1) Ability to move quickly and easily
                  2) Ability to learn and understand things quickly and easily
Use: Karin was talented with imagination and a nimbleness of wit.
INGENUITY (Noun)
Meaning: Skill or cleverness
Use: She showed amazing ingenuity in finding ways to cut costs.
LEGERDEMAIN (Noun)
Meaning: Skill in using hands to perform magic or using tricks
Use: Sharon performed a dazzling show of political legerdemain to be elected as a senator of her state.
PRESTIDIGITATION (Noun)
Meaning: Skill in using hands to perform magic or using tricks

Use: Houdini’ s powers of prestidigitation remain legendary to this very day.
Mixture of different things
·         Medley (Noun)
·         Mélange (Noun)
·         Assortment (Noun)
·         Agglomeration (Noun)
MEDLEY (Noun)
Meaning: A varied mixture
Use: Polly hummed a medley of show tunes while she worked.

MELANGE (Noun)
Meaning: A mixture of different things
Use: A mélange of colors and shapes.

ASSORTMENT (Noun)
Meaning: A group or collection of different things or people
Use: The book has a wonderful assortment of characters.

AGGLOMERATION (Noun)
Meaning: A large group, collection or pile of different things
Use: It took weeks to assort the agglomeration of miscellaneous items she had collected on her trip.


Dramatic
·         Histrionic (Adj.)
·         Melodramatic (Adj.)
HISTRIONIC (Adj.)
Meaning: Too dramatic or emotional
Use: He was proud of his histrionic ability and wanted to play the role of hamlet.
MELODRAMATIC (Adj.)
Meaning: Too dramatic or emotional
Use: Oh, quit being so melodramatic!
Desiring only pleasure
·         Hedonist (Noun)
·         Sybarite (Noun)
HEDONIST (Noun)
Meaning: The belief that pleasure is most important in life
Use: As a committed hedonist, Jason believes that the pursuit of delight and enjoyment are the most important objectives in his life.
SYBARITE (Noun)
Meaning: A person fond of luxury and pleasure
Use: Sally was a sybarite who had inherited millions of dollars from her father which provided the funds for her to have a magnificent house and an extraordinary style of life and self-indulgence.
Hint/Indirect reference
·         Allude (Verb)
·         Innuendo (Noun)
·         Insinuate (Verb)
Explanation: Allude (Verb) and insinuate (Verb) means to make indirect reference. Innuendo (Noun) means indirect reference. Insinuate (Verb) has second meaning also. It also means to move yourself gradually into a favorable position
ALLUDE (Verb)
Meaning: To make indirect reference
Use: When the reporter on TV news alluded to colorful displays, he was talking about the fireworks that take place on the fourth of July in many parts of the U.S.A.

INNUENDO
Meaning: Indirect reference or hint
Use: I can defend myself against direct accusations; innuendoes and oblique attacks o my character are what trouble me.
INSINUATE (Verb)
Meaning: 1) To suggest something bad indirectly
                  2) To move yourself gradually into a favorable position.
Use: Gerald appeared to insinuate that the man was dishonest by questioning his integrity.

Understood but not directly stated
·         Implicit (Adj.)
·         Tacit (Adj.)
IMPLICIT (Adj.)
Meaning: Understood though not clearly or directly stated
Use: The children responded with implicit cooperation during the fire drill.
TACIT (Adj.)
Meaning: Expressed or understood without being directly stated
Use: Mary felt that she had her parents' tacit consent to stay out late at her friend's birthday party.

Difficult task/Demanding lots of efforts
·         Arduous (Adj.)
·         Exacting (Adj.)
·         Taxing (Adj.)
·         Strenuous (Adj.)
·         Onerous (Adj.)
·         Laborious (Adj.)
·         Toilsome (Adj.)
·         Grueling (Adj.)
·         Painstaking (Adj.)
ARDUOUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Very difficult
Use: There is a great deal of arduous work involved in compiling understandable definitions and applicable sentences for the word entries in this lexicon.
EXACTING (Adj.)
Meaning: Very difficult or demanding
Use: Mark's teacher made very exacting instructions regarding the contents of their essays because she was expecting the very best writing results by all of her students.
TAXING (Adj.)
Meaning: Requiring a lot of efforts, energy etc.
Use: A very taxing workload that is taking a lot of time to finish.

STRENUOUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Requiring or using great effort
Use: The trainer at the fitness studio told Jim to avoid strenuous exercise because repetition is better than overdoing it.
ONEROUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Difficult and unpleasant to do or deal with
Use: Sometimes Mr. Jan felt as if it were an onerous difficulty to survive during the economic crisis.
LABORIOUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Requiring a lot of time and effort
Use: We spent many laborious hours on the project and it is still not completed.
TOILSOME (Adj.)
Meaning: Requiring hard work or great efforts
Use: Faced with the toilsome task of cleaning out her deceased father’ s homestead.
GRUELING (Adj.)
Meaning: Requiring great effort
Use: The marathon is a grueling race.
PAINSTAKING (Adj.)
Meaning: Done with great care and effort
Use: The new high-frequency word list is the result of painstaking efforts on the part of our research staff
Present everywhere
·         Ubiquitous (Adj.)
·         Omnipresent (Adj.)
UBIQUITOUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Seeming to be seen everywhere
Uses: The ubiquitous sports star was seen on several different TV programs at 8 p.m.
OMNIPRESENT (Adj.)
Meaning: Present in all places at all times
Use: On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus is omnipresent.
Different from each other
·         Divergent (Adj.)
·         Disparate (Adj.)
DIVERGENT (Adj.)
Meaning: Diverging or different from each other
Use: Even though the families went in two different cars from divergent directions, they both arrived at the cottage where they would be living together and go skiing.

DISPARATE (Adj.)
Meaning: Different from each other
Use: Even though the boys were twins, their personalities were disparate.

Not active
·         Dormant (Adj.)
·         Inactive (Adj.)
·         Abeyant (Adj.)
·         Quiescent (Adj.)
·         Latent (Adj.)
DORMANT (Adj.)
Meaning: Not active but able to become active
Use: Bears in the forest become dormant by hibernating in winter and their metabolic processes are slowed down to a minimum.

INACTIVE (Adj.)
Meaning: Not active or not currently being
Use: Inactive people suffer higher rates of heart disease.

ABEYANT (Adj.)
Meaning: Temporary suspended
Use: The president of the company waited to present the abeyant plan until more participants showed up.

QUIESCENT (Adj.)
Meaning: Not active
Use: "The family was quiescent as they watched the interesting film on TV."

LATENT (Adj.)
Meaning: Describing something that exists but is not active or cannot be seen.
Use: If you will excuse me, I have to go tell my wife and children about my latent homosexual qualities and accompanying gender confusion.

Lazy
·         Lackadaisical (Adj.)
·         Indolent (Adj.)
·         Sluggish (Adj.)
·         Listless (Adj.)
·         Slothful (Adj.)
·         Idle (Adj.)
·         Languid (Adj.)
·         Lethargic (Adj.)
·         Languorous (Adj.)
Explanation: Languor (Noun) means state of feeling tired and Lazy. Languorous(Adj.) means lazy.
LACKADAISICAL (Adj.)
Meaning: Feeling or showing a lack of interest or enthusiasm
Use: Elwood's teacher said that he is a lackadaisical pupil because he doesn't show any interest in learning.
INDOLENT (Adj.)
Meaning: Not liking to work or not liking to be active
Use: Many people have high blood pressure, which is an indolent disorder in the body which can be very dangerous just because it doesn’t hurt and is, at first, not noticeable.
SLUGGISH (Adj.)
Meaning: Moving slowly or lazily
Use: After two nights without sleep, she felt sluggish and incapable of exertion.
LISTLESS (Adj.)
Meaning: Lacking energy or spirit
Use: We had expected her to be full of enthusiasm and were surprised by her listless attitude.
SLOTHFUL (Adj.)
Meaning: Not liking to work or not liking to be active
Use: slothful person is always a burden to any group trying to complete a project.
IDLE (Adj.)
Meaning: 1) Not working, active or being used
                  2) Not having much activity
Use: Too many factories have been standing idle during these last months.
LANGUID (Adj.)
Meaning: Having or showing very little energy or activity
Use: The congress has been proceeding at a languid pace to complete the legislation.
LETHARGIC (Adj.)
Meaning: Feeling a lack of energy or a lack of interest in doing things
Use: In class, she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor, but the stuffy room made her lethargic.
LANGUOROUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Tired or lacking energy
Use: The drummer’ s languorous playing causing the rest of the band to keep missing the beat.
State of feeling lazy
·         Languor (Noun)
·         Lassitude (Noun)
·         Lethargy (Noun)
·         Torpor (Noun)
·         Indolence (Noun)
·         Sluggishness (Noun)
·         Slothfulness (Noun)
·         Idleness (Noun)
·         Languidness (Noun)
LANGUOR (Noun)
Meaning: A state of feeling tired and relaxed
Use: They enjoyed the languor brought on by a hot summer afternoon.
LASSITUDE (Noun)
Meaning: The condition of being tired or lack of energy
Use: Harry's lassitude was caused by overworking on too many things in a short time.
LETHARGY (Noun)
Meaning: A lack of energy or a lack of interest in doing things
Use: Symptoms of the disease include loss of appetite and lethargy.
TORPOR (Noun)
Meaning: A state of not being active and having little energy
Use: The news about the earthquake aroused him from his torpor and as a result, he became more aware of what was happening.
INDOLENCE (Noun)
Meaning: Inclination to laziness
Use: "He passed his days in indolence; just sleeping late and sunbathing at the beach."
SLUGGISHNESS (Noun)
Meaning: State of moving slowly or lazily
SLOTHFULNESS (Noun)
Meaning: Inclination to laziness
IDLENESS (Noun)
Meaning: State of not working, active or being used
LANGUIDNESS (Noun)
Meaning: State of having or showing very little energy, strength or activity
Tired/Lacking energy
·         Lackluster (Adj.)
·         Prostrate (Adj.)
·         Weary (Adj.)
·         Flagging (Adj.)
Explanation: Prostrate (Adj.) means tired and lacking energy. It has second meaning also. It also means lying with the front of your body turned toward the ground to show respect.
LACKLUSTER (Adj.)
Meaning: Lacking excitement or interest
Use: Kermit's lackluster performance on the stage was a disappointment to the audience.
PROSTRATE (Adj.)
Meaning: 1) Lying with the front of your body turned toward the ground
                  2) So tired, upset etc.
Use: After the long hike in the heat, the hikers lay prostrate in the shade, resting and sipping water.
WEARY (Adj.)
Meaning: Lacking strength, energy or freshness
Use:  "The garbage collectors were weary after working their shift."
FLAGGING (Adj.)
Meaning: Having or showing little energy or activity
Use: The illness left her too weak to stand up.
To dry up/To deprive someone of physical and mental energy
·         Desiccate (Verb)
·         Wizen (Verb)
·         Enervate (Verb)
·         Devitalize (Verb)
Explanation: Desiccate (Verb) and Wizen (Verb) suggest dry up or they may also suggest depriving someone of physical and mental energy. But, Enervate (Verb) and Devitalize (Verb) mean to deprive someone of physical and mental energy.
DESICCATE (Verb)
Meaning: suggest dry up or they may also suggest depriving someone of physical and mental energy
Use: The surgeon removed a suspect mole and thoroughly desiccated the tissue around that area with a needle electrode.
WIZEN (Verb)
Meaning: suggest dry up or they may also suggest depriving someone of physical and mental energy
Use: The wizened old man in the home for the aged was still active and energetic.
ENERVATE (Verb)
Meaning: to deprive someone of physical and mental energy
Use: She was slow to recover from her illness; even a short walk to the window enervated her.
DEVITALIZE (Verb)
Meaning: to deprive someone of physical and mental energy
Use: She was devitalized by the infection.
Slow person
·         Laggard (Noun)
·         Dilatory (Adj.)
·         Dawdler (Noun)
·         Tardy (Adj.)
·         Leisurely (Adj.)
·         Ponderous (Adj.)
Explanation: Ponder (Verb) means thinking carefully. Ponderous (Adj.) means acting slowly. Leisure (Noun) means time for relaxation or enjoyment.
LAGGARD (Noun)
Meaning: Lagging or tending to lag
Use: The auto company has been accused of being a laggard in developing new models.
DILATORY (Adj.)
Meaning: Causing a delay or tending to be late
Use: The congressman, Mr. Gould, used a dilatory strategy to keep the bill from being passed.
DAWDLER (Noun)
Meaning: Person moving or acting slowly
Use: Hurry up! There’ s no time to dawdle.
TARDY (Adj.)
Meaning: Slow to act or respond
Use: Thanks for the email and sorry about tardy reply, just out of five weeks in Afghanistan where I had no access to this email Address.
LEISURELY (Adj.)
Meaning: Slow and relaxed
Use:  Charles always made it a habit to eat leisurely and to leisurely walk back to work from his lunch.
PONDEROUS (Adj.)
Meaning: Moving slowly and heavily
Use: Lloyd was making ponderous, or slow-moving steps, because he was carrying a very heavy box of books into another section of his apartment.
To do something slowly
·         Dally (Verb)
·         Tarry (Verb)
·         Dawdle (Verb)
DALLY (Verb)
Meaning: To do something slowly
Use: The company has been dallying with the idea of opening a new office.
TARRY (Verb)
Meaning: To be slow in going or to stay somewhere
Use: We can’ tarry if we want to get to the airport on time.
DAWDLE (Verb)
Meaning: To move or act too slowly
Use: We have to meet a deadline: don’ t dawdle; just get down to work.
Skilled
·         Virtuoso (Noun)
·         Consummate (Noun)
·         Savant (Noun)
·         Connoisseur (Noun)
·         Cognoscente (Noun)
VIRTUOSO (Noun)
Meaning: Skillful especially a very skillful musician
Use: Johan becomes a virtuoso of classical music, a driving force who cannot be ignored.

CONSUMMATE (Noun)
Meaning: 1) Complete
                  2) Very good or skillful
Use: Sam was able to consummate a profitable business transaction with the head of the company.

SAVANT (Noun)
Meaning: One with detailed knowledge in specialized subject
Use: Our faculty includes many world-famous savants.

CONNOISSEUR (Noun)
Meaning: An expert in particular subject (such as art, wine, food etc.)
Use: Mark and Madeline were connoisseurs of fine wines.

COGNOSCENTE (Noun)
Meaning: A person who has expert knowledge in a subject
Use: There were three cognoscente in the art museum who were the judges of the oil paintings presented by the various artists.


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