Friday 3 March 2017

banking vocab

1.Addle(V)-confuse
synonyms-baffle, bewilder
use-No earthly profit unless to addle the brain and leave the pocket empty.

2.Renunciation(N)-rejection
synonyms- repudiation,abandonment
use-She existed, unapproachable, behind the blank wall of his renunciation.

3.Epitaph(N)-inscription
synonyms- eulogy,epigraph
use-He was buried at Dublin, with an epitaph recording his cowardice.

4.Depose(V)-dismiss
synonyms- dethrone, impeach
use-The first witness to depose alleged a number of most damaging facts.

5.vociferous(Adj)-loud
synonyms- strident, clamorous
use-This is an exceedingly noisy bird, and is most vociferous at dawn.

6.Ineffable(Adj)-too great for words
synonyms- heavenly, ethereal
use-To dream that dream, this was the great, the ineffable happiness.

7.Dissident(Adj)-discordant
synonyms- dissenting, nonconformist
use-His head answers for his discretion; he is a dissident priest.

8.Tarnished(V)-corrupt
synonyms- defame,embarrass
use-The money was tarnished, yet it reflected a sort of dull metallic light.

9.Savor(N)-Flavor
synonyms- odor,relish
use-She abandoned herself to the savor of it, the girl forgotten.

10.Beleaguer(V)-harass
synonyms- besiege, beset
use-The fall of the beleaguered town could no longer be deferred.

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