News Vocabulary Flashcards

to slowly reduce or destroy something: Sudden movements in exchange and interest rates can erode profit margins.

having many different parts or sides: It's a multifaceted business, offering a range of services.

to refuse to give something or to keep back something: Police are withholding the dead woman's name until her relatives have been informed.

easily influenced or harmed by something: Some people are more susceptible to peer pressure than others.

to slow something down: Shortages of medicine were impeding the effort to control diseases.

a deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing.

to spoil something or make it weaker: Lack of sleep impaired her ability to think clearly.

sad and thinking about something impossible or in the past: She spoke wistfully of their early years together.

to depend on something completely: Everything hinges on the outcome of these talks.

to go back over something, for example, a path or a series of past actions: When he realized he had lost his keys, he retraced in his mind his movements that day.

to make someone or something different from or better than others: Her elegant style sets her apart from other journalists.

trying to be popular with ordinary people and to represent their ideas and opinions: He's a populist who promised to end tax breaks for the rich and break up monopolies.

a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for a return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition: Hearing that song again filled him with nostalgia.

to show something clearly, through signs or actions: The workers chose to manifest their dissatisfaction in a series of strikes.

speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner: He was vilified by the press as a monster.

Unequal, uneven, irregular, disproportionate, unbalanced, lopsided

to correct something or make something right: I am determined to take whatever action is necessary to rectify the situation.

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