English/100.adoc

100 Sentences

• We become more defensive when criticized, and apply negative stereotypes to others to boost our own esteem.

affirm	deliberate	empirical	flatter
genuine	intuition	portray	profound
superiority	inferiority	despise	disdain
scorn	contemn	humiliate	insult
lash	offend	reproach	underrate

• Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point.

brisk	divine	formidable	retrospect
sober	solemn	unpretentious	vibrant

• Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed. Mail-box keeps the spammer out of our inboxes.

clumsy	incorporate	intricate	liable
notwithstanding	prosperous	reciprocal	resort
reveal	utilize	venture	whip

• As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don’t get the nod also may wish to move on.

cloak	commodity	deputy	disgrace
pursue	recruit	turbulent	conform
consent	weld

• Everyone needs to find their extra—their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.

deficit	discard	fluctuate	impair
impetus	momentum	strive	endeavor
headstrong	unbending	submissive	surge
surpass	textile	undermine	intensify

• It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it, and not grasp music itself.

articulate	grasp	abrupt	aerial
antenna	consecutive	continuity	intensity
marvelous	metaphysical	overhear	plague
sensual	sonata	implicit	prevail

• Scientists jumped to the rescue with some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them.

distinct	shaky	entitlement	ethic
lapse	sprout	stem	vermin

• A moralist, satirist, and social reformer, Dickens crafted complex plots and striking characters that capture the panorama English society.

morality	satirize	intricate	panorama
backdrop	bleak	installment	plunge
reputation	conceal	imprison	reform
steward	wound

• Half a century of town and country planning has enabled it to retain an enviable rural coherence, while still permitting low-density urban living.

retain	enviable	rural	coherence
alongside	dweller	endorse	meadow
pasture	mead	lucrative	renewal
renovation	sensible	sentiment	spectrum
bait	barn	ditch	famine
fell	fertile	flock	irrigate
orchard	ore	peasant	plough
reservoir	ripe	trench	entrenched

• Integrity had collapsed, she argued, because of a collective acceptance that the only "sorting mechanism" in society should be profit and the market.

profit	disposable	lucrative	turnover
virtue	courtesy	diligence	painstaking
forgiveness	norm	criteria	intricate
ethics	bribe	bully	intimidate
bluster	vicious	debase	deceit
fraud	trickery	imposter	gamble
notorious	disreputable	strain	superficial
vice	versa	concede	confess