Compétences Lexicales SAT 1 - Leçon 41

to question someone's honesty, quality, motive, etc.

contester, remettre en question

the ability to understand or perceive something immediately, without conscious reasoning or the need for evidence or justification

intuition

based on or derived from instinct rather than rational analysis

intuitif

belief or trust in the truth of something

croyance

able to be believed or relied on

crédible, plausible, vraisemblable, croyable

deserving of approval or respect, though not very exceptional

honorable

the willingness to believe or trust too readily

crédulité

believing things easily even without much evidence that leads to being easy to deceive

crédule

a set of fundamental beliefs or guiding principles

principes

related to or living on land, rather than in the sea or air

terrestre

regarding a specific region or territory

territorial

to grow in amount or number rapidly

proliférer

(of an author, artist, etc.) having a high level of productivity or creativity, especially in producing a large quantity of work or ideas

prolifique

related to the relationship between two things in which one is the cause of the other

causal

the ability to chemically corrode or eat away materials, typically referring to strong acids

caustique

to burn or seal a wound or tissue, typically to prevent infection and stop bleeding

cautériser

to spread out or stretch in various directions

s'étendre, étendre

a vast, open area or surface

étendue

an increase in the amount, size, importance, or degree of something

expansion, dilatation, gonflement