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Compétences Lexicales SAT 1 - Leçon 45

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languid
languid
[Adjectif]

weak from or as if from exhaustion

languide

languide

Ex: The heat made everyone feel languid and slow. 
to languish

to weaken or deteriorate, often due to neglect, illness, or sorrow

languir

languir

Ex: The garden languished during the long drought. 
languor
languor
[nom]

a feeling of ease and comfort, often with a sense of laziness or lack of urgency

langueur, indolence, léthargie

langueur, indolence, léthargie

Ex: The soft melodies of the harp filled the room with a sense of languor that made everyone feel at peace. 
to emerge
to emerge
[verbe]

to become visible after coming out of somewhere

apparaître, sortir, émerger

apparaître, sortir, émerger

Ex: The pattern on the fabric emerged slowly as the dye set in. 
emergence

the act or process of becoming visible

émergence

émergence

Ex: As the curtains slowly lifted, the emergence of the elaborately set stage left the audience in awe. 
emergent
emergent
[Adjectif]

developing or in the process of coming into existence

émergeant

émergeant

Ex: As an emergent writer, his first novel showed great potential and was eagerly anticipated by critics. 
ambivalence

the state of having mixed or opposing feelings

ambivalence

ambivalence

Ex: The announcement of the policy change was met with ambivalence by the employees, who saw both pros and cons. 
ambivalent
ambivalent
[Adjectif]

having contradictory views or feelings about something or someone

ambivalent

ambivalent

Ex: She felt ambivalent about the job offer because it required moving to a new city. 
ambitious
ambitious
[Adjectif]

trying or wishing to gain great success, power, or wealth

ambitieux

ambitieux

Ex: Always the ambitious student, she dreamed of attending a top university and then establishing her own global enterprise. 
to officiate

to act in a formal role or perform duties during a ceremony or religious ritual

officier

officier

Ex: She became a licensed minister so she could officiate her best friend's marriage ceremony. 
officious
officious
[Adjectif]

self-important and very eager to give orders or help when it is not wanted, or needed

importun

importun

Ex: The officious clerk insisted on checking every detail of my application. 
concord
concord
[nom]

agreement and peace between people or a group of countries

concorde, entente

concorde, entente

Ex: The treaty aimed to establish concord between the two neighboring nations. 
concordance

an agreement or harmony of opinions

accord

accord

Ex: The board members expressed a surprising concordance on the new policy, voting unanimously in its favor. 
to concoct
to concoct
[verbe]

to create something, especially using imagination or clever thinking

inventer

inventer

Ex: She concocted a clever method to organize her notes that others soon adopted. 
concomitant
concomitant
[Adjectif]

simultaneously occurring with something else as it is either related to it or an outcome of it

concomitant

concomitant

Ex: With the rapid growth of the city came the concomitant challenges of increased traffic and infrastructure demands. 
to irradiate

to expose something to radiation or light

irradier

irradier

Ex: The scientists irradiated the plant samples with UV light to study their reaction. 
irradiation

(medicine) the treatment of diseases like cancer using radiation from a radioactive source

irradiation

irradiation

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