Bethany Vocab Flashcards
Acquire
To get hold of something
Impose
To make someone do something
Apprehensive
Being nervous or dreading something
Reinstate
To restore
Summon
To send for someone
Innovative
Always thinking of a new idea - imaginative
Moult
Losing hair
Annex
An extra room built onto a building
Adjourn
To suspend to a later date
Suspend
A dangling object
Novel
A new imaginative idea
Commiserate
To feel sorry for someone (feeling pity)
Dejected
Feeling down in the dumps / disheartened
Venerate
Showing deep respect towards someone
Commend
To praise or give a positive reaction to something
Inconsequentiat
A thing of no importance
Paramount
A very important thing
Onerous
Something hard / difficult
Formidable
Something that causes fear (Leicester are a formidable team)
Scrutinise
To examine something closely
Haughty
Thinking you are better than everyone else
Resourceful
Finding ways to deal with problems
Frail
Week and fragile
Puny
Being skinny
Hearty
Someone strong
Overbearing
Unpleasantly overpowering - rude / arrogant / forceful
Meek
Being kind and gentle
Diplomatic
Being super courteous
Courteous
An extremely polite person
Aloof
Describing an unapproachable person
Unity
Being as one with your community
Liberate
Being free
Pulverise
To hit or pound
Mangle
To squeeze very hard till out of shape
Admit
Verb - not confess, To allow to enter
Concede
To admit or confess
Garb
Clothes or fashion like an uniform
Sultan
A leader of high importance like a king
Weld
When you melt down metal to forge it together
Eclipse
When the moon perfectly aligns with the sun
Eclipse
Some one of some thing outshining others
Civil
Describing of someone slightly polite
Accelerate
To go faster - usually in a car
Scanty
Describing a little amount - barely enough
Opulent
Expensive / luxury
Demure
Quiet, reserved or shy
Barter
To trade or swap without money
Unobtrusive
Being hard to notice or spot
Coppice
Small, newly planted trees or shrubs
Heath
Am area of land on sandy soil with plant growth
Solitude
Being alone but not lonely (time to reset / relax your mind)
Canter
The nearly top speed of a horse like a human jogging.
Brood
Acting grumpy or dwelling on something
Benign
Surly
Grumpy, bad tempered and aloof
Serendipity
Compel
To make someone do something
Contempt / disdain
Looking at someone in disgrace.
Incessant
Constant - non stop
Brisk
Doing something quick / energetic
Virtue
Goodness
Recollect
To look back at something
Sleek
Silky and soft
Consciousness
A hard working person who wants to please
Flaw
A weakness to a function
Feign
To pretend or act
Melodramatic
Being very over dramatic
Slapdash
Being careless
Mortified
Something extremely embarrassing / want the world to ‘swallow you up’
Appease
To pacify someone - such as to ‘appease’ an angry king.
Outmoded
Something old-fashioned/ out dated.
Exuberant
Full of energy / excitement.
Laudable
Describing something worth of praise
Cultivate
To develop or learn a skill
Unintelligible
Something nonsense
Apathy
No interest / lack of enthusiasm
Comprehend
To understand
Outmoded
Old fashioned
Exuberant
Over the moon / really excited
Appease
To calm someone down who is angry
Destitute
No money / skint
Privileged
Having a good amount of wealth
Ancestor
Family who came before you
Raucous
Loud and rowdy
Seldom
Not very often
Precursor
Something that came before something else
Correlate
Something that causes a consequence
Anorak n
A light rain coat
Anorak n
A light rain coat
Encore (N)
When a performer adds to their act.
Darn (v)
To sew together something wollen
Frank (a)
Being honest, open.
Credible / plausible
Convincing - easy to believe.
Abundant
Having something in large amounts
Unbridled (a)
Out of control
Unbridled (a)
Out of control
Conceited (a)
Excessively proud - too much
Competent (a)
Something that is worth praise but not perfect.
Erratic (a)
Unpredictable / no pattern
Affect
Having an effect on something, it changing in some way.
Effect
Something that causes a change in something
Effect
Something that causes a change in something
Rebate
Giving money back to someone who has overpaid
Rebate
Giving money back to someone who has overpaid
Superior (a)
Describing something better than usual
Superior (a)
Describing something better than usual
Inferior (a)
Describing something worse than usual