Brainscape Bot Deck 21 Flashcards
adjective
(of people) dressed, or (of things) covered:
A strange figure appeared in the doorway, ____ in white.
an ivy-____ wall
an armour-____ vehicle
A stranger appeared, ____ in white.
clad
verb
to keep someone within limits or stop them from making progress:
He felt ______ed by a nine-to-five office existence.
fetter
adjective
with the the top half of the body bent forward and down:
She is small and slightly _______.
A _______ figure with a pronounced limp came out of the house.
stooped
noun
the quality of being easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child:
I have never witnessesed such a display of childish _________.
Displaying a mixture of _________ and arrogance, he refuses to listen to objections.
petulance
verb
to have a continuous up and down shape or movement, like waves on the sea:
The road ________s for five miles before a steep climb.
the _______ing countryside
undulate
verb
to say that something is certainly true:
The lawyer ____red her client’s innocence.
[ + speech ] “He’s guilty, I tell you,” she ____red.
[ + that ] She ____red that he was guilty.
aver
verb
to spoil something that is pure or someone’s perfect reputation:
His reputation, he said, had been unfairly sullied by half-truths and innuendos.
No speck of dirt had ever sullied his hands.
sully
verb
to drink, especially alcohol:
Have you been _____ing again?
drink: What would you like to drink?
have: I don’t let the children have sweet fizzy drinks.
sip: She sipped the tea carefully because it was hot.
swig: He was swigging milk from the bottle.
gulp (down): Stop gulping your water!
slurp: The children were eating pizza and slurping lemonade.
imbibe
noun
thin, flat material made from crushed wood or cloth, used for writing, printing, or drawing on:
a piece/sheet of _____
writing _____
Dictionaries are usually printed on thin _____.
a _____ bag
This card is printed on recycled _____ (= _____ made from used _____).
Get the idea down on _____ (= write it) before you forget it.
She works on _____ (= writes things on _____) because she hates computers.
a daily/weekly/local/national _____
The photo was on the front page of all the _____s.
The border guards stopped me and asked to see my _____s.
Candidates must answer two questions from each _____.
The geography _____ is not till next week.
He will give a _____ on thermodynamics at a conference in Berlin.
Mr Jones thought my history _____ was terrific.
For homework I want you to write a _____ on endangered species.
[ U ] a piece/sheet of _____
[ U ] a _____ bag/towel
[ U ] _____ cups/napkins/plates
Let’s put some of your good ideas down on _____ (= write them down)
[ C ] I read it in the _____.
[ C ] One of the course requirements is a 20-page _____.
We plan to _____ the dining room.
There was a huge stack of _____s on her desk.
a sheet/piece of _____ Someone had printed the memo on yellow sheets of _____ and posted it around the office.
The _____ industry recovery of the last year shows little sign of slowing down.
Murdoch has made an offer to buy the _____.
in the _____s There was nothing about the trial in the _____s this morning.
an article in Hong Kong’s leading financial _____
a daily/weekly _____
a local/national _____
The rise in share prices encourages bidders to issue their own _____.
The system failed because people realized that the securitized financial _____ was not worth the top rating it had received.
The company was fined for hiring over a hundred immigrants without _____s.
Lawyers argued in _____s submitted last month that lower courts were wrong to dismiss the lawsuit.
The committee issued a _____ stating that further information and analysis was required.
The _____ recommends a series of steps for dealing with the problem.
The engineers worked out their ideas on _____.
It’s a good plan on _____, but will it really work?
paper
adjective
relating to the preparation and consumption (= eating) of good food:
This dish is a ___________ delight.
gastronomic
