Dune Flashcards
Sardonic
Humorous in an unkind and mocking way that shows you do not respect someone or something
e.g. A sardonic smile
Linen
A material used in textile industry
e.g. He wears a linen pants
Archipelago
An area of sea in which are small islands
e.g. The Hawaiian archipelago are located in the Pacific ocean
A snooper
Someone who snoops = look secretly for private information
e.g. There’s a snoop(er) among us
To conceal
To hide, to prevent something from being seen or known about
e.g. Do you conceal something from me?
A flagon
Large container, mainly used for alcoholic drinks in the past
e.g. There was flagon of wine on the table
To flank
To be at the side of someone or something
e.g. His bodyguard flanked him
To slop
To cause a liquid to fall over the edge of a container by making a rough movement
e.g. He slopped his coffee
To fling
To suddenly throw something with force
e.g. He flung the snowball in his friend’s head
Gnarled
Rough and twisted, especially because of old age or no protection from bas weather
e.g. The woman was gnarled
To hover
To stay in the air in one place / to stand somewhere, waiting for something
e.g. The helicopter hovered over me / A waiter hovered at the table
To scurry
To move quickly with small and short steps
e.g. the mouse scurried across the floor
To dismay
To shock or upset
(noun) being shocked or upset /
A feeling of unhappiness and disappointment
e.g. He was dismayed
To trample
To step heavily on someone or something causing damage
e.g. The horse trampled on my foot
To wring
To hold something tightly with both hands and twist it by turning your hands in opposing directions
e.g. I wrung the towel
Dazed
Very confused and unable to think clearly
e.g. He was dazed after his car crashed into the wall
A blaze
A large, strong fire
e.g. There was a blaze in the middle of the room
To crackle
To make a lot of short, dry, sharp sounds
e.g. The radio crackled / the fire crackled
To smuggle
To take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally
e.g. He was caught smuggling drugs out of the US
To blackmail
Getting money from people or forcing them to do something by threatening to tell a secret of theirs or to harm them
e.g. They were found guilty of blackmail and sent to prison
To mingle
To mix or combine / be mixed or combined
e.g. These flavors mingle well
To rustle
To make soft sounds, or to cause something, such a cloth, paper, or leaves, to make soft sounds
e.g. The breeze rustled the leaves
To outflank
To attack an enemy from the side or the back / to do better than an opponent by winning an advantage over him
e.g. Apple outflanked Samsung
To fawn
To give someone a lot of attention and praise in order to get that person’s approval
e.g. A fawning young man
Aloof
Not friendly or willing to take part in things
e.g. She was rather aloof than shy
To repel
To push away someone / something from you / a material
e.g. Mosquitoes are repelled by lemon
To gabble
To speak quickly and not clearly so that it is difficult to understand
e.g. Some people gabble a lot
To drown out
(of a sound) to be loud enough to block the sound of something else /
e.g. he spoke to drown out the silence in the room
Bland
Lacking a strong or particular flavor; not showing any interest or energy
e.g. A bland face
To shush
To (cause to) stop talking or making a noise
e.g. I whish your children could shush
To inquire
To ask for information
e.g. He inquired about this
To flaunt
To show or make obvious something you are proud of in order to get admiration
e.g. He has a lot of money but he doesn’t flaunt it
To tramp
To walk, especially long distances or with heavy steps
e.g. He tramped in the streets
A hum
(also a verb) a continuous low noise
e.g. The hum of conversations
Surrogate
(adj or noun) replacing someone else or used instead of something else
e.g. We are father and mother surrogate to them all
Grim
Worrying, without hope / very serious and sad
e.g. A grim smile
Adament
Impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or a decision
e.g. He was adamant about his decision
Swift (adj)
Happening or moving quickly or within a short time, especially in a smooth and easy way
e.g. Things are moving too swiftly
To place
To recognize someone or remember where you have seen someone and how you know them
e.g. I don’t place him
To sow
To put seeds in the ground so it will grow / to cause a bad emotion or condition to begin somewhere so that it will grow or continue
e.g. You’ve sown doubts and suspicion
