English Vocabulary C1 Flashcards
Prolific
Productive
to taint
To pollute, spoil, corrupt
To shun
to avoid, to reject
to weigh in on
to comment
Dramshop
bars, taverns
commercial place that sells alcoholic beverages (examples include bars)
Breeches
pants/trouses
Dimity
cotton cloth
light, strong, cotton cloth, often with a pattern of stripes :
*Her outfit was completed with a neat, white, dimity apron.
*There were blue dimity curtains over the two windows.
Dickey
the boot of the car
the covered space at the back of a car, where you can put luggage, etc.
Nimble
Quick movement
Lanky
Tall and thin
Often moves awkwardly as a result
Stucco
Plaster
used for covering walls and ceilings
Dingy
Dirty, smutty, grimy
Heaped
contain as much as possible
(of a spoon or plate)
Latter
1) near or towards the end of something
2) the second of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned
Pitched-black
extremely black
Raggedness
bad quality, badly organized
Receptacle
a storage, a container used for storing stuff
Coarseness
roughness (of skin) , rudeness (quality)
Remnant
A small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount,
A leftover (for example)
Hostelry
a bar or pub, inn
Pendent
hanging from or over smth
Pendant
jewellery
Solely
only
Divest
deprive
Perpetually
Never ending
Endure
to suffer smth difficult, unpleasant
Induce
to persuade someone do smth
Tittle-tattle
gossip
Omit
to leave out, drop
Serf
bondsman, slave, servant
Sporadic
occasional
Solicitude
concern, care
Edifice
building
Amid
in the middle of, among
Medley
assortment
Dilapidated
run down, shabby, tumbledown
Emporium
shop, store
Insignia
symbol, emblem
Apropos
with regard to, with reference to, regarding
Enrich
to improve the quality of something by adding something else
Umbrageous
shadowed
Sultry
hot a damp weather, humid
Laden
If someone or something is laden with a lot of heavy things, they are holding or carrying them.
Betake itself
to return
Peruse
to read carefully in a detailed way
Jot smth down
to make a note
Plunge
dive, sink
Contrived
forced, bring about, manage
Gaucherie
is a tactless or awkward act
Interlocutor
someone who takes a part in a conversation or dialogue
Discourse
conversation, talk, to speak, expatiate
Evince
to show, to demonstrate
To don
to put on (the clothes)
Protrude
stick out, stand out
Postilion
someone who guides the horse, mounted on the horse
Ply
layer, thickness, strand, sheet, leaf
Opulence
richness, luxury, magnificence
Hither and thither
this way and that
Budge
move
Comeliness
1)the quality of being attractive or pleasing in appearance
2) The quality of being seemly or proper in behavior
Amenity
convenience, service, enjoyment
Pertinent
relevant
Blunder
mistake
Perplexity
confusion, puzzlement
Incite
encourage
Prefatory
introductory
Circumstantiality
fullness of detail
Loquacious
Taciturn (antonym)
talkative, garrulous
obsequious
ready or prompt to help or obey like a servant or slave, servile,
fulsome
expressing a lot of admiration or praise for someone, often too much, in a way that does not sound sincere
yearning
a strong feeling of wishing for something, especially something that you cannot have or get easily, desire, wish
mere
1) used to emphasize that something is not large or important (as trifling, petty)
*it cost a mere 20 dollars
2)used to emphasize how strongly someone feels about something or how extreme a situation is
*the mere idea/possibility/prospect of something
solace
comfort, consolation
recumbent
lying down or leaning back so you are almost lying down
poring over
read very carefully, peruse
subtle
fine, precise, ultra-fine
hitherto
so far, until now
Untenanted
(of property) not occupied by a tenant or tenants
Impediment
Obstacle, barrier, hindrance
Fastidious
scrupulous
wearisome
exhausting, tiring
wearisome
exhausting, tiring
apprehensive
anxious, worried, alarmed
consort
a partner, to agree with, to go around
Cringing
низкопоклонство
Negligence
carelessness
urchins
a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster. street urchins
Sundry
various, assorted
embroidered
to decorate cloth or clothing with patterns or pictures consisting of stitches that are sewn directly onto the material
abode
home
arbour
a sheltered place in a garden formed by trees and bushes that are grown to partly surround it
to connote
imply, suggest
ingratiating
to gain favor or favorable
Inmost
deepest
Obrok (russian)
a yearly tax formerly paid by a Russian peasant engaged in trade
Inlaid
set into a surface in a decorative design
lopsided
asymmetrical
Titbit
delicacy
Slovenly
scruffy, untidy
indispensable
absolutely necessary : essential
beguile
entertain, charm, attract, enchant
leisure
free time, freedom from the demands of work or duty
idiosyncrasy
a strange or unusual habit, way of behaving, or feature that someone or something has
regimen
diet
jostle
to knock or push roughly against someone in order to move past them or get more space when you are in a crowd of people: