ESL Essential Words 7 Flashcards
Architect
N. A person whose Job is to design new buildings and make certain that they are built correctly.
Matrimony
The state of being married
Baggage
N. all the cases and bags that you take with you when you travel. Luggage
The beliefs and feelings that you have which influence how you think and behave
Squander
V. Spend foolishly, waste
Fugitive
N. a person who is running away or hiding from the polie or a dangerous situation
Calamity
N. a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering
Pauper
N. A very poor person
Envy
Jealousy, the object of jealousy, to feel jealous
Collapse
V. To fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support
Prosecute
V. T officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a court of law, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that crime.
Bigamy
N. Having two wives or two husbands at the same time
Compel
V. To force someone to do something
Awkward
Adj. difficult to use, do, or deal with
Venture
N. a new activity, usually in business, which involves risk or uncertainty
Awesome
Causing or showing great fear, wonder, or respect
Quench
V. To satisfy your thirst by having a drink
To satisfy a need or wish
Betray
V. To not be loyal to your country or a person, often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies
Utter
V. To say something or to make a sound with your voice
Pacify
V. To cause someone who is angry or upset to be calm and satisfied
Respond
V. Answer, react
Beckon
V. To move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer
Despite
In spite of
Without taking any notice of being influenced by. not prevented by
Disrupt
V. To prevent something, especially a system, process or event, from continuing as usual or as expected
Rash
N. a lot of small red spots on the skin
Rapid
Adj. fast or sudden. Very quick, swift
Exhaust
V. Use something compeletely Empty completely, use up, tire out
V. To make someone extremely tired
Severity
N. Seriousness, harshness, plainness, violence
Feeble
Adj. Weak and without energy, strength or power
Unite
V. To join together as a group, or to make people join together as a group. To combine
Cease
V. To stop something
Thrifty
Adj. showing careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste
Miserly
Adj. like or typical of miser
Miser: someone who has a strong wish to have money and hates to spend it
Miserly
Adj. like or typical of a miser
Monarch
N. King or queen, ruler
Outlaw
N. (especially in the past) a person who has broken the law and who lives separately from the other parts of society because they want rescale legal punishment.
Promote
V. To encourage the Popularity, sale, development or existence of something
Undernourished
Adj. not eating enough food to continue to be in good health
Illustrate
V. Make clear or explain by stories
Disclose
V. To make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden
Excessive
Adj. Too much, too great, extreme
Disaster
N. (an event which results in) great harm, damage or death, or serious difficulty
Censor
N. a person whose ion is to read books, watch films, etc. in order to remove anything offensive from them, or who awards private letters, especially sent during war or from a prison, to remove parts consider unsuitable.
Culprit
N. someone who has done something wrong
Juvenile
Adj. Young, youthful, of or for boys and girls, a young person
Bait
N. Anything, especially food, used to attract fish or other animals so that they may be caught, anything user to tempt or attract a person to begin something he or she does not wish to dol to put bait on (a hook) or in (a trap), torment by unkind or annoying remarks
Insist
V. To state or demand forcefully, especially despite opposition
坚持，强调
