ESL Essential Words8 Flashcards
Blunder
N. a big mistake, usually caused by not taking car or thinking
V. +adv. or prep. To move in an awkward way
Daze
In a daze
Unable to think clearly
Mourn
V. To feel or express great sadness, especially because of someone’s death
N. a person at a funeral
Funeral: a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
Subside
V. If a condition subsides, it becomes less strong or extreme
V. If a building, land or water subsides, it goes down to a lower level
Maim
V. To injure a person so severely that a part of their body no longer work as it should
Comprehend
V. To understand something completely
Commend
To formally praise someone or something
Exempt
V. To excuse someone or something from a duty, pay,rent, etc.
Adj. with special permission not to do or pay something (exempt from xx)
Vain
Adj. unsuccessful or useless. Of no value
Adj. too interested in your own appearance or achievement
In vain: unsuccessful or uselessly
Repetition
N. when you do or say something again
N. something that happens in the same way as something which happened before
Depict
V. To represent or show something in a picture or story
Mortal
Adj. ( of living things, especially people) unable to continue living forever. Having to die
Immortal: living or last forever
Novel
New, strange, a long story with character and plot
Occupant
N. a person who lived or works in a room or buildinh
Appoint
V. To choose someone officially for a job or responsibility
Quarter
N. quarters
A room or house that has been provided, especially for set ants or soldier and their families, to live in
Verse
N. writing which is arranged in short lines with a regular rhythm. Poetry
N. One of the parts into which a poem or song is divvied
Morality
N.
Ethics and morality
Roam
V. To move about or travel, especially without a cleat idea of what you are going to do
Attract
V. Draw to oneself. Win the attention and liking of
Commuter
N. One who travels regularly, especially over a considerable distance, between home and work
Confine
V. To limit an activity, person or problem in some way
V. To keep someone closed in a place, often by force
Idle
Adj. not working or being used
An idle moment or period of time is one in which there is no work or avtivity
Idol
N. someone who is admired and respected very much
N. a picture or object that people pray to as part of their religion
Jest
N. something which is said or done in order to be funny
In jest
Intended as a joke and not said seriously
Patriotic
Adj. Loving one’s country. Showing love and loyal support of one’s country.
Dispute
An argument or disagreement, especially and official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border
Beyond dispute: certainly
In dispute: being doubted
Valor
N. great bravery
Lunatic
N. someone who behaved in a silly or dangerous way
Vein
N. a tube that carried blood to the heart from other paths of the body
Uneventful
Adj. described a time of situation in which nothing interesting or surprising happens
Fertile
Adj. describes land that can produce a large number of good quality crops
Refer
Refer to sb. Or st.
V. To talking or write about someone or something, especially in only a fre words
Refer sb. To sth.
To direct someone or something to. Different y place or person cot information, help or Action, often to a person o group with more knowledge or power
Distress
N. a feeling of extreme worry, sadness or pain
Diminish
V. To reduce or be reduced on size or importance
Flee
V. To escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear
Vulnerable
Adj. able yo be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced or attacked.
Signify
V. To be a sign of something. To mean
Mythology
N. myths in general
N. a popular belief that is probably not yrue
Colleague
N. Associate. Fellow worker
Torment
M. Garage mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain
Provide
V. To supply. To state as a condition. To prepare for or against some situation
Loyalty
N. Faithfulness to a person, government, idea, custom, or the like
