January Flashcards
to take a long time to leave or disappear:
And I just let bad thoughts
_____ for too long.
It’s impossible to forget such horrific events - they _______ (on) in the memory forever.
The smell ______ in the kitchen for days.
Linger
an occasion when a volcano explodes, and flames and rocks come out of it, or the act of doing this:
Around the year 600, the _____ of a nearby volcano buried Ceren’s buildings.
Scientists fear that a volcanic ______ on the Canary Island of La Palma will send a chunk of island collapsing into the sea.
Eruption
the act of starting suddenly and violently:
There was a violent _____ of anti-government feeling.
The curfew was aimed at preventing any ______ of violence in the capital.
Eruption
a mass of rock and earth falling unexpectedly down a steep slope
The present island shape is the result of two giant _____ leaving large amphitheatres in the northwest and southwest of the island.
They are in fact caused by various disturbances in the ocean, most commonly underwater earthquakes (directly, or indirectly via undersea _____) or volcanic eruptions.
Landslide
the winning of an election with an extremely large number of votes:
a ______ victory
The senator won by a _______ last year.
Landslide
the place where a public event or meeting happens:
The hotel is an ideal _________ for conferences and business meetings.
An alternative _____ for the concert is being sought.
They changed the ______ at the last minute because they realized the meeting room would have been much too small.
Venue
big problems or troubles causing much suffering:
The country has been beset by economic ___s for the past decade.
Unusually poor harvests have added to the country’s ______s.
Woes
extreme sadness; an expression of great sadness:
Oh, ____!
He told me a real tale of _____ about how he had lost both his job and his house in the same week.
Wednesday’s Child Is Full of _____
Woe
seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed:
a _____ explanation/excuse
The only _________ explanation is that he forgot.
How can people believe in such un__________ nonsense?
Plausible
to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something:
It is ______d (that) the journey will take at least two weeks.
It was difficult to ________ how many trees had been destroyed.
The number of people have left Russia is impossible to ________.
Estimate
to interest or attract someone:
This used to be a marvellos hotel but it has lost its _______ in recent years.
I find smart women extremely ________ing.
I think what _____ to me about his painting is his use of color.
Appeal
to make a serious or formal request, especially to the public, for money, information, or help:
They’re ________ for clothes and blankets to send to the devastated region.
The police are _________ to the public for any information about the missing girl.
Appeal
not brave enough to do something; frightened:
Before the show Mrs Thatcher was distinctly nervous, or ____, as she would say.
Politicians have been too ____ to go to voters cap in hand.
The answer is that they are not here because they are _____.
Frit
to ask someone in a polite and sincere way for something, especially money or to be forgiven
“we have to ________ begging for funds”
I will never _______ because I still have some dignity.
Go cap in hand to someone
unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people:
I am _______ and proud of it.
I never met a more conceited and ______ young man.
Arrogant
