Learning English Afresh Flashcards
Coarse - R
Compose /constitute/ relatively large particles.
Relative - considered in relation to / in proportion
Harmonious - C
Things that are harmonious they go together nicely.
Harmonious comes from music, when notes sound good together they are harmonious.
It’s applies to other things and people too. When people work well together they are said to be harmonious.
Tote bag - C
A bag with two handle often made from cloth.
Tote noun.
Tote verb.
Toting carrying things around with difficulty.
Reminiscing - C
If you are swiping your old stories and pictures with your friends talking about old events. You are reminiscing.
Remember/ recall the past.
Frail -C
Delicate and fragile.
Fragile delicate and easily broken or the feelings of an overly emotional friend can be described as fragile.
Tremble
Shake involuntarily typical because of anxiety, excitement or frailty.
Designated
Set aside
Revving
To accelerate, he revved up the car and drove off.
Phonetics
Study and classification of speech sounds.
Transcriptions is a written record of something.
Duolingo - two languages.
Amusement
State or experience of finding something funny.
Did I say something amusing.
Entertain
Provide someone with amusement or enjoyment.
Treble
Has three parts/ components or section.
Treble can also mean, high pitched singing voices.
Violin -c
Stringed music instrument.
Conjoin -c
Join or combine two things.
Hitchhike -c
Getting a free ride in someone else’s road vehicle.
Hitch. -C
An obstacle or hindrance.
It’s used to mean a little problem, if you plan to go on a picnic and it rains, the weather is a hitch in your plans.
Without hitch.
Commonly used to refer to things that go smoothly. - without issues.
Hitch can mean a gazillion things, hook, limp short for hitchhiking.
To get hitched. - get married, espouse, wed, conjoin.
Secluded
Not seen or visited by many people, sheltered and private,
Stay on course
Keep the direction you are currently on.
Fraud
Wrongful and criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
Corruption
Dishonest and fraudulent conduct by those in power typically/ usually / often involving bribery.
Affected
Influenced or acted upon.
Can also mean to do something to impress someone.
Pretentious, insincere.
Aesthetic
Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
Distort
Twist out of shape.
You can also distort the truth by exaggerating what actually happens.
Pervert
Aberrant sexual behaviour
Deviated from the normal. Aberrant.
Quandary
A tough situation that is really to solve.
Quagmire
Lucid
Expressed clearly and easy to understand.
Resolve
Verb - to settle or make a decision about something.
Noun. A strong determination to do something.
Gullible
Easily persuaded to do something.
Credulous. Ease to trust/ great readiness to believe in things.
Break in with an intention to commit a crime especially theft.
Vandalize
Prejudice
Partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation.
Thrilled
Very excited, showing or feeling great excitement or pleasure.
Passion
Strong feeling of enthusiasm and excitement for.
Have butterflies in the stomach.
Have the nervous or excited feelings.
Crucial
Used to describe something that extremely important for success.
Pivotal
Of crucial importance in relation to the success of something else.
Pioneer
Be first to use a new method, area of knowledge or activity.
Also mean, be the first settlers of new territory, early colonists were pioneers.
Cutting edge
The latest advancement in development and research.
Spotlight
The light that shines on the people on stage.
Also means be the focus of public attention.
Speak out of turn.
Speak or say something you should not have spoken/ said.
Speak out of turn
Say something that is unwise or imprudent.
Extricate
Free from constraint or difficulty.
I will need to extricate myself from this sinking ship you call a career.
Have the nerve
Have the courage to say or do something.
Writhe
Squirm, make continual twisting movement on the body.
Establish
Bring it about.
Each others throat
When two people are at each others throat they are arguing angrily.
Brilliant
Very smart idea is brilliant.
Sensational
Something that is sensational traps your attention either because it is amazing or little trashy.
Like a sensational tabloid story.
You are dismissed
You are excused you can leave now.
Hesitate
Pause before doing or saying something especially through uncertainty.
Delusion
Mistaken and unfounded opinion or idea.
Unfounded- having no basis or foundation in fact.
Hero
A person that do a lot of things that people love.
Atrocious -R
Very bad and displeasing.
Brutal and cruel - Lookup.
Ill-conceived
Not carefully planned or considered.
Contend
To defend a belief or keep affirming that’s is true.
People used to contend that earth was flat.
Combative
Eagerness to fight or contend.
Disposition
You general mood or attitude towards life.
Perusal
The action of reading or examining something.
Ominous
If something looks or sounds ominous, it’s threatening or unpleasant event is at hand. If you see ominous frown in your boss’s face, you are in trouble.
Flinch
Quick nervous movement in reaction to fear, pain or surprise.
Breach
Law. A violation of law, duty or promise.
Perusal of your spouse’s phone is considered a breach of privacy.
Tripod
Easel
Three legged stand used for supporting a cameras or other apparatus.
Upright tripod that holds something is called easel. Used by artists
Propriety
Socially acceptable in speech and behavior.
Fob sth off on sb
Persuade someone to take something of less quality or different from what they needed.
Liaison
Communication or cooperation that facilitates close working relationships between organization or people.
Cordial
Warm and friendly
Cordon
Prevent access to an area or a building.
Cordon off
Block an area with a rope to prevent people from going in there.
Esoteric
Very unusual or understood by very limited number of people with spacial knowledge.
Stifle
Suppress, suffocate
Stifle the competition.
Profligate
Reckless wastage of money on extravagant luxury.
Also means deliberately violate the principles of right and wrong.
Propitiate - verb
To make happy or appease someone by doing a particular things.
Conciliate
Restraint
Measure or condition that keeps something or something under control or within limits.
Astuteness
Intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.
Antics
Foolish, outrageous or amusing behavior.
Exorbitant
Unreasonably high
Cabin fever
State of boredom as a result of being in confinement or indoors too long.
Ordain
Become a minister or priest
Cratered
Verb
Collapse
Insolent
Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
Daze
Make someone unable to think or react properly.
Repertoire
A full supply of what you can do.
Entire range of skills
Harness
Utilize
Ultimately
At thy end
Underway
Ongoing
Retribution
Punishment inflict on someone as a result vengeance for a wrongdoing
It’s become rugged its fiercely competitive
Rugged .
Broken, rocky and uneven surface.
Can also mean, having or requiring toughness or determination.
Ballad
A song that tells a story, and it can be dramatic, funny or romantic.
Cherish
Protect and care lovingly
Grace
Grace in Gods context - His favor or help.
I got here by Gods grace.
Be in someone’s good graces - they regard you with favor.
Favor - act of kindness.
Often commonly refers to smooth and pleasing way of moving.
Or a polite and thoughtful way of behaving.
Agility
Moving quickly and easily.
Nimble
Compromise
Find the middle ground.
Also.
Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion or disrepute
Stall
Stop or cause to stop progress
Grapevine
The word for gossip.
Rumor mill.
Melancholy
Beyond sad
Ensemble
Group of musicians actors dancers who perform together.
Self preservation
The protection is oneself from harm or death.
Jeopardy
Danger of loss harm or failure
Engaging
Charming and attractive
Suspenseful
Arousing excited expectation or uncertainty of what may happen.
Tumultuous
Disruptive, troubled or disorderly.
Tumultuous state of the classroom when the teacher step out for a few minutes.
Versatile
Able to adapt to many different activities or functions.
Mendacity / another mendicity
Mediocrity being a beggar
Fortitude
Strength to face adversity or difficulty
Recede
Retreat, move back.
Obliviate
To forget, wipe from existence.
Obviate
Remove
