NEW WORDS SET 3 Flashcards
Landlord
- A person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others.
- A landowner
- Arrendatario, terrateniente
Swamp
Noun:
A tract (tramo, sección) of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
Verb:
To flood or drench with water or the like.
- Pantano -
Glitter
Verb:
To reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
Noun:
A sparkling reflected light or luster
- Resplandecer -
Chuckle
To laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction
- Risita -
Lumberyard
An establishment where timber (maderos, madera) and sometimes other building materials are stored or sold
- Aserradero, astillero -
Scaffold
Noun:
A temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- Andamio -
Dow
Verb:
To be able.
To thrive; prosper; do well.
Thrive
To prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- Prosperar, triunfar -
Dowse
To search for underground supplies of water, metal, etc., by the use of a divining rod.
- Radiestesia -
Hustle
To proceed or work rapidly or
energetically
- Ajetrear -
Meadow
A tract of grassland used for pasture or serving as a hayfield.
- Prado, pradera (es el plural de prados) -
Hideous
Horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly
- Horroroso -
Roundtrip
A trip to a given place and back again
- Viaje de ida y vuelta -
Stem
Noun:
The ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
Verb: stemming, stemmed
The removal of the stem of a certain plant, fruit or leaf
Log
A portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
It is used commonly to describe a measure or a recording of something
- Leño, Registro, Bitácora -
Trunk
The main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
Also; the body of a person or an animal excluding the head and limbs; torso.
Stain
A discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Manchar, ensuciar -
Spot
Noun:
A rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
Verb:
/ two main uses /
1. To stain or mark with spots
2. To detect or recognize
- Punto, puntear, detectar -
Cushioning
Noun:
A soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie.
Verb:
To place on or support by a cushion.
- Cojín, cojinería, amoblar -
Lash out
To burst into or resort to verbal or physical attack
- Arremeter -
Foresees
To know in advance or to see beforehand
- Ver de antemano, PREVÉ -
Fulfill
To carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
Or
To bring to an end; finish or complete, as a period of time
- Realizar, llevar a cabo, cumplir -
Glance
Verb:
To look quickly or briefly.
Noun:
A quick or brief look
- Eche un vistazo -
Settle, settle up
To appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions
To pay all of an amount you owe “I’ve finished eating – just let me settle up and we can go”
- Establecer, acomodarse -
Shrewd
The quality of showing astute or sharp judgment in practical matters, sometimes at the cost of moral compromise:
a shrewd businessman.
Synonym for piercing
- Astuto, sagaz -
Endeavor
Verb:
To exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive
“He endeavors to keep things neat in his apartment”
Noun:
A strenuous effort; attempt.
- Empeño, esfuerzo -
Pacemaker
An electronic device implanted beneath the skin for providing a normal heartbeat by electrical stimulation of the heart muscle, used in certain heart conditions.
- Marcapasos -
Self - taught
Learned by oneself
Taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education:
self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
Synonym for autodidact
