NGSL - Red words P-S Flashcards
To keep something fresh or useable
to preserve something
I like the taste of preserved fruit in chocolate..
We should preserve our natural resources for future generations
an idea or statement which is understood to be true at the start. Similar to assumption
The premise.
The premise of any joke that starts… ‘There was an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman’ is that the Irishman will do something stupid.
on time
prompt
Someone who is prompt never keeps others waiting
earlier
prior
Do you have any prior medical conditions?
to go to the next step
to proceed to something
Airport announcement:
Passengers for fight FX 202 should proceed to boarding gate 4.
the adjective of race
racial
Racial discrimination is immoral and illegal
the back of something
the rear
What does the train run on?
rails
singular: a rail
to believe something is true
casual English
to reckon
I reckon that is the right answer
to be familiar with something or someone
to give status to someone or something
to recognize / to recognise
Children can recognise shapes at an early age.
Young deer recognise their parents by the shape of their tail.
Patients with Alzheimer’s disease sometimes do not recognise their own relatives.
Those who are opposed to the monarchy do not recognise the Queen as head of state.
the noun of recognise
recognition
Facial recognition is available on new smartphones.
This author won a Nobel Prize for Literature, the ultimate form of recognition.
to feel guilt or sadness about something in the past that you think you should’ve done differently
to regret something
I regret not learning Japanese properly when I lived in Tokyo
the opposite of approve
to reject something or someone
Women tend to reject men’s proposals.
The publisher rejected my novel.
to depend on someone or something
to rely on someone
Children rely on their parents for everything
Friends rely on each other
to stay somewhere or keep something
In the photo, how many skittles —- after three have been knocked down?
to remain
After the earthquake, only a few houses remained.
Four remains if you take six from ten.
to take the part of something or someone else
To stand for someone in parliament
Something that is traditional and used as an image or symbol
Politicians are supposed to represent the wishes of the population.
The bulldog is the animal said to represent the British.
food, water, learning materials, natural assets
a resource
Russia has a lot of natural resources
I hope Brainscape is a good resource for your study
buying and selling commercial goods, eg. clothes
retail
I work in retail for The GAP.
to keep something
to retain something
After tax, the very rich retain about a half of the money they had earned.
ending your career, usually in old age
retirement.
The retirement age in the UK is 66 but it will rise to much higher as people live longer.
to show something that had been hidden (physically or from understanding)
A magician should never reveal how magic works.
I revealed a secret
He removed the mask and revealed his face
The clouds cleared and revealed the mountain.
money coming in
revenue
The government had much lower tax revenue during the pandemic as fewer people were in employment.
- to study again
2. To change something eg an estimate
To revise
I revised the words and passed OET.
I revised the first draft of my letter so it was shorter and clearer.
to remove a bad thing
to rid (yourself) of something
I rid myself of my bad habits…I stopped smoking, drinking, and overeating.
I rid myself of a lot of unused books
opposite of smooth
rough
It was a rough night in A and E.
a lighter word for enemy
rivals
Manchester United and Liverpool are football rivals.
adverb for rough
roughly
He spoke roughly and with no respect
Another word for a quarrel
a row (rhymes with HOW)
The couple had a very loud row in the waiting room.
The opposite of urban is
rural
This is a rural area with lots of farmland
The things that catch wind and give power to a boat are
sails
What does a plant grow from?
a seed
to look for something
to seek something
Children like to play ‘Hide and Seek’
to appear
to seem
This seems to be the right answer, but I cannot justify why I think so.
You seem tired.
a piece of something
a segment
An orange segment
A segment of a podcast
things in an order
Hint: The Fibonacci…
sequence
There is more genetic sequencing in medicine.
a place or thing that provides protection from the weather
a shelter
The tree provided shelter from the rain.
You should not use a tree as shelter in a thunderstorm in case of lightening hitting it.
I waited at the bus shelter
part of a hill or a graph
a slope
There is a slope here, so watch your step.
The origin of something
A place to get something
In the photo, milk is a — of calcium
a source
Most people treat the Internet as their main source of information nowadays.
If you take something that does not belong to you….
You steal it.
steal / stole / stolen.
angry and strict
stern
To pour a liquid through something else.
to strain
To be in a circle around something or someone
To surround something
The city is surrounded by fighters.
On a busy train, you are surrounded by people
The castle is surrounded by water (the moat)
What do you do with a broom?
You sweep the floor.
Idiom ‘I swept it under the carpet’ I hid or ignored a problem to sweep something sweep / swept/swept
a container of water or oxygen
an armoured vehicle used in war to attack
a tank
