Nouns, verbs and adjectives Flashcards
Witty
Using words in a clever and funny way:
a witty comment/remark
He was witty and very charming.
a witty remark
I think she’s one of the wittiest comics on television.
Culprit
a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.
“the car’s front nearside door had been smashed in but the culprits had fled”
sinonimi: guilty party, offender, wrongdoer
the cause of a problem or defect.
“low-level ozone pollution is the real culprit”
Scab
skin: crusted wound
That scab will never heal if you keep picking at it.
The wound will scab in one or two days
(Also INFORMAL: an insulting word for a person who continues working while other people in the organization are on strike)
Boast
to speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own:
He didn’t talk about his exam results in case people thought he was boasting.
Parents enjoy boasting about their children’s achievements.
the hotel boasts high standards of comfort
I said I would win and it wasn’t an idle boast
gobsmacked
so surprised that you cannot speak:
He was completely gobsmacked when he won the award.
one of her questions left her gobsmacked
Longed for
Wanted very much for a long time
A longer-for reunion with her lover
When you get your longed-for job you may cheer and jump up and down!
To long (verb)
To want something very much
She longed to see him again
It was feeezing outside and Marcia longed for a hot drink
To shrink (shrank - shrunk - shrunken)
Become or make smaller in size or amount
The workforce shrank to a thousand
She wore a sweater which had shrunk slightly
(wrinkled or shriveled throughly old age or illness) a tiny shrunken face and enormous eyes
Move back or away
She shrank away from him, covering her face
Shrivelled
Wrinkled and shrunken, dry and smaller, especially as a result of lord of moisture or old age
A handful of shrivelled leaves
To Shrivel
to become dry and smaller
The hot sun shriveled the flowers I put in the window
The flowers simply shrivelled up
Cause to feel worthless or insignificant
She shrivelled him with one glance
Lose will or desire
As American interest shrivelled, so did the government’s
Crop
Plant or animal product that can be grown and have rated extensively for profile or subsistence
The rice crop is large this year
The crops were badly damaged by the storm
Burst
Break open or apart suddenly and violently, especially as a result of an impact or internal pressure
On of the balloons burst
To feel a strong emotion or wish to do something
I knew they were bursting with curiosity but I said nothing
Tom was bursting to tell everyone the news
Issues suddenly and uncontrollably
The words burst from him in an angry rush
Burst into flames
Smoke started pouring out from underneath, then the truck burst into flames
Reckless
doing something dangerous and not worrying about the risks and the possible results:
He was found guilty of reckless driving.
He felt a surge of recklessness.
Her family were in despair at the recklessness of her spending
taunt
to intentionally annoy and upset someone by making unkind remarks to them, laughing unkindly, etc.:
The other kids used to taunt him in the playground because he was fat and wore glasses.
The youngest in the group was taunted mercilessly.
She went on taunting him until he lost his temper
racist taunts
Wacky
unusual in a pleasing and exciting or silly way:
The book contains some weird and wacky ideas for teaching kids about science
Strambo
Thus
In this way
Bend from the waist, thus.
Fold the sheets thus
As a results or consequence of this, therefore
They planned to reduced staff and thus to cut costs
Exercise made us more hungry and thus our food supplies ran out
Lug
to carry or pull something with effort or difficulty because it is heavy:
I’m exhausted after lugging these suitcases all the way across the city.
I don’t want to lug these shopping bags around with me all day
Rowdy
noisy and possibly violent:
a rowdy party
rowdy behaviour
royalty
a payment made to a writer, musician, inventor, etc. every time something they have created or invented is bought or used by others
Her relationship with the label ended in a bitter legal dispute over non-payment of royalties
rehearse
to practise a play, a piece of music, etc. in order to prepare it for public performance:
The musicians rehearsed (the symphony) for the concert.
On her way to her interview she silently rehearsed what she would say.
formal When someone rehearses a story or an argument, they repeat it with all the details:
These are arguments that I’ve heard rehearsed at meetings many times before
resemble
to look like or be like someone or something:
You resemble your mother very closely.
After the earthquake, the city resembled a battlefield.
intruder
someone who is in a place or situation where they are not wanted:
I feel like an intruder when I visit their home.
Intruders had entered the house through a back window.
Vent
to express a negative emotion forcefully:
Walking relieves a lot of tension and it’s a good way to vent frustration.
A small opening
The skirt is long and straight with two side vents.
Giggle (to giggle)
to laugh repeatedly in a quiet but uncontrolled way, often at something silly or rude or when you are nervous:
Stop that giggling in the back row!
I tried to stifle a giggle
We giggled at the back of the room like naughty schoolchildren.
I couldn’t help giggling at it!
He was giggling uncontrollably and had to leave the room to pull himself together.
stifle
to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air:
He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.
We almost stifled in the heat of the city.
wiggle
to move up and down and/or from side to side with small, quick movements:
He tried wiggling the control stick but nothing happened.
She wiggled her toes in the water.
Her hips wiggle as she walks.
raffish
unconventional and unacceptable yet intriguing, especially in a careless and attractive way,
slightly disreputable, vulgar: (cafone)
He has a certain raffish elegance.
With his untidy hair, the Duke was attractive in a raffish sort of way.
The raffish woman drew everyone’s attention when she crashed the wedding
