Session 21A. Vocab Flashcards
Ineligible
Officially unable to be considered for a job or service (adj)
Inadequate
Insufficient for a purpose
(of a person) unable to deal with a situation or with life
Emotive
Expressing a person’s feelings rather than being neutrally descriptive
Shrew
A bad-tempered and aggressive person (used in a derogatory manner)
A small mammal, similar to a mouse, with a long pointed snout
Embargo
An official ban on a particular activity
Accolade
An award given as a special honour / as a prize
An expression of praise or admiration
Appraisal
Assessing someone or something
Proposal
A plan or suggestion
Discus
A heavy disc thrown by an athlete
Fabricate
To invent / make up something in order to deceive someone
Gazette
A journal or newspaper
Famished
Very hungry
Ravenous
Very hungry
Cavernous
Like a large chamber or cave in shape and size
Tyrannous
Describing unnecessarily severe actions or behaviour
Mutinous
(of a person) refusing to obey the orders of someone in authority
Ominous
Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen (adj)
Blub
Sob / crying noisily and uncontrollably
Snub
To ignore or reject someone/something disrespectfully
Dub
To give an unofficial nickname to something/someone
To add a soundtrack to a film (e.g. character speech in a different language)
Rarebit
Cheese on toast (also known as Welsh rarebit)
Remorse
Deep regret of guilt for a previous wrong action
Overwrought
To be in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety
Dud
describes something that is faulty
