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
Decipher
Convert something from code into normal language
Heath
An area of open unfarmed land
Wrongdoer
Someone who behaves illegally or dishonestly
Unjust
Not morally right or fair (adj)
