Session 24. Vocab Flashcards
Psychological
Affecting the mind (adj)
Hapless
Unfortunate (used to describe a person)
Captivate
To hold the interest and attention (of someone)
Captor
A person that captures someone
Caption
A title or brief explanation that comes with a picture or cartoon
Terminate
To end (or murder)
Terrorise
To cause extreme fear and distress in someone
Foreground
The part of a view that is nearest to you
Vivid
Intense / bright / colourful
Producing powerful feelings
Hull
The main body of a ship (or other vessel)
Cull
To reduce the population (usually of a group of animals by slaughter)
Lull
To calm or send to sleep (usually with soothing sounds or a rocking motion)
Null
Having no legal force (adj)
Invalid (adj)
Zero
Durable
Strong and able to withstand damage
Fluke
A surprising piece of luck
A type of parasite / also another term used for flatfish
Retain
Keep / keep hold of
Appease
To calm someone by accepting their demands
Bespoke
Made for a particular customer (adj)
Invoke
To call on (a god or spirit) in prayer
To call earnestly for
Provoke
To stimulate a strong unwelcome reaction in someone
Remit
To send money as payment or a give
To cancel a punishment
A task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organisation
Transmit
To cause something to pass from one person/place to another
Resolute
Determined
Waive
To let someone off from following a rule (e.g. waive the fee for a parking ticket)
Waver
Flicker, or move in a quivering way
Become weaker or hesitate
Atrocious
Extremely wicked or unpleasant
Supersede
To take the place of (a person previously in authority or a thing previously in use)
Preamble
An introduction
A preliminary statement
Bramble
A prickly shrub (from the rose family, e.g. blackberry)
Amble
To walk at a slow, relaxed pace
Matt
(of a colour) dull and without shine [the opposite of glossy]
Afloat
Floating in water
To no longer be in debt
Bunk
To skip school or work (verb)
Nonsense (noun)
Flunk
To fail (an exam or test) [American term, please don’t use it]
Impeccable
Without fault
Flaw
A mark, blemish or other imperfection
Cohesive
Describes something that is able to unite people or bind things together (adj)
Dispense
To distribute something or provide information to a number of people
To get rid of something/someone
