Set 6 Flashcards
Tenement
A building for living, esp. one rented to tenants (房客)
Fire marshal
Member of a fire department
Lumber
To mover ponderously (笨重)
Teetering
Wobble
Apt to
- Unusually fitted or qualified
2. Inclined
Sneer
A contemptuous mocking smile
Dentures
False teeth
Tawdry
Cheap and gaudy in appearance
Tag end
The last remaining part of something
Oblong
橢圓型
Mingle
Mixed with
Spittle
唾沫
Trundle
- To move on wheels
2. To move slowly
Winded
Have difficulty breathing due to exertion(physical effort) or a blow to the stomach
Confetti
五彩紙屑
coup de grace
Deathblow
At a low ebb
In a poor state
Matinee
An entertainment at daytime
Advance man
A person who visits a location before the arrival of an important visitor for arrangements
Tottering
- Move in a feeble, unsteady way
2. About to collapse
Insolvency
Inability to repay debts
Thrumming
- Continuous rhythmic humming
2. Strum the strings of an instrument
Proclaim
- to announce
2. To extol
Tenebrous
Dark; shadowy or obscure