unit 21 Flashcards
bliss
n. Bliss is a state of complete happiness. Every time he sees his girlfriend’ he feels a sense of bliss.
butler
n. A butler is the most important male servant in a wealthy house. Whenever he needed something’ he rang a bell’ and the butler appeared.
cramp
n. A cramp is a strong pain caused by a muscle after a lot of physical use. After the marathon’ Jenny got a terrible cramp in her calf muscle.
decorate
v. When you decorate a room’ you make it more attractive by adding beautiful things to it. Have you decorated the room for Christmas yet?
dilapidated
adj. When a building is dilapidated’ it is old and in bad condition. Paint peeled off of the old dilapidated apartment building.
evoke
v. To evoke a memory or emotion means to make it occur. The picture evoked memories of when she was a young girl.
farewell
n. A farewell is an instance of saying goodbye or a way to say it. She got on the plane after we said our farewells.
faucet
n. A faucet is a device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas. Turn off the faucet when you are done brushing your teeth.
filth
n. Filth is dirt or dirty things that disgust you. There was tons of filth and trash on the shore of the river.
flaw
n. A flaw is a mistake in something that causes it to be less effective or correct. We discovered a major flaw in the metal chain.
grin
v. To grin means to smile broadly. That joke makes me grin every time I hear it.
housekeeping
n. Housekeeping is the maintenance of a house or an establishment like a hotel. Housekeeping is not much fun’ but it has to be done.
mound
n. A mound of something is a large pile of it. There was a mound of clothes on the teenager’s messy floor.
numb
adj. When a body part is numb’ it does not have any feeling. After holding my hand under the icy water’ my fingers were numb.
reckless
adj. When people are reckless’ they act in an unsafe way. The reckless driver posed a threat to everyone else on the road.
