Vocab from Readings Flashcards
stripped/bare/exposed
desguarnecido
setback/mishap
percance
By means of
mediante
predict
predecir
excessive (beginning with D)
desmedido
impending/imminent
inminente
everlasting/long-lasting
perdurable
mixed-race
mestizo/a
emphasize/stress
hacer ___________ en
hacer hincapié en
wander
deambular
background knowledge
bagaje de conocimientos
nuance
matiz
That is to say/meaning
Es decir
snoop around
husmear
sneak in
entrar a hurtadillas
spoil/ruin
d______, e_______, a_______
desbaratar/arruinar/estropear
brawl
trifulca
unruly
impetuoso
decline/fall (of something)
e.g. Seen a decline in education
decadencia
Fortress
alcázar
resonate
resonar
intermission
intermitencia
uproot
desarraigar
shore
orilla
cast away (throw)
arrojar
‘pull’ over
arrasar
energy/vigour
beginning with I
ímpetu
of summer
veraniego/a
soft spot/fondness
afecto
dome
cúpula
spire
aguja
spiral
voluta
inmiscuirse
interfere/meddle/pry
elevate/raise up
alzar
obstinate/stubborn
obstinado/terco
hideous/spectacle/disaster
e.g He came to the wedding looking a spectacle
adefesio
long faced
lánguido/a
once/formerly/before
e.g Lily formerly the princess of Arabia
otrora
lie ‘sprawled’
yacer
denunciar
report/inform against
alud
avalanche/mudslide
subsanable
recitifiable
promover
promote
tributo (money)
fee
recaudación de empresa
company income/earnings
un bache
pothole/rough patch
cetáceos
cetacean (whales/dolphins)
bramidos
roar/bellow
restregarse
rub up against
andadas
adventures
resoplar
pant/ huff and puff
halcón
falcon/hawk
una dejadez
negligence
remolino
whirlwind/whirlpool
vivero
nursery
agüero
omen
anhelante
eager
pasmado
bewildered
alborotado
unruly/disruptive/rowdy
alborotar
disrupt/unsettle/stir up
morsa
walrus
comadrona
midwife
módico
modest
chelín(es)
shilling(s)
verja
railings/fence
cofia
hairnet/bonnet
erguir
stand up/straighten up
desvanecer
fade/faint/dissipate
un alfiler
a pin
cerciorarse
check in/make sure
remangar
roll up (sleeves)
balbucear
babble/stutter/stammer
un relieve
topography (study of geographical land surfaces)
planicie
plain/flatland
loma
land elevation/rise
hallar
to find
bucle
loop or curl(hair)
nogal
walnut tree
comarca
region
una cuenca (geografía)
basin (land depression)
cuarzo
quartz
propicio
favourable
dehesa/pradera
pasture/meadow
encina
holm/evergreen oak
quebradero
headache inducing
carece de
lacks
lucio (fish)
pike
colofón
culmination/climax/end of something
aullar
to howl
gemir
to moan
prude
puritano
rooftop
azotea
discurrir
pass through/by
chaparral
thicket
madroño
wild strawberry tree
grulla
crane
influjo
influence
mestizaje
blend/fusion
perdiz
partridge
premisa
premise/affirmation
castro
fortified camp
hacer acopio
muster/gather
a lomos de
riding (animal)
gentío
crowd
arremolinarse
crowd around
vendaval/galerna
gale/gale in northwest spain
brumoso
foggy
a regañadientes
reluctantly/ unwillingly
saqueo
mugging
saquear
to mug
fetidez
fetidness/dirtiness
corral
pig pens/farmyard
lumbre
fire/heat/stove
despojar
strip (power, title, armour)
cubierta
a deck
una aureola
halo
repentina
sudden
desplegar
to spread out
pregonar
hawk/hustle/anounce
hecho y derecho
grown (up)/mature
rematadamente
terribly/utterly/incredibly
novelesco
fantastic/bizarre
envalentar
given courage/make brave
centellear
twinkle/sparkle
arrojado
cast/thrown OR daring/gutsy
aporrear
to beat/pound
sin piedad
without mercy/mercilessly
jinete
rider/jockey
endilgar
laden/saddle with
en concreto
specifically
tapete/alfombra
rug
tapiz
tapestry
gabardina
trench coat
encaramarse
perch/to climb
de una tacada
once and for all
highly
altamente
torch
linterna/antorcha
a guisa de
by way of
irradiar
radiate/give off
implacable
relentless/ruthless
incipiente
emerging/new-born/budding
embriagado
drunk
zozobra
anxiety/jumpiness
súplica
plea/request
desventura
mishap/misfortune
ensueño
daydream/fantasy
artero
crafty/cunning
porvenir
future
seno
bosom/protection
desamparar
abandon/desert
follaje
foliage
enmudecer
fall silent
angosto
narrow
atribulado
distressed/grief-stricken/heart-broken
ánima
soul in purgatory
alzar
rise/raise
rendimiento
performance/efficiency
burdo
clumsy/crude
artimaña
trick/ruse/dodge/scheme
deterioro
deterioration
conforme (conjunction)
just as
muelle
dock/pier/quay
mazazo
mallet/hammer blow
dañino
harmful/detrimental
fomentar
encourage/promote/incite
desecho
waste
litoral
coast
pantano
reservoir OR swamp/marsh
emblase
reservoir
atómito/a
astonished/stunned
errar
miss (a shot)
víctima de estafa
scam victim
estafa
fraud
caucho
rubber
el alcance
scope/range/significance
estremecer
make shake/tremble
vago/sombrío
shadowy
entretanto
in the mean time
vulgar
ordinary/vulgar
inhumación
burial
amortiguar
cushion/soften the blow
abarrotar
pack/fill out
llevar a padecer
cause suffering of
gabardina
trench coat
espadachín
swordsman/swashbuckler
lóbulo
earlobe
barandilla
handrail/banister
escoltar
escort/guard/acompany
hilera
row/line
secreter
bureau/writing desk
caoba
mahogany (wood)/ auburn (hair)
vanidoso
smug/vain/big-headed
chal
shawl/wrap/pashmina
peladilla
sugared almond
regazo
lap
derrochar
to waste/squander
derramar
to spill
abstenio/a
teetotal