Vocabulary 11 Flashcards
Spectator
Someone who watches (a show or event)
Trundle
Moving slowly
Extend
To make something longer
Vulnerable
Something/someone in need of support or protection
Despicable
Deserving to be hated
Pounding
Heavily hitting or beating
Denial
Saying something isn’t true
Churning
Shaking or moving vigorously
Sprawled
To lie with arms and legs spread out
Location
A particular place
Sodden
Soaked through
Accusation
A claim that someone has done something wrong or illegal
Undoing
The cause of a person’s ruin/downfall
Carnage
Killing of a large number of people
Havoc
Chaos
Contract
Make something smaller (or a legal document)
Purposeful
Deliberately
Bewildered
Confused
Decline
To say no / turn something down
Perplexed
Confused
Evaluation
Making a judgement about something
Trivial
Not important
Inferior
Worse
Defy
To refuse or disobey
Benefit
An advantage
Margin
Edge / border
Ample
Enough
Conclusion
The end
Amend
Change
Dreary
Dull and boring
Dismal
Gloomy / very bad
Chime
A ringing sound
Complex
Complicated
Conceited
Arrogant / to be too proud of yourself
Swindle
To trick someone (out of money or possessions)
Defraud
To trick someone (out of money or possessions)
Elegant
Graceful and stylish
Elevate
Raise or lift
Response
Answer
Altitude
The height of an object
Motive
Reason
Brook
A small stream
Summit
The top (e.g. of a mountain)
Humble
Being modest
Sufficient
Enough
Foe
Enemy