Vocabulary Flashcards
Increase (Verb)
Sentence: “ I really need to increase my English”
Synonym: Improvement
Opposite: Reduction
Meaning: Become Bigger
Whether (Conjunction)
Sentence: He seemed undecided whether to go or stay
Meaning: Expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives
Those (Pronoun)
Plural form of that
Sentence: I was helped by people who cared and I shall never be able to thank those people enough
Synonym: Indicate
Meaning: You use Those to refer to people or things which have already been mentioned
Recognize (Verb)
Sentence: Doctors are trained to recognize the symptoms of different diseases
Synonym: Identify
Opposite: Overlook
Meaning: To know someone or something because you have seen or heard him or her or experienced it before
Seem (Verb)
Sentence: Dawn seemed annoyed
Synonym: Look Like
Meaning: You use seem to say that someone or something gives the impression of having a particular quality
Melt (Verb)
Sentence: Add 400g sugar and boil until the sugar melts
Synonym: Dissolve
Opposite: Freeze
Meaning: To become liquid
Desire (Verb and Noun)
Sentence: He resisted public desires for choice in education
Synonym: Need
Opposite: Unwanted
Meaning: A strong feeling of waiting to have something
Afford (Verb)
Sentence: I don’t know how he can afford a new car
Synonym: Pay for
Meaning: To have enough money or time to buy, keep, or do something
Accomplish (Verb)
Sentence: I am accomplishing all my goals to increase my English this year
Synonym: Achieve
Opposite: Give up
Meaning: Achieve or complete successfully
Fall (Verb)
Sentence:
1. The water’s deep here, so don’t fall in
- The temperature could fall below zero overnight
- The materials fall into three categories
Synonym: 1. Collapse, 2. Reduce
Meaning: 1.Have a Accident, 2.Become Lower, 3. To belong
Reach (Verb)
Sentence: The finally reached the coast after five weeks sailing
Synonym: Arrive
Meaning: To arrive at a place, especially after spending a long time
Stick (Verb)
Sentence: Anne stuck a picture of her boyfriend on the wall
Synonym: Join
Meaning: To become joined to something or to make something become joined to something else, usually with a substance like glue
Lack (Verb or Noun)
Sentence: There is no lack of entertainment aboard ship
Synonym: Missing
Meaning: To not have or not have enough of something that is need or wanted
Several (pronoun)
Sentence: The Author of several books
Synonym: A few
Opposite: A lot
Meaning: More than two but not many
Fulfill (Verb)
Fulfillment (Noun)
Sentence: He wouldn’t be able to fulfill his ambition to visit Naples
Synonym: Realize
Meaning: Achieve or Realize (Something desire, promised, or predicted)
