Vocabulary Flashcards
To shake when you are cold
Shiver
To shake with fear
Quiver
An extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial
Ordeal (n)
Feeling of admiration
“To be in ____ of sth”
Awe (n)
Synonym of confused
Baffled (adj)
Bewildered (adj)
An incredible achievement and very difficult
No mean feat(n)
To do terrible in sth
To not fare(v) well
An who always wants to do things with you in excess
Clingy (adj)
The babysitter that sleeps in the house with the family
Au pair
To talk down to sb.
To talk to sb in a way that makes you look superior and makes the other feel like a child.
To patronise sb
To go quickly somewhere and only do that
To pop down (to do sth or somewhere)
The time then light first begins to disappear.
Synonym of twilight
(At) dusk
Verb meaning to fix clothes
To sew
Verb meaning to put seeds into the ground during farming
To sow
Intransitive verb (no object)
Rise
Transitive verb (needs object)
Raise
Office/school supplies
Stationery
Adjective meaning “not moving”
Stationary
Being the first mentioned of two, adjective
The former
Being the last mentioned of two, adjective
The latter
Adjective meaning to be clever and funny
Witty (noun: witt)
Being able to express yourself very articulately
Eloquence(n)
Eloquent(adj)
Friendly, teasing conversation
Banter (n,v)
Verb meaning to fade, grow weaker, shrink to zero
Dwindle (dwindling: adj)
To have a verbal fight with sb
To have a ROW with sb
Adjective meaning rough voice
HUSKY voice
Adjective meaning shaky voice
WOBBLY voice
Adjective meaning aggressive, not friendly voice
HARSH voice
Adjective meaning relax, chill voice
MELLOW
SOOTHING voice
Adjective meaning to be tired, feeling of falling asleep. As a resumt of an activity or typically medications
Drowsy (noun: drowsiness)
Too old to be doing what they are doing. Negative meaning
Geriatric
Behaves like a child but you are an adult. Negative meaning
Childish
Puerile
Juvenile
Infantile
Behaves innocently, like a child. Positive meaning
Childlike
Looks like a child, for appearance only. Positive meaning
Youthful
Synonym of conduct, behavior
Demeanor
Fully developed in body or mind, as a person. Positive meaning
Mature
Adult
To shrink, bend or crouch, especially in fear
Cringe (v)
Cringeworthy (adj)
Adjective synonym of irritating/ annoying
Irksome
Noun, future possibility. Follow by the preposition “of”
Prospect
To make an incident serious seem less serious
To downplay sth
You become/do more of sth than sb else
To outgrow sth
For knowledge and research means to be complete without any missing information
For student or worker means sb who does things completely, leaves nothing unfinished
Thorough (adj)
Thoroughly (adv)
Adjective meaning reckless and stupid
Foolhardy
Adjective for sb who pay much attention to detail in their work, really positive
Conscientious
Conscientiousness (n)
Sth you want to happen but actually is impossible
Sth is wishful thinking (adj)
Adjective synonym of relaxed, easy-going
Laid-back
To change direction suddenly
To veer
Synonym of salary
Remuneration (n)
A strong feeling of disappointment, betrayal when sb’s promises are not met
Disenchanted (adj)
Disenchantment (n)
To take sth apart, to pull sth apart
To dismantle, disassemble
To have a lot of work to do, so you are too busy to have fun
To be deluged (with work)
To be snowed under
A time period
Era
- How much money you make in one year
2. Refers to employees (they constantly change)
Turnover (n)
Criticism doesn’t get to you
Thick-skinned
Proud, stubborn
Stiff-necked
Another way of saying “beginner”
Wet behind the ears
Sth you say when sth is suspicious
“I smell a rat”
Dull lifestyle
To be in a rut
Unable to decide
To be in two minds about sth
To be slightly bold
To be bit thin on top
Referring to madness/ insanity
To have a screw loose
Off one’s head
Referring to fear
Hair-raising
Have kittens
Referring to anger
Throw a wobbly
Hot under the collar
To pay too much
To pay through the nose for sth
To talk about business or work in a situation where you shouldn’t
To talk shop
The ability to talk
To have the gift to the gab
Sth is useless or problematic
Sth is a white elephant
A tough situation caused because of not having enough money
To be in a tight squeeze
When sb gives a speech w/o preparing for it, that person speak:
Off the cut
If a couple share the cost of a meal in a restaurant, they go:
Dutch
An older woman trying to look and dress like a much younger one
Mutton (old sheep) dressed as lamb
Sb is not longer young anymore
No spring chicken
Very interested in everything
As keen as mustard
Beautiful
A sight for sore eyes
A husband
Hen-pecked
To make a situation worse than it already is
To EXACERBATE a situation
