Week 2 Flashcards
A book that lists a company’s product.
Catalogue
My brother, Callum, has a particular penchant for supermarket catalogues.
To provide food for a special event
Cater
Mimi and Pepi catered a decadent feast for our “Welcome to Singapore” party. We devoured all the scrumptious morsels of food greedily!
A large church.
Cathedral
Mum gazed admirably at the majestic Gothic arches of St Mary’s cathedral.
A military device that launches stones, rocks, etc.
Catapult
The Romans fashioned a powerful catapult that launched gargantuan rocks into the enemy’s walls, crushing them into rubble within minutes.
A sudden, great disaster.
Catastrophe
I would be catstrophising if I had referred to finding our lolly jar empty as an catastrophe.
A person searching for loot.
Prowler
I shuddered when I heard the savage cry of the prowlers in the distant bush.
Humble or meek
Lowly
How can Cinderella, a lowly servant girl, actually be a princess in the making?
A tuft of hair that cannot easily be combed flat.
Cowlick
Dennis the Menace was known for his mischievous nature and his characteristic cowlick at the back of his head.
A game in which a heavy ball is aimed at ten wood pins
Bowling
In their springtime of life, Mimi and Pepi used to go bowling on date nights.
A rope used for towing.
Towline
The tangled towline gripped stubbornly around the anchor and sent a shiver went down my spine – we were stranded at sea.
Capital city of Greece
Athens
Athens is the birthplace of the Olympics – visiting it has always been on my bucket list.
To make stronger
Strengthen
I spend half an hour en pointe every day to strengthen my ankles and calf muscles.
An observable fact or event that can be described scientifically
Phenomenon
Even in the early days, gravity was a poorly understood phenomenon that was curiously accepted by most.
A mark used between syllables of a divided word
Hyphen
My Mum would much rather have a hyphen, as opposed to an apostrophe, between her parts of her name.
Room in the house used for food preparation
Kitchen
Mum’s dream kitchen would contain sparkling marble countertops, glossy glass splashbacks, and most of all, two industrial-sized ovens large enough to bake cakes for half of Castle Hill.
