Words 1 Flashcards
Diction
The choice or style of words in speech or writing
Wanderlust
A strong desire to travel around
Zephyer
A mild breeze
Abrupt
Suddenly and unexpected. The bus came to an abrupt halt
Caprine
Related to goats
Snivel
To behave or speak in a weak complaining way, especially when you are crying:
A small boy was sniveling on a chair.
A snivelling coward.
Yokel
Someone who is unsophisticated and stupid, usually because they are from village.
The yokels at the gas station looked funny at us when we walked in, but they were friendly and obliging when we asked them for directions.
Eydetic
Relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible:
An eidetic memory.
Adverb:
Eideticly
Magpie
NOUN [COUNTABLE] /ˈmæɡˌpaɪ/
A noisy black and white bird with a long tale.
Someone who talks a lot.
Someone who likes to collect and keep things.
Adjective: it is referred to something collected.
Impertinent
Adjective ɪmˈpəːtɪnənt - Not showing proper respect; rude, especially to other or senior people: an impertinent question - Irrelevant: Talk of ‘rhetoric’ and ‘strategy’ is impertinent to this process Noun: Impertinence Adverb: Impertinently
Mutton
Noun
/ˈmətn̩/
The meat of an adult sheep.
Vane
/veɪn/ Noun: -پره -بادنما One that is changeable. Adjective: Vaned A three-vaned windmill
Windmill
Noun
آسياب بادي
Throw up
- to vomit
She must have eaten something that didn’t agree with her because she threw up right after dinner. - to build very fast
New houses thrown up almost overnight. - to give up, quit
The urge to throw up all intellectual work.
Motorcade
Noun, countable
/ˈmoʊtərˌkeɪd/
A procession of motor vehicles, typically carrying and escorting a prominent person.