words Flashcards
stumble
stumble verb (WALK)
to step awkwardly while walking or running and fall or begin to fall:
stumble verb (PAUSE)
to make a mistake, such as repeating something or pausing for too long, while speaking or playing a piece of music:
bridle
noun [ C ]
a set of leather straps that are put around a horse’s head to allow its rider to control it
bridle verb (SHOW ANGER)
to show sudden anger
bridle verb (CONTROL ANIMAL)
to put a bridle on a horse or similar animal
bits
noun [C] (HORSE)
a piece of metal put in a horse’s mouth to allow the person riding it to control its movements
bit noun [C] (AMOUNT)
a small piece or amount of something:
fierce
adjective
physically violent and frightening:
strong and powerful:
showing strong feeling or energetic activity
rudder
noun [ C ]
a flat piece of wood or metal at the back of a boat or aircraft, moved from side to side in order to control the direction of travel
boasts
boast verb (SPEAK PROUDLY)
to speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own:
boast verb (HAVE)
to have or own something to be proud of:
noun [ C ]
something you are proud of and like to tell people about:
defiles
verb [ T ] formal
to spoil something or someone so that that thing or person is less beautiful or pure:
noun [ C ]
a very narrow valley between two mountains
tamed
tame adjective (NOT WILD)
(especially of animals) not wild or dangerous, either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans:
tame adjective (NOT EXCITING)
not interesting or exciting:
verb [ T ]
to make a wild animal tame
to control something dangerous or powerful:
unruly
adjective
difficult to control or manage:
curse
curse verb (ANGER)
to use a word or an expression that is not polite, usually when you are very angry:
curse verb (PERFORM MAGIC)
to say magic words that are intended to bring bad luck to someone:
curse noun (TROUBLE)
a cause of trouble and unhappiness:
forth
adverb
(from a place) out or away, or (from a point in time) forward:
fig
noun [ C ]
a sweet, soft, purple or green fruit with many seeds, or a tree from the ficus family on which these grow
bear
bear verb (ACCEPT, TAKE)
to accept, tolerate, or endure something, especially something unpleasant:
to be responsible for something:
bear verb (KEEP, HAVE)
bear verb (SUPPORT)
bear verb (PRODUCE)
bear verb (BRING)
bear verb (CHANGE DIRECTION)
to change direction slightly so that you are going in a particular direction:
grapevine
noun [ C ]
a type of climbing plant on which grapes grow
grape
noun
a small, round, purple or pale green fruit that you can eat or make into wine:
spring
spring noun (SEASON)
spring noun (CURVED METAL)
a piece of curved or bent metal that can be pressed into a smaller space but then returns to its usual shape:
spring noun (WATER)
spring verb [I usually + adv/prep] (MOVE QUICKLY)
to move quickly and suddenly towards a particular place:
spring verb [I usually + adv/prep] (APPEAR SUDDENLY)
adjective US
(of furniture) using springs (= curved pieces of metal) to give support
meekness
noun [ U ]
the quality of being quiet, gentle, and unwilling to argue or express your opinions:
bitter
bitter adjective (ANGRY)
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in the past:
A bitter experience causes deep pain or anger:
expressing a lot of hate and anger:
bitter adjective (TASTE)
with an unpleasantly sharp taste:
bitter adjective (COLD)
Bitter weather is extremely cold, especially in a way that causes physical pain:
envy
verb [ T ]
to wish that you had something that another person has:
boast
boast verb (SPEAK PROUDLY)
sown
past participle of sow
sow verb (PLANT)
to put seeds in or on the ground so that plants will grow:
sow verb (CAUSE)
to cause a bad emotion or condition to begin somewhere so that it will grow or continue:
turn
turn verb (GO ROUND)
to (cause to) move in a circle around a fixed point or line:
turn verb (CHANGE DIRECTION)
to (cause to) change the direction in which you are facing or moving:
turn verb (CHANGE POSITION)
to move, or to move an object or page, so that a different side or surface is on the top:
turn verb (BECOME)
to (cause to) become, change into, or come to be something:
turn verb (SWITCH)
to use a control to switch a piece of equipment or a power or water supply on or off, or to increase or reduce what it is producing:
yield
yield verb (PRODUCE)
to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information:
yield verb (GIVE UP)
to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to:
yield verb (BEND/BREAK)
to bend or break under pressure:
yield verb (STOP)
to stop in order to allow other vehicles to go past, especially before you drive onto a bigger road:
noun [ C usually plural ]
an amount of something positive, such as food or profit, that is produced or supplied:
lust
covet
verb [ T ] formal
to want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else:
