English Vocabulary
difficult words, random words
difficult words, random words
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| Langue | English |
| Catégorie | Anglais |
| Niveau | Collège |
| Crée / Actualisé | 01.03.2021 / 22.03.2021 |
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retrieve (v.)
- get or bring (something) back from somewhere.
"I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden" - find or extract (information stored in a computer).
"other features include the ability to store, update, retrieve, and print your data" - put right or improve (an unwelcome situation).
"he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation"
pursing (v.)
(with reference to the lips) pucker or contract, typically to express disapproval or irritation.
"Marianne took a glance at her reflection and pursed her lips disgustedly"
perish (v.)
die, be killed, pass away, going down
obliterate (v.)
- to remove all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen:
"The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated."
"All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog." - to make an idea or feeling disappear completely:
Maybe she gets drunk to obliterate painful memories.
covet (v.)
yearn-, want-, desire-, crave-, lust after to possess (something, especially something belonging to another).
"I covet one of their smart bags"
beam (n.)
a line of light that shines from a bright object:
"We could just pick out the trail in the weak beam of the flashlight."
"The rabbit stopped, mesmerized by the beam of the car's headlights."
chasm (n.)
- a very deep, narrow opening in rock, ice, or the ground:
"They leaned over the rails and peered down into the dizzying chasm below." - a very large difference between two opinions or groups of people:
"There is still a vast economic chasm between developed and developing countries."
vast (adj.)
- far, wide broad
- huge. enourmous, giant
- formidable, tremendous, immense, massive
fissure (n.)
gap, split, crack, crevice, opening
extinct (adj.)
- (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.
- no longer in existence.
"an extinct language" - (of a title of nobility) having no valid claimant.
- (of a volcano) not having erupted in recorded history.
- no longer alight.
"his now extinct pipe"
ominous (adj.)
suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen:
"There was an ominous silence when I asked whether my contract was going to be renewed."
"The engine had been making an ominous sound all the way from my parents' house."
"Ominous dark clouds."
auspicious (adj.)
- favorable, convenient, advantageous, propitious, opportune
- alluring, promising
refugee (n.)
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
"tens of thousands of refugees fled their homes"
jibes (n.)
mocking,ridicule, ridiculing, scoffing, snide remark
successor (n.)
- follower, replacement
- heir apparent, heir to the throne
entity (n.)
something that exists apart from other things, having its own independent existence:
"The museums work closely together, but are separate legal entities."
"He regarded the north of the country as a separate cultural entity."
diligent (adj.)
hard-working, industrious, assiduous, studious
commute (v.)
- travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis.
"he commuted from Corby to Kentish Town" reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to another less severe one.
"the governor commuted the sentence to fifteen years' imprisonment"
volition (n.)
the power of choosing or determining.
"Despite my parents' preference, I have decided to attend an out-of-state college on my own volition."
doting (adj.)
Someone who's doting is loving and fond, and tends to spoil you terribly.
abundant (adj.)
having plenty of
"Rainfall is more abundant in summer."" It is the most abundant bird in the forest."
convoluted (adj.)
- (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow. "the film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens"
intricately (complex, complicated) folded, twisted, or coiled.
"walnuts come in hard and convoluted shells"
meddle (v.)
interfere in something that is not one's concern.
"I don't want him meddling in our affairs"
harvest (n. & v.)
noun
the process or period of gathering in crops.
"farmers work longer hours during the harvest"
verb
gather (a crop) as a harvest.
"after harvesting, most of the crop is stored in large buildings"
esctatic (adj.)
feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.
"ecstatic fans filled the stadium"
reprimand (n. & v.)
noun
a formal expression of disapproval.
"the golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules"
verb
address a reprimand to.
"officials were reprimanded for poor work"
subordinate (n.)
somoene lower in rank or position.
