b Flashcards
pastor
N/V: a minister in charge of a Christian church or congregation.
elated-elation
ecstatically happy.
“after the concert, I felt elated”
converge
V: intersect, meet, unite; (of lines) tend to meet at a point.
“a pair of lines of longitude are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles”
committee
N: a group of people appointed for a specific function, typically consisting of members of a larger group.
“the housing committee”
recreation
N: amusement, pleasure, 娱乐;an activity done for enjoyment when one’s not working
2. the action or process of creating sth again
recreation center
the periodic destruction and recreation of the universe
shun
V: persistently avoid, evade, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.
“he shunned publicity”
eccentric
A: (of a person or their behavior) unconventional and slightly strange.
“my favorite aunt is very eccentric”
N: an eccentric person
lapse
N: failure, ommision; a temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgment.
“a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match”
invert
V: turn upside down, inverse
invert the mousse onto a serving plate
transmute
V: modify; change in form, nature, or substance.
“the raw material of his experience was transmuted into stories”
convulsion
N: fit, seizure; a sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body
misconstrue
V: interpret (something, especially a person’s words or actions) wrongly; misunderstand
“my advice was deliberately misconstrued”
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