English Flashcards
(9 cards)
Curruption
(Noun)
Curroption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power
Shanty
(Noun)
A shanty is a small rough hut which poor people live in,built from tin,cardboard,or other materials that are nit very strong
Stifiling
(Adj)
Stifiling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable you can alse use stifiling to describe a place that is exetremely hot.
Squatter
(Noun)
A squatter is someone who lives in an unused building without having legal right to do so and without paying any rent or any property tax
Syphon
(Verb)
If you use syphon money or resources from something, you cause them to be used for a purposemfor which they were not intented
Prosecution
(Noun)
The lawyers who try to probve a person on trial is guilty are called prosecution
Poise
(Adj)
If someone jas poise, they are calm,dignified,and self- controlled
Destitute
(Adj)
Someone who aphas destitiute has no money or possesions
Marginalised
(Verb)
To marginalise a group of people meants to take them feel isolated and unimportant