Jasmine Flashcards
Acquire (v)
To get something
Intimidate (v)
To frighten or threaten someone
Apprehensive (a)
Nervous, a bit scared
Reinstate (v)
To be brought back in
Redeem (v)
To pay back the price
Impose (v)
To make someone do something
Role (n)
A part, or a function/job
Discard (v)
To take off or throw away
Postpone (v)
To delay, to put off until later
Suspend (v)
To stop temporarily, not for ever
Moult (v)
To shed hair, skin
Commiserate (v)
To recognise someone’s sadness and try to cheer them up, to comfort
Venerate (v)
To hold someone in very high respect
Chastise (v)
To tell someone off
Commend (v)
To say that someone has done really well
Inconsequential (a)
Not very important
Paramount (a)
Very important
Onerous, taxing (a)
Hard going, difficult
Scrutinise (v)
To look over something really carefully
Haughty (a)
Stuck up and posh
Inventive (a)
Thinking of a new way to do something
Preoccupied (a)
Worried or distracted
Frail, puny (a)
Weak, no muscles, fragile
Gleeful (a)
Happy, joyful
Overbearing (a)
Bossy
Reckless (a)
Careless, doing something stupidly dangerous
Aloof (a)
Rude and cold
Courteous (a)
Super-polite
Eternal (a)
Forever
Rigorously (adv)
Harshly, with energy
Deceased (a)
Dead
Deemed (v)
Judged, decided to be…
Crude (a)
Not skilful
Arduous (a)
Hard going and difficult
Cargo (n)
Goods, things that are carried
Aspire (v)
Hope to be, intend to be..
Inkling (n)
A vague idea
Enchanting (a)
Amazing, as if a spell has been cast
Cobbled (a)
Streets with round stones instead of concrete, bumpy