Vocabulary 1

Question 1

Meant (mint)

Answer 1

1. Meant is the past tense and past participle of mean.
2. ADJETIVE
   You use meant to to say that something or someone was intended to be or do a particular thing, especially when they have failed to be or do it.
   I can’t say any more, it’s meant to be a big secret.
   The decor was meant to keep the mind concentrated on the making of money.
   I’m meant to be on holiday.

Question 2

SYNC UP (sincup)

Answer 2

Noun:
1. To function or operate at the exact same time and rate as something else. (“Sync,” or less commonly “synch,” is short for “synchronize.”)
I’m trying to get these lights to sync up so that they don’t alternate when they blink.
The audio and visuals of this video don’t sync up quite right.

Question 3

NUTS (nats)

Answer 3

1. offensive
   mentally disordered, crazy
   Alf, you’re nuts!

Question 4

PUMICE STONE (pomiz estone)

Answer 4

Noun:
a piece of porous volcanic rock or a similar substance used as an abrasive, especially for removing hard or callused skin.
noun: pumice stone

Question 5

PAGEANT (payent)

Answer 5

Noun: contest

a competition for young women in which they are judged on their beauty and other qualities:

Question 6

STUNNING (stoning)

Answer 6

1. ADJECTIVE
   A stunning person or thing is extremely beautiful or impressive.
   A stunning display of fireworks lit up the sky.
   Sinónimos: wonderful, beautiful, impressive

Question 7

ROADKILL (roodkild)

Answer 7

Noun:
animals that are killed on roads by cars or other vehicles:
Many county residents have probably never spotted a fox, except maybe as roadkill.
On average, two crocodiles a year end up as road kill on Florida’s Highway 1.

Question 8

PANT

Answer 8

VERB; to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth, usually because you have been doing something very energetic.

Question 9

FLATTER (flader)

Answer 9

VERB; to praise someone in order to make them feel attractive or important, sometimes in a way that is not sincere.

Question 10

SHUFFLE (chauffl)

Answer 10

VERB; to walk by pulling your feet slowly along the ground rather than lifting them:
I love shuffling through the fallen leaves.
He shuffled into the kitchen, leaning on his walking stick.
Don’t shuffle your feet like that! Walk normally.

Question 11

CUE (kiu)

Answer 11

noun [C] (SIGNAL)

a word or action in a play or film that is used as a signal by a performer to begin saying or doing something

a signal for someone to do something:
[ + to infinitive ] They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party.

Question 12

HICCUP (jicap)

Answer 12

Noun; a loud noise that you make in the throat without wanting to, caused by a sudden tightening of a muscle just below the chest and usually happening repeatedly

Question 13

DREAD (dred)

Answer 13

VERB; o feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen:
He’s dreading the exam - he’s sure he’s going to fail.
[ + -ing verb ] I’m dreading having to meet his parents.

Question 14

CHEER UP (phrasal verb) (Chir up)

Answer 14

Verb: to become happier
Cheer up, I’ll be back
an ice-cream cone to cheer her up

Question 15

GLIMPSE (glimps)

Answer 15

VERB: to see something or someone for a very short time or only partly
We glimpsed the ruined abbey from the windows of the train