Vocabulary Flashcards
(76 cards)
To shake when you are cold
Shiver
To shake with fear
Quiver
An extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial
Ordeal (n)
Feeling of admiration
“To be in ____ of sth”
Awe (n)
Synonym of confused
Baffled (adj)
Bewildered (adj)
An incredible achievement and very difficult
No mean feat(n)
To do terrible in sth
To not fare(v) well
An who always wants to do things with you in excess
Clingy (adj)
The babysitter that sleeps in the house with the family
Au pair
To talk down to sb.
To talk to sb in a way that makes you look superior and makes the other feel like a child.
To patronise sb
To go quickly somewhere and only do that
To pop down (to do sth or somewhere)
The time then light first begins to disappear.
Synonym of twilight
(At) dusk
Verb meaning to fix clothes
To sew
Verb meaning to put seeds into the ground during farming
To sow
Intransitive verb (no object)
Rise
Transitive verb (needs object)
Raise
Office/school supplies
Stationery
Adjective meaning “not moving”
Stationary
Being the first mentioned of two, adjective
The former
Being the last mentioned of two, adjective
The latter
Adjective meaning to be clever and funny
Witty (noun: witt)
Being able to express yourself very articulately
Eloquence(n)
Eloquent(adj)
Friendly, teasing conversation
Banter (n,v)
Verb meaning to fade, grow weaker, shrink to zero
Dwindle (dwindling: adj)