50 Vocabulary Cards

CARD 1

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APALL

Definiton: To fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear.

Example: He was appall by the strange sounds in his home.

CARD 2

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APRON

Definiton: Something, such as a protective shield for a machine, that resembles this garment in appearance or

function.

Example: Most of all the chefs wears an apron to protect their clothes while cooking.

CARD 3

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ACUPUNTURE

Definiton: A system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles, used to

alleviate pain and to treat various physical, mental, and emotional conditions.

Example: Use acunpunture to cure any disease is healthier than take somemedicines

CARD 4

A

APPRENTICE

Definiton: One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.

Example: By 2015 the apprentice will have learn everything about plumber proffesion.

CARD 5

B

BIZZARE

Definiton: Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance

Example: Art created with parts of animals is consider bizzare.

CARD 6

B

BULGED

Definiton: Swell or protrude to an unnatural or incongruous extent

Example: You must visit the doctor! Your head has a big bulge

CARD 7

C

CRAMP

Definiton: A sudden, involuntary, spasmodic muscular contraction causing severe pain, often occurring in the leg or

shoulder as the result of strain or chill.

Example: He needn’t have touched his leg while he had a muscle cramp

CARD 8

C

CIRRUS

Definiton: A high-altitude cloud composed of narrow bands or patches of thin, generally white, fleecy parts.

Example: There are cirrus in the sky, probably is going to rain

CARD 9

CCRACK

Definiton: A line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking into separate parts.

Example: Cracks on the road must be fix to avoid car accidents.

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DDOORWAY

Definiton: The entranceway to a room, building, or passage.

Example: The front doorway is bigger than the room doorway.

CARD 11

DDEFER

Definiton: To put off; postpone.

Example: I have’t decide when to dye my hair so I defer my decision until nezt month.

CARD 12

DDAGGER

Definiton: A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon

Example: Many decades ago people used daggers to kill what they hunt.

CARD 13

DDISARM

Definiton: Take a weapon or weapons away from

Example: Robbers had been disarmed and take to the jail.

CARD 14

FFLUTTER

Definiton: To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner

Example: Birds keep fluttering their wings to fly.

CARD 15

FFELLOW

Definiton: A person in the same position, involved in the same activity, or otherwise associated with another.

Example: They have been fellows since childhood.

CARD 16

FFOND

Definiton: Having a strong liking, inclination, or affection

Example: Fond men likes to attent to every soccer game just to watch their favortite players playing

CARD 17

FFLAP

Definiton: A projecting or hanging piece usually intended to double over and protect or cove

Example: The wing of the plane has a flap where the engines are.

CARD 18

FFLEEING

Definiton: To run away, as from trouble or danger

Example: People in Chile had been fleeing from the fire of the forest.

CARD 19

GGRIP

Definiton: A tight hold; a firm grasp

Example: Mary watch Titanic and she was gripped by a feeling of sadness.

CARD 20

GGRAZE

Definiton: To feed on growing grasses and herbage.

Example: Cows should graze from the grass at least ten times a day to keep healthy.

CARD 21

GGEYSER

Definiton: A natural hot spring that intermittently ejects a column of water and steam into the air.

Example: Yellowstone is famous by its big geyser

CARD 22

G

GEAR

Definiton: One of a set of toothed wheels that work together to alter the relation between the speed of a

driving mechanism

Example: Gears of a vehicle helps it to move fast and properly

CARD 23

GGUTTER

Definiton: A channel at the edge of a street or road for carrying off surface water.

Example: Every street must have gutter to carry the rainwater to avoid floods

CARD 24

HHICCUP

Definiton: A spasm of the diaphragm resulting in a rapid, involuntary inhalation that is stopped by the sudden

closure of the glottis and accompanied by a sharp, distinctive sound.

Example: To get rid of hiccup a good advice is to drink a glass of water while holding breath

CARD 25

HHEM

Definiton: An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made

by folding an edge under and stitching it down.

Example: The hem of my purse need to be iron.

CARD 26

HHULL

Definiton: A city of southwest Quebec, Canada, opposite Ottawa, Ontario. It has a hydroelectric station and

pulp, paper, and lumber mills. Population: 74,200.

Example: Hull is well-know city because it has a big hydroelectric station.

CARD 27

MMEDDLING

Definiton:To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere.

Example: Some partners like to meddling son’s life to know what they doing.

CARD 28

MMILD

Definiton: Gentle or kind in disposition, manners, or behavior.

Example: Joseph has mild manners in table while he’s eating more than his sister.

CARD 29

OOUTLET

Definiton:A store that sells the goods of a particular manufacturer or wholesaler.

Example: Outles mainly offer products that already out of season or not in.

CARD 30

OODDBALL

Definiton: A person regarded as eccentric.

Example: Lisa’s oddball behaviour make people feel uncomfortable around her. She is egocentric

CARD 31

PPEBBLES

Definiton: A small stone, especially one worn smooth by erosion

Example: Near the river you must find many pebbles of different types of colors and shape.

CARD 32

PPLEA

Definiton:An earnest request; an appeal:

Example: Students have not the obligation to speak out in a plea to ask for better education.

CARD 33

PPIN DOWN

Definiton: To force (someone) to make a decision or carry out a promise

Example: I finally pin my father down and got him agree to let me piercing my nose.

CARD 34

PPADDLE

Definiton: A usually wooden implement having a blade at one end or sometimes at both ends, used without an

oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.

Example: In rafting people need to think about moving their left or right hands to move the paddles.

CARD 35

SPLOUGHED

Definiton:A farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team

or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing.

Example: In agriculture the earth must be ploughed to make it fertile.

CARD 36

RRUB

Definiton:To apply pressure and friction to (a surface).

Example: To moustrize skin a good tip is to rub some coconut oil on skin rather than lotion.

CARD 37

SSWEEP

Definiton:To clean or clear, as of dirt, with or as if with a broom or brush

Example: Rooms in home need to be sweep each week to avoid bacteria.

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SSTARRED

Definiton:Outstanding or famous, especially in performing something

Example: Leonardo di Caprio starred the movie Titanic which was one of the most famous films ever.

CARD 39

SSILK

Definiton: A fine lustrous fiber composed mainly of fibroin and produced by certain insect larvae to form

cocoons, especially the strong, elastic, fibrous secretion of silkworms used to make thread and fabric.

Example: Silk for many years have been used to create dresses which expensive and exclusive.

CARD 40

SSLATING

Definiton:To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope

Example: The moon was slating towards the sun and this position caused an eclipse called Blood Moons.

CARD 41

SSTRIPES

Definiton:A long narrow band distinguished, as by color or texture, from the surrounding material or surface

Example: In fashion a person with a plus size cannot wear stripes , because it makes things bigger than

normal.

CARD 42

SSCRUFFY

Definiton:Dirty, untended and untidy looking.

Example: Joe has a job interview and he looks scruffy with messy hair and informal clothes

CARD 43

SSTAB

Definiton:To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.

Example:.The killer stab several times a knife in the back of the victim.

CARD 44

SSHOOED

Definiton:Used to frighten away animals or birds.

Example: When a dog wants to attack you should shooed the animal to back out.

CARD 45

TTHATCH

Definiton:Plant stalks or foliage, such as reeds or palm fronds, used for roofing.

Example: In the past houses’ roof were made with thatch.

CARD 46

TTAINTED

Definiton:To affect with or as if with a disease.

Example: Diarrea is mostly cause by tainted meat or dairy products not well cooked.

CARD 47

TTREMOR

Definiton:A shaking or vibrating movement, as of the earth.

Example: Some causes of a tremor is when the weather changes sun to rain and it makes the earth shakes.

CARD 48

TTRIMMING

Definiton:To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning:

Example: In his job is not allowed to have moustache so he always trim it.

CARD 49

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TIMBER

Definiton:Trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood.

Example: Enviromentalist are in favor of not using timber to create furniture, insted metal can be used.

CARD 50

WWEEP

Definiton:To shed (tears) as an expression of emotion

Example: Weeping helps to liberate some hormes that cause tension and ill in the body.

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