abhor	to hate, to abominate	v
assumtion	supposition, presupposition	n
act upon	proceed in accordance with what something / somebody says	v
array	splendid attire, clothes	n
accomplished	skilled, expert	adj
allow for	to take something into consideration	v
altercation	confrontation, vehement quarrel	n
alleviate	make pain more bearable (tolerant)	v
answer for	to be held responsible for something	v
acronym	a word formed from the first letter of a group of words	n
acquit	to free / clear somebody from a legal charge, declare innocent	v
aloaf	dis..tant in interest of feeling; reserved	adj
allowance	amount of money given regular for a special reason	n
astray	of the right way into error/ away from the right way	adj
appall	to dismay, to overcome with horror	v
adroit	displaying physical or mental skill / ability
ache	a dull pain	n
adjacent	adjoining, juxtaposed, next	n
adorn	to decorate	v
amend	to rectify something, to make something greater, more intense), better	v
ammunition	projectiles, explosives	n
advocate	to defend by argument, to plead in favor of	v
ascribe	to credit or attribute to a cause or source	v
alibi	somebody/ something proving so wasn't in the area when a crime occured	n
apparel	clothing, outwear, garments	n
aspiration	a strong desire to have or do something	n
auction	public meeting to sell land, buldings, etc, to people who offer the most money for them	n
assemble	to put all parts of something together	v
assailant	somebody who attacks others violenty; phisically or verbally	n
apprenticeship	period of time in which you are an apprentice	n
articulate	expressing oneself clearly and effectively	v
as for	with regard to, with respect to, concerning	adv
amateur	one who engages an art, science or sport for enjoyment	n, adj
austere	stern, severe, strict, unadorned, grim	adj
abruptly	suddenly, in a sudden manner, not prepared	n
abyss	a deep or infinite chasm or gorge	n
acquaint	de acquainted with somebody . to know somebody you've met before	v
attire	dress, clothes	n
astonish	to amaze somebody to a great degree	v
ascent	to climb, the act of mounting upward	v
avail	to be use, advantage, profit, help	v
back out	to fail to keep a promise or one's word
back up	to move backwards, to give support	v
avert	to prevent something unpleasant from happening	v
ball up	to confuse	v
aware	to realize something exists	v
back down	to retreat from a position	v
awry	wrong, askew	adj
ballad	a slow romantic song	n
ban	to forbid something from being used or done	v
bandit	an outlaw, a brigand, a robber, a highwayman	n
banish	to exile, to expel from a country	v
bargain	to buy something cheaply or for less than its usual price	v
barge	a large,flat bottomed freight boat used on island waters	n
barge in	to enter without invitation or permission	v
bark	speak sharply, sound made by dogs	v
barren	sterile	adj
bawl out	to reprimand, to scold	v
be about to	to be at the moment of doing something	v
be better of	to be in a more favorable condition or situation
be bound to	to certain, to be sure to	v
be cut of for	to have the necessary skills or talent for something	v
be in charge of	to manage, to have the responsibility for something	v
be in for	to be about to encounter something unpleasant / find somebody by change	v
be out to	to be at the moment of doing something	v
be up to	to be busy with something mischievous	v
bear	keep in mind a fact / piece of information that could be useful	v
bear down	to put pressure on, to be severe with	v
bear in mind	remember, keep in one's memory	v
bear on	to related to, to have something to do with	v
bear out	to confirm	v
bear up	to resist, to endure	v
beat up	to attack or assault bodily	v
beguile	to delight	v
bend over	bow	v
bequeath	to leave by will, to hand something down by will	v
bewilder	to confuse or puzzle somebody completely	v
bid for	an offer to pay a price for something (at an auction)	v
birch	a tree with smooth bark ( outer covering) and thin branches	n
bleach	to make something white or lighter in color	v
blunder	to make a stupid mistake	v
blunt	not sharp, dull	adj
bold	daring, courageous, liking risks	adj
boo	to express dissatisfaction at a speaker or performer	v
book	to arrange with a hotel / restaurant to go there in the future	v
bough	a large branch	n
bounce	to hit a hard surface	v
bound	a place is out of bounds when you aren't allowed to go	n
braids	three or more interwoven strands	n
brass	a hard yellow metal	n
brazen	shameless	adj
breach	the act of breaking, a rupture	n
breakthrough	discovery, achievement	n
bring about	to cause to happen	v
bring out	reveal	v
bring up	to raise from childhood, to mention a topic	v
brink	an edge at the top of a steep place	n
bruise	a purple mark on your skin because you've fallen, been hit	n
brush up on	to review something to refresh one's memory	v
bouyant	being able to float	v
burst out	to act suddenly	v
bush	wild country not been cleared	n
by and by	in a short time, soon	and
call it a day	to stop working for the rest of the day	v
call off	to cancel	v
carcass	the dead body of an animal	n
carry out	to accomplish, to put something into practice	v
casing	an outer layer of metal, rubber covering, protecting something	n
catch up with	reach the same stage as somebody	v
catchy	easy to remember, that attracts interest	adj
cater for somebody / something	to provide a group of people with what they need	v
cavity	empty space, hole	n
charge for	to ask an amount as a price	v
chat	an informal talk, conversation	n
check in	a place where you report your arrival, at an airport or a hotel	n
check up on	investigate someone's background	v
cheer up	to become or make somebody happy	v
cherish	treat with affection, appreciate	v
chide	to reprimand, to reproach	v
chilly	cold enough to make you feel uncomfortable	adj
choke	to prevent somebody from breathing because of a clocked throat, or because there is not enough air
cider	juice pressed from fruit	n
clip	to cut small amounts of something in order to make it tidier	v
cloak	to deliberately hide facts so people don't see or understand
clothe	to put clothes on your body	v
clumsy	poorly coordinate physically	adj
chore	a boring job you have to do regularly, housework	n
chuckle	to laugh softly in a low tone	v
cluster	group, bunch // collect, gather together	n,v
come up with	find or produce an answer	v
commend	to commit to one's care, recommend, praise	v
commotion	great noise or excitement	n
competence	capable, qualified	n
compile	to collect and reorganize material from different sources	v
collapse	disintegrate, break down	v
come around to	change your opinion so you agree with somebody	v
complicated	to become intricate, difficult or involved	v
conceivable	doable, possibe, practicable, workable	adj
concrete	cement, sand, small stones and water	n
console	to comfort	v
conspicuous	attracting, attention, outstanding	adj
consume	eat or drink, ingest	v
comply with	act in accordance with a command, rule, to obey	v
conceal	to hide	v
contingent	relative, conditional	adj
creep into / over / around	move quietly; avoid attacking attention	n
crave for	to desire something greatly ( pregnant women have cravings)	v
crew	all the people working on a ship, plane, etc	n
counterfeit	make to look exactly like something else, fake	adj
crimson	a deep vivid red	adj
cripple	partially disabled or unable to use limb(s)	adj
crisp	refreshing	n
crumble	to break into small fragments, to disintegrate	v
cryptic	mysterious, ambiguous	adj
customary	something normal because it is the way it is usually done	adj
custumize	to change something to make it more suitable/ special for you	v
cut and dried	predictable, boring	adj
cut down on	reduce in size and amount	v
dangle	hang, swing loosely	v
decoy	person / things used to trick somebody into danger	n
decree	edict, proclamation	n
defective	illogical, inaccurate, having a defect	adj
defer	postpone, put off	v
defy	repudiate, recoil from	v
delusion	false conviction	n
demeanor	conduct, manner, way one behaves	n
demur	raise objections, protest	v
den	a room in somebody's house where they can relax	n
density	number of things / people in a place in relation to its area	n
deny	contradict, negate, opposite to affirm	v
deprive	to take something away, to deny someone something	v
desolate	deserted, abandoned, lonely	adj
despite	in spite of, regardless of	adv
detach	to bring under control	v
detain	to hold in or as in custody	v
detour	an unusual way of doing from one place to another	n
devour	to eat up greedily, ravenously	v
dim	hazy, obscure, blurry	adj
dip	a quick bathe	n
disabled	someone who cannot use a part of their body properly	n
disarrange	to make something untidy	v
disarray	confusion, chaos	n
discard	to throw away, to get rid of something unwanted	v
disclose	expose to view, reveal, make known	v
disfigure	to spoil the appearance of something	v
dismiss	to direct or allow to leave, to discharge from service	v
dispatch	relegate to a destination, send on specific business	v
disperse	to scatter	v
disposal / dispose of	the act of getting rid of something hard to get rid of	n
distinguish	to be aware of a difference between two or more people, to perceive as being different or distinct	v
divert	turn from a particular course or route	v
divulge	reveal	v
dodge	to move aside suddenly, to avoid or evade by doing	v
downgrade	lower the status or salary of someone	v
download	discharge, unload, unpack	v
downplay	minimize significance, depreciate, diminish	v
downsize	reduce size	v
drag	to put something along the ground because it's too heave to carry	v
drain	to make liquid flow away from something	v
dread	to be very afraid	v
drench	filled or covered with water or other liquids	adj
dress up	to wear formal clothes	v
drip	to produce small drops of liquid	v
drought	period of dry weather when there is no rain	n
drown	to die or kill a person or animal by immersion in water	v
drowsy	sleepy	adj
dumb	mute, speechless	adj
dwell	to reside, to live as a resident	v
dwindle	grow short, become gradually smaller, shorter	v
eccentric	strange, out of the ordinary, capricious	adj
eligible	qualified to be chosen	adj
embers	remains of a fire, ashes of pieces of coal	n
enchant	to please, to delight, bewitch	v
end up with	finish doing something, having something	v
endow	to provide with a source of income	v
enhance	to change for better, improve	v
enlist	enroll for a service, register	v
enmity	hostility, hatred	n
escort	to go with someone to protect or guars them	v
estate	large area of land in the country, one large house / one owner	n
eventually	in the end	adv
evict	expel / put out a tenant by legal process	v
evolve	to develop gradually, by evolution	v
excel	surpasss, outdo, be very good at something	v
excerpt	a short piece taken from a book, piece of music, etc	n
extract	to draw out, pull out, withdraw, select	v
extraneous	irrelevant, unnecessary	adj
face up to	to accept a deal with an unpleasant fact / problem	v
fade	to gradually disappear	v
fake	counterfeit, imitate convincingly	v
falsehoods	fraud, lies	n
famine	an acute and general scarcity of food	n
feat	remarkable achievement involving courage/ skill / strength	n
features	parts of something that distinguish it	n
fee	amount of money you pay to a professional for their work	n
feeble	weak, lacking physical or mental strength or health	adj
feel like	to have the desire to do / eat something	v
fickle	inconstant, not firm in disposition or character	adj
first rate	superb	adj
flatter	to be pleased because someone shows you admiration	v
flaw	crack, fault	n
flee	(pt , pp: ,fied) run away from danger	v
flicker	to burn or shine in a weak unsteady way	v
fling	to turn something over from one side to the other	v
flip	to turn something over from one side to other	v
flirt (with somebody)	to behave towards somebody as if one finds them physically attractive, but without any serious intention of having a relationship	v
flounder	to preceed clumsy	v
flow	to move in a stream	v
fold	to bend paper or cloth so one part covers the other	v
footnote	note at the bottom of the page in a book	n
footpath	a narrow path of people to walk along, trail	n
footstep	the sound made when someone walks a single step	n
for good	terminated permanently	adj
forage	food for animals	n
foreman	spokesperson of a jury / a workman in charge	n
former	happening or existing before, but not now	adj
fragrance	sweet, agreeable smell	n
freckle	a harmless small brownish patch on somebody's skin	n
frolic	to play with pranks	v
frosty	extremely cold	adj
futile	useless, vain	adj
gale	strong wind	n
gaping	deep and wide open	n
gauze	dressing made of loosely woven cotton	n
gaze (at)	to look steadily at somebody or something, in surprise or admiration	v
genial	cheerful and friendly	adj
get across	to cause to understand	v
get ahead in	to make progress, to succeed	v
get along	to have a friendly relationship with	v
get around	to avoid to eliminate	v
get away	to escape	v
get away with	to do something wrong being punished/ to escape punishment or detention	v
get by	to manage	v
get cold feet	to be afraid of doing something	v
get down to	to become serious about	v
get even with	to take revenge	v
get in	to enter or board a car	v
get off	to descend from train, a plane, a bus /to send, to mail / to escape injury in an accident / to leave work with permission/ to nearly escape usual punishment	v
get on	to board a bus, a train / to grow old, to age / to mount / to get dressed	v
get on one's nerves	to irritate, to exasperate	v
get on with	to resume what you were doing, continue	v
get out of	free oneself from obligation, avoid doing something	v
get over	get across, recover from an unpleasant experience	v
get over	to overcome something, to recover from	v
get through	to make one's way in a crowd	v
gills	respiratory organ of most aquatic animals	n
gist	the essential point of meaning of something	n
give away	revel a secret, to betray so / to give a present	v
give back	to return	v
give by	to employ, to make use of	v
give into	to surrender, to cede	v
give of	to emit	v
give out	to broadcast, to divulge, to become exhausted	v
give up	to renounce, to abandon, to fail to finish	v
glance at	a quick look	n
glaring	bright, evident	adj
glide	to move smoothly/ quietly as if no effort was being made	v
glimpse	an incomplete short sight of someone /something	n
gloomy	sad	adj
go back on	to fail to keep a promise	v
go in for	to take part in/ be interested in , participate in , engage in	v
go off	to explode, to leave, to terminate	v
go on	to continue	v
go over	to repeat, to examine, to be successful	v
go through	to suffer, experiment hardship	v
go through with	to complete, to finish, to continue	v
go upon	to use a basis	v
goblet	a drink vessel	n
gorge	canyon, gap, valley	n
gossip	rumor, report of an intimate nature	n
gourmet	producing of connected with good food and drink	n
grab	to take something roughly and quickly	v
grant somebody / something	give someone something to have asked for. permission	v
groan	to make a long deep sound because you are in pain, upset	v
grope	to search blindly, uncertainty	v
gulp	to swallow something quickly	v
hack	to cut something into pieces roughly or violently	v
hand in	to submit, to deliver something due	v
hand out	to distribute	v
handy	convenient, useful	adj
hang around	to remain idly	v
hang back	to hesitate	v
hang onto	to cling to, to remain attached	v
hang together	to associate, to join	v
hang up	to replace a telephone receiver on its hook	v
haughty	proud and scornful, showing disdain	adj
haul	to pull, to drag	v
have a go	to have an occasion to try to do something	v
have an ear for	an ability to recognize / appreciate sounds	v
hazard	something that offers danger	n
hazy	obscure, not clear	n
head off	to intercept	v
headline	title of a newspaper report, printed in large letters	n
heal	a wound / broken bone that grows back together or healthily	n
hear from	to learn about	v
hijack	to use violence or threats to take control of a plane	v
hinge	a join device	n
hit on / upon	to come upon something by chance	v
hoax	cheat, trick people into believing something	n
hoist	to raise, lift, or pull up something using ropes	v
hold a grudge	to feel rancor at to	v
hold off	to postpone, to abstain	v
hold out	to resist, to persist	v
hold out for	to continue a dispute or struggle for	v
hold up	to delay, to last, to rob, to survive	v
homey	pleasant, like home	adj
host	to provide the place / what is needed for an organized event	v
hover	to remain floating, fluttering suspended in the air	v
humane	marked by compassion, sympathy, consideration	adj
hurl	to throw with violence, to drive with great force	v
husks	thin outer covering of a seed or fruit	n
husky	strongly built, having or characterized by a rough voice	adj
identical	the same , with no difference	adj
idle	lazy, not busy	adj
ill at ease	uncomfortable, worried in a situation	adj
illegible	unreadable, not decipherable, incomprehensible	adj
imminent	about to occur, impending	adj
in the long run	eventually	adv
inaudible	soundless	adj
indelible	impossible to remove / erase / wash	adj
indigenous	native, aboriginal	adj
indignant	shocked or angry	adj
ineligible	disqualified by law to be elected	adj
infantry	foot soldiers collectively	n
inflate	to fill something with air	v
influx	coming in	n
inmate	resident of prision	n
inmate	resident of prision	n
input	information, contribution	n
inquest	investigation	n
interpret	to explain the meaning of, to make understandable	v
jeopardy	danger of being lost at risk, jeopardize	n
join in with	participate in	v
jostle	to push and shove	v
juggle	to keep three or more objects moving through the air	v
jurisdiction	power / right/ authority to interpret, aply the law	n
keep out of	avoid, stay outside of something	v
keep up with	advance at the same pace as others	v
kin	an individual's relatives	n
knock something off	to be asked to stop doing something = cut it off	v
lack	not having, missing something	v
lag (ged)	to go too slowly	v
lament	to express sorrow for, to mourn loud	v
lapse	a period of time, interval, temporary	n
latch	lock	adj
lay (laid-laid)	to put something/ somebody in a certain position	v
lecture	a talking giving information about a subject to an audience or class	n
leotard	tight-fitting piece of clothing/ for exercise/ dance	n
let off the hook	to liberate, to let go free	v
lie (lay-lain)	to put oneself in flat, resting position	v
lie (lied)	to say something we know is not true	v
limb	arm or leg, a large branch of a tree	n
limp	to walk slowly and with difficulty because one leg is hurt	v
live up to	achieve what is expected of oneself	v
lofty	very high or tall	adj
log	to make an official record of events, facts	v
lonesome	unhappy, not having friends, place away from others	adj
look back on	think about the past	v
look down on	feel superior to	n
look forward to	anticipate with pleasure	v

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