Vocabulary

Sep.15, 2019

anticipation

A feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen in the future

” I have an anticipation that I am going to win first prize.”

 

paranoid

Feeling nervous and worried because you believe that other people do not like you

 

hesitated

to pause before you do or say something, often because you are uncertain or nervous about it

 

tourist

someone who visits a place for pleasure and interest, usually while on holiday.

 

insufferable

very annoying, unpleasant, or uncomfortable

 

Sep. 8, 2019

cluster

It means a group of a number of similar things

“There is a cluster of rose.”

 

amphitheater

It’s an oval large stadium with tiers of seats.

I went to the amphitheater over the weekend to watch a play

 

pavilion

A large tent

There is a pavilion over there on the grass.

 

nectar

fruit juice especially when undiluted

I put nectar in the bottle of water I’m about to drink

 

pulverize

make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

 

Sep. 1, 2019

 

scrawny

It means skinny

I am scrawny after 3 days without eating anything

 

kleptomaniac

someone who have a very strong wish to steal stuff

He is kleptomaniac every time when he saw something he wanted

 

philosophical

related to the study or writing about nature

Every time I meet him he always give me some deep philosophical

 

sarcasm

say things that means the opposite of what it should mean

“Gabe’s eyes narrowed. His tiny brain was probably trying to detect sarcasm in my statement.”

Excerpt From: Rick Riordan. “Lightning Thief, The (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1).” Apple Books.

 

torture

the act of causing great physical or mental pain in order to persuade someone to do something

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