chinese 43
Vocabulary Cards: 100
- 1.
- the best of both world
- 2.
- weevil
- 3.
- taboos
- 5.
- twiddle
- 6.
- spay
- 7.
- jitters
- 8.
- I always get the jitters the morning before an exam
- 9.
- The collapse of the company has caused jitters in the financial market.
- 10.
- credulously
- 11.
- snub
- 12.
- I think she felt snubbed because Anthony hadn't bothered to introduce himself.
- 13.
- simply didn't recognize her and apparently she took it as a snub
- 14.
- decorum
- 15.
- As young ladies we were expected to act/behave with proper decorum.
- 16.
- to act as cox
- 17.
- complacent
- 18.
- hummus
- 19.
- nefariously
- 20.
- The director of the company seems to have been involved in some nefarious practices/activities.
- 21.
- tarmac
- 22.
- cheperone
- 23.
- Several parents volunteered to chaperone class bus trips.
- 24.
- sorority
- 25.
- attainment
- 26.
- ...their educational attainments.
- 27.
- whilst
- 28.
- anecdotal
- 29.
- Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales in Europe have slipped.
- 30.
- countless anecdotal reports.
- 31.
- causal
- 32.
- Rawlins stresses that it is impossible to prove a causal link between the drug and the deaths.
- 33.
- pique
- 34.
- Mimi had gotten over her pique at Susan's refusal to accept the job.
- 35.
- This phenomenon piqued Dr Morris' interest...
- 36.
- gerontology
- 37.
- explicit
- 38.
- .explicit references to age in recruitment advertising
- 39.
- The play was the first commercially successful work dealing explicitly with homosexuality...
- 40.
- When the book was published, the energy and explicitness caught the popular imagination.
- 41.
- pertinent
- 42.
- Pertinent information will be forwarded to the appropriate party.
- 44.
- portfolios
- 45.
- Short-term securities can also be held as part of an investment portfolio.
- 46.
- The company has continued to invest heavily in a strong portfolio of products.
- 48.
- Being rich doesn't actually increase your happiness quotient...
- 49.
- The island has a high quotient of clergymen.
- 50.
- valient
- 51.
- Despite valiant efforts by the finance minister, inflation rose to 36%.
- 52.
- He suffered further heart attacks and strokes, all of which he fought valiantly.
- 53.
- valedictorian
- 54.
- vignettes
- 55.
- myth
- 56.
- scent of desire
- 57.
- antiquity
- 58.
- dormitory/hall of residence
- 59.
- infirm
- 60.
- placement
- 61.
- juggler
- 62.
- formal dress
- 63.
- admonition
- 64.
- contortion
- 65.
- blench
- 66.
- despoil
- 67.
- blurb
- 68.
- appease
- 69.
- almanac
- 70.
- altruism
- 71.
- amenable
- 72.
- amputate
- 73.
- amiss
- 74.
- amniocentesis
- 75.
- run amok
- 76.
- anaconda
- 77.
- analgesia
- 78.
- annunciations
- 79.
- foyers
- 81.
- We shall first look briefly at the historical antecedents of this theory.
- 82.
- apogee
- 83.
- apocalyptic
- 84.
- apoplexy/stroke
- 85.
- apparatchik
- 86.
- appertain
- 87.
- dystocia
- 88.
- jeopadize
- 89.
- robotize
- 90.
- deputize
- 91.
- abatis
- 92.
- obtuse
- 93.
- snap up products
- 94.
- The treasures were snapped up by collectors at high prices.
- 95.
- preferred embodiment
- 96.
- resistant to tarnishing
- 97.
- wheelbarrow
- 98.
- he workman was wheeling a load of bricks on a wheelbarrow .
- 99.
- apricot jam
- 100.
- albeit