UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE AMBATO

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y DE

LA EDUCACIÓN

CARRERA DE IDIOMAS

VOCABULARY CARDS

ESTEFANÍA CALERO

1. ARISE:

TO APPEAR OR COME INTO EXISTENCE; TO HAPPEN OR EXIST AS A

RESULT OF SOMETHING, TO RISE FROM A QUIET, INACTIVE, OR

SUBJUGATED STATE TO BECOME ACTIVE, VOCAL, OR REBELLIOUS.

E.G:

THE NEW JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE’S SONG ARISED LAST MONTH ON MTV.

2. BEARD:

THE HAIR THAT SOME MEN ALLOW TO GROW ON THE LOWER PART OF

THEIR FACE.

E.G:

MANY PEOPLE IN THE MEDIEVAL AGE USED TO WEAR LONG BEARDS.

3. BIODEGRADABLE:

TO BE ABLE TO DECAY NATURALLY AND IN A WAY THAT IS NOT

HARMFUL.

E.G:

COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE USING BIODEGRADABLE

MATERIALS TO BE GREEN WITH OUR PLANET.

4. BURST:

TO BREAK OPEN OR APART SUDDENLY , OR MAKE SOMETHING

DO THIS, TO FEEL A STRING EMOTION, OR STRONG WISH TO DO

SOMETHING.

E.G:

IN NEW YEAR’S EVE ECUADORIANS BURSTS POPPETS AS A

TRADITION.

5. CHOP

TO CUT SOMETHING INTO PIECES WITH AN AXE, KNIFE, OR

OTHER SHARP INSTRUMENT, IF SOMETHING IS CHOP CHOPPED

IN BUSINESS, IT IS STOPPED OR REDUCED.

E.G:

WE CHOPPED SOME WOOD TO MAKE FIRE WHEN WE WERE

CAMPING.

6. CRAMP:

A SUDDEN PAINFUL TIGHTENING IN A MUSCLE, OFTEN AFTER A LOT

OF EXERCISE, THAT LIMITS MOVEMENT, PAINS IN THE LOWER

STOMACH CAUSED BY A WOMAN'S PERIOD.

E.G:

AFTER PLAYING A LOT OF SOCCER MY COUSIN SUFFER A CRAMP

AND HE HAS TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.

7. CUBISM:

A STYLE OF MODERN ART IN WHICH AN OBJECT OR PERSON IS SHOWN AS A

SET OF GEOMETRIC SHAPES AND AS IF SEEN FROM MANY

DIFFERENT ANGLES AT THE SAME TIME.

E.G:

LAST PICASSO PAINTING USE CUBISM AS THE TECHNIQUE.

8. DAG:

A PERSON WHO DOES NOT LOOK ATTRACTIVE OR WHO BEHAVES IN A

WAY THAT IS NOT ATTRACTIVE.

E.G:

MY COUSIN’S BOYFRIEND SEEMS TO BE A DAG TO ME, I REALLY DO NOT

LIKE HIM.

9. DROUGHT:

A LONG PERIOD WHEN THERE IS LITTLE OR NO RAIN.

E.G:

IN THIS WINTER SEASON AT THE COAST REGION THERE WAS A

HUGE DROUGHT BECAUSE THE RAIN DID NOT APPEAR AT ALL.

10. DUTY:

SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO BECAUSE IT IS PART OF YOUR JOB,

OR SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, TO HAVE

TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE IT IS YOUR DUTY.

E.G:

WE AS STUDENTS IS OUR DUTY IS TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE TASKS

AND ASSESSMENT THAT TEACHERS GAVE US.

11. ENCLOSE:

TO SURROUND SOMETHING.

E.G.:

AT THIS TIME THE NEXT YEAR MY HOUSE WILL HAVE BEEN ENCLOSED BY

HUGE BUILDINGS.

12. FAINT:

NOT STRONG OR CLEAR; SLIGHT, USED TO EMPHASIZE THAT YOU DO

NOT KNOW SOMETHING.

E.G.:

I FELT FAINT WHEN MY MOTHER TOLD ME ABOUT MY COUSIN’S

ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT.

13. FAKE:

AN OBJECT THAT IS MADE TO LOOK REAL OR VALUABLE IN ORDER TO

DECEIVE PEOPLE, SOMEONE WHO IS NOT WHAT OR WHO THEY SAY THEY

ARE.

E.G.:

IN EVERY SOAP OPERA THERE IS A FAKE FAIRY, THAT EVERYONE LOVE

FOR HER APPEARANCE.

14. FEE:

AN AMOUNT OF MONEY PAID FOR A PARTICULAR PIECE OF WORK FOR A

PARTICULAR RIGHT OR SERVICE.

E.G.:

TO BE IN THIS SPECIAL SPEECH WE SHOULD PAID A HIGH FEE BUT BY

THE WAY IT DESERVES TO BE PAID THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

15. FREAKISH:

VERY UNUSUAL OR UNESPECTED, ESPECIALLY IN AN UNPLEASANT OR

STRANGE WAY.

E.G.:

LAST HORROR MOVIE THAT I SAW WAS FREAKISH, THERE WERE

NONSENSE SCENES AND THERE WAS TOO MUCH BLOOD.

16. GIG:

A SINGLE PERFORMANCE BY A MUSICIAN OR GROUP OF MUSICIAN,

ESPECIALLY PLAYING MODERN OR POP MUSIC.

E.G.:

LAST 2NE1 GIG WAS IN SINGAPORE AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST

WONDERFUL CONCERTS, I HAVE EVER SEEN

17. GLOW:

TO PRODUCE A CONTINUOUS LIGHT AND SOMETIMES HEAT, TO LOOK

ATTRACTIVE BECAUSE YOU ARE HAPPY OR HEALTHY, ESPECIALLY WITH

EYES THAT ARE SHINING, TO BE HOT OR RED FROM EXERCISING.

E.G.:

AFTER HAVING HER SURGERY SHE HAS A SPECIAL GLOW, SHE SEEMS

NOT TO BE SICK EVER.

18.HICCUPPING:

TO MAKE A HICCUP.

E.G.:

EVERY TIME THAT MY BROTHER LAUGHS A LOT HE TENDS TO BE

HICCUPPING DURING A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE HE CANNOT STOP AND

THE AIR STARTS TO BE REDUCES IN HIS LUNGS.

19. JUNCTION:

A PLACE WHERE THINGS, ESPECIALLY ROADS OR RAILWAYS, COME

TOGETHER

E.G.:

WHEN YOU TAKE A TRAIN THE TRIP IS LONG AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE

TO CHANGE YOUR WAY IN A JUNCTION BECAUSE IT CAN GET YOU TO

OTHER SIDE.

LOOKOUT:

A PERSON WHO WATCHES FOR DANGER, A HIGH PLACE WHERE

A PERSON CAN LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE AREA AROUND

THEM, ESPECIALLY IN ORDER TO WATCH FOR ANY DANGER, A

HIGH PLACE WHERE A PERSON CAN LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN

THE AREA AROUND THEM, ESPECIALLY IN ORDER TO WATCH FOR

ANY DANGER.

E.G.:

MANY LOOKOUTS HAD DIED IN WARS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONE

WHO ALERT THE OTHER TO BE PREPARING BEFORE AN ATTACK.

21. MEDDLING:

TO TRY TO CHANGE OR HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THINGS THAT ARE

NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY BY CRITICIZING IN A DAMAGING

OR ANNOYING WAY.

E.G.:

THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE PAIRS HOTEL AND WE HAD TO

MEDDLE IT BECAUSE THE SOUND SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK AS WE

EXPECTED.

22. MUGGED:

TO ATTACK A PERSON IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND STEAL THEIR MONEY.

E.G.:

IN OUR LAST TRIP TO QUITE SOMEONE MUGGED MY PURSE AND I HAD TO

ASK FOR HELP BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE MORE MONEY.

23. PANE:

A FLAT PIECE OF GLASS, USED IN A WINDOW OR DOOR.

E.G.:

THE ARCHITECTS HAD BOUGHT SOME PANES BUT WHEN THEY

ARRIVED THOSE WERE BROKEN BY A BASEBALL BALL.

24. PEAK:

THE HIGHEST, STRONGEST OR BEST POINT, VALUE OR LEVEL OF SKILL.

E.G.:

I HAVE NEVER BEEN AT THE PEAK OF NAMSAN TOWEL IN SEOUL

BECAUSE THERE WAS A BAD CLIMATE SO WE HAD TO GO HOME EARLY.

25. PORTHOLE:

A SMALL, USUALLY ROUND WINDOW THE SIDE OF A SHIP OR AIRCRAFT.

E.G.:

WE WERE AT THE PORTHOLE WHEN THE WHILE APPEARED IN FRONT OF

US AS A MIRACLE.

26. POWDER:

A SOLID SUBSTANCE THAT CONSISTS OF EXTREMELY SMALL PIECES, IS

SOFT AND EASY TO DIVIDE, AND OFTEN HAS THE SAME SHAPE AS

THE CONTAINER THAT IT IS IN, A SOFT, DRY SUBSTANCE THAT IS SPREAD

OVER THE SKIN OF THE FACE, IN ORDER TO STOP THE SKIN FROM

LOOKING SHINY.

E.G.:

DARA HAS TO USE A LOT OF POWDER ON HER CHEEKS BEFORE THE

PRESENTATION BECAUSE SHE HAD FEVER IN THE MORNING.

27. RANGE:

A SET OF SIMILAR THINGS, THE GOODS MADE BY ONE COMPANY OR

GOODS OF ONE PARTICULAR TYPE THAT ARE SOLD IN A SHOP, A GROUP

OF HILLS OR MOUNTAINS.

E.G.:

THE TAILOR SHOWED ME A RANGE OF COLORS TO MAKE MY DRESS

BUT AT THE END I CHOSE BLACK AS AT THE BEGINNING.

28. REDDISH:

SLIGHTLY RED IN COLOUR.

E.G.:

I DON’T KNOW WHICH COLOR IS THIS DRESS BUT I THINK IT COULD BE

REDDISH.

29. ROTTEN:

DECAYED, VERY BAD

E.G.:

THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS ROTTEN BECAUSE WE LOST OF THE

INVERSION FROM USA.

30. SCRAP:

TO NOT CONTINUE WITH A SYSTEM OR PLAN, TO GET RID OF SOMETHING

THAT IS NO LONGER USEFUL OR WANTED, OFTEN USING ITS PARTS IN

NEW WAYS.

E.G.:

AFTER THE FIRST COMPETITION, WE HAD TO SCRAP WITH THE PLAN, IT

DID NOT AT ALL.

31. SCREW:

A THIN, POINTED PIECE OF METAL WITH A RAISED EDGE TWISTING ROUND

ALONG ITS LENGTH AND A FLAT TOP WITH A CUT IN IT, USED TO

JOIN THINGS TOGETHER,ESPECIALLY PIECES OF WOOD.

E.G.:

WE FALL DOWN FROM THE CHAIR AND I REALIZED THAT THERE WERE

MISSING A SCREW.

32. SHOELACE:

A THIN STRING OR STRIP OF LEATHER USED TO FASTEN SHOES.

E.G.:

A FAMOUS ECUADORIAN FOOTBALLER LOST HIS SHOE BECAUSE HE

FORGOT TO TIE ITS SHOELACE.

33. SNIGGER:

TO LAUGH AT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IN A SILLY AND OFTEN UNKIND

WAY.

E.G.:

ERIK STARTED ACTING LIKE A LITTLE KID AND HE CRIED A LOT BUT HE

STOPPED WHEN HE LOOKED AT ME WHEN I SNIGGERED AT HIM.

34. SOAK:

TO MAKE SOMETHING VERY WET, OR (OF LIQUID) TO BE ABSORBED IN

LARGE AMOUNTS.

E.G.:

WE BECOME SOAKING AFTER THAT UNWANTED RAIN IN THIS DAY.

35. SPURT:

TO (CAUSE TO) FLOW OUT SUDDENLY AND WITH FORCE, IN A FAST

STREAM.

E.G.:

SOME MEN WENT OUT OF A BANK AND THEIR CAR SPURTED BUT

UNFORTUNATELY THE CRASH WITH A TREE AFTER 4 METERS.

36- STAMINA:

THE PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL STRENGTH TO DO SOMETHING THAT

MIGHT BE DIFFICULT AND WILL TAKE A LONG TIME.

E.G.:

I AM NOT GOOD AT SPORTS BUT I HAD TO BE VERY STAMINA IN

ORDER TO APPROVE THAT SUBJECT.

37. STIR:

TO MIX A LIQUID OR OTHER SUBSTANCE BY MOVING AN OBJECT SUCH

AS A SPOON IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN.

E.G.:

I ASKED FOR A CAPPUCCINO BUT THERE WAS MISSING SOME SUGAR

SO I HAD TO STIR FOR A LONG TIME.

38. STRANGLE:

TO KILL SOMEONE BY PRESSING THEIR THROAT SO THAT THEY CANNOT

BREATHE, TO STOP SOMETHING FROM DEVELPING.

E.G.:

IN A FAKE FIGHT THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE STRANGLED ONE TO EACH

OTHER BUT I WAS SCARED IT SEEMS TO BE REAL.

39. SWEEPS:

TO CLEAN ESPECIALLY A FLOOR BY USING A BRUSH TO COLLECT THE

DIRT INTO ONE PLACE FROM WHICH IT CAN BE REMOVED.

E.G.:

AT THE END OF EACH PARTY IN MY HOUSE I HAVE TO SWEEP EVERY

ROOM TO BE FINE WITH MY MOM.

40. SWIVEL:

TO (CAUSE TO) TURN ROUND A CENTRAL POINT IN ORDER TO FACE IN

ANOTHER DIRECTION.

E.G.:

WE SHOULD SWIVEL THE PROJECTOR BECAUSE THE PEOPLE COULD

NOT WATCH THE MOVIE APPROPRIATE.

41.THATCHED:

TO MAKE A ROOF FOR A BUILDING WITH STRAW OR REEDS.

E.G.:

PEOPLE WHO USED TO BUILD HOUSES IN THE PAST THEY HAD TO

THATCH THE ROOF TO HAD A NICE HOUSE.

42. THICK:

HAVING A LARGE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWOSIDES.

E.G.:

THAT FABRIC HAS 5 CENTIMETERS OF THICK, WHICH WAS VERY HEAVY

AND WARM.

43. TIGHT:

(HELD OR KEPT TOGETHER) FIRMLY OR CLOSELY.

E.G.:

I FOUND 20 FLOWER ON THE FLOOR SO I TIGHT THEN IN A BOUQUET

FOR MY ROOM.

44. TACKLE:

TO TRY TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.

E.G.:

WHEN A FOOTBALLER TACKLES OTHER PEOPLE FEEL EXCITED TO

WATCH THE GAME AND KNOW

45- TREACHERY:

BEHAVIOR THAT DECEIVES OR IS NOT LOYAL TO SOMEONE WHO

TRUSTS YOU.

E.G.:

JUDAS MADE A TREACHERY TO JESUS IN THE LAST SUPPER BECAUSE

HE SOLD HIM FOR FEW COINS.

46- TUFT:

A NUMBER OF SHORT PIECES OF HAIR, GRASS, ETC. THAT GROW CLOSELY

TOGETHER OR ARE HELD TOGETHER NEAR THE BASE.

E.G.:

I REALLY WANT TO DYE A TUFT OF MY HAIR INTO BLUE OR PINK BUT I AM

NOT SURE ENOUGH.

47. WAGES:

TO FIGHT A WAR OR ORGANIZE A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO

ACHIEVE SOMETHING.

E.G.:

THE SECOND WORLD WAR WAS WAGED BY GERMANY BUT AT THE END

THEY LOST IT.

48. WEEP:

TO CRY TEARS.

E.G.:

AT THE END OF THE LAST DRAMA THAT I SAW, I WEEP A LOT BECAUSE A

MAN WHO CAME FROM THE START CANNOT LIVE HER LOVE IN THE

EARTH.

49. WINCH:

A MACHINE THAT LIFTS HEAVY OBJECTS BY TURNING A CHAIN OR

ROPE AROUND A TUBE-SHAPED DEVICE.

E.G.:

ALL CARS THAT ARE PARKING WRONG, THEY HAVE TO BE WARN OF

THE WINCH BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO TAKES THEM IN ANY MOMENT.

50. WRINKLE:

A SMALL LINE IN THE SKIN CAUSED BY OLD AGE, A SMALL LINE OR

FOLD IN CLOTH.

E.G.:

ASIAN PEOPLE HAVE SOME WRINKLE AROUND THEIR EYES WHEN

THEY SMILE.

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