Vocabulary words 2

• peripheral


  adj: not central or of main importance:

  First of all, we had to find out who the thief was - getting the money back was a peripheral issue.
• Earshot


  N: the range of distance within which you can be heard or hear what someone is saying:
• Jog


  V: (RUN)

  to run at a slow, regular speed, especially as a form of exercise:
• With


  prep: (COMPANY)

  used to say that people or things are in a place together or are doing something together:

  (METHOD)

  using something:

  (DESCRIPTION)

  having or including something:

  used at the beginning of various phrases written at the end of a letter:

  including:

  (RELATIONSHIP)

  relating to or in the case of a person or thing:

  CONTAINING/COVERING)

  B1used to show what is on or in something

  CAUSE)

  because of or caused by someone or something:

  (OPPOSITION)

  against something:

  SEPARATION)

  
  

  used with words showing separation:

  AND)

  and, or followed by:

  COMPARISON)

  used in comparisons:

  (SUPPORT)

  supporting someone or something

  (DIRECTION)

  in the same direction as something:

  at the same rate or time as something:

  (UNDERSTANDING)

  be with someone informal

  to understand what someone is saying:

  DESPITE)

  despite something:

  (EXPRESSIONS)

  used to express a wish or instruction:

  Away with you! (= Go away!)

  Off to bed with you! (= Go to bed!)

  On with the show! (= Let it continue.)

  Down with school! (= We don't want/like it.)
• soothe


  V: to cause someone to be less upset or angry.

  To cause something to hurt less:
• snarky


  adj: criticizing someone in an annoyed way and trying to hurt their feelings
• overhead


  adj: at a level higher than a person's head; in the air or the sky above the place where you are:

  N: the regular and necessary costs, such as rent, heat, electricity, and telephone, involved in operating a business:
• Exuberant


  adj: (esp. of people and their behavior) very energetic, and showing the happiness of being alive:
• Excruciate


  Adj: extremely painful:

  extremely boring or embarrassing
• Mutter


  v: to speak quietly and in a voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are anxious or complaining about something:
• Utter


  Adj: complete or extreme

  V: to say something or make a sound with your voice:
• Absurd


  Adj: ridiculous or completely unreasonable:
• heave a sigh of relief


  idiom: to suddenly feel very happy because something unpleasant has not happened or has ended:
• Cutlery


  N: knives, forks, and spoons used for eating food
• reciprocate


  V: to share the same feelings as someone else, or to behave in the same way as someone else: To do something for someone because the person has done something similar for you:
• Occupy


  V: (of an army or group of people) to move into and take control or possession of a place:

  To fill, use, or exist in a place or a time:
• flabbergasted


  Adj: shocked by the unexpected
• invalidate


  V: to prove that an opinion, argument, etc. is wrong
• Crease


  N: a line or mark made on material by folding or pressing it, or a line in a person's skin, esp. in the face:
• Attest


  V; of a person) to state with authority that something is true, or (of a situation or event) to show that something is likely to be true:
• meantime


  N:

  in the meantime

  until something expected happens, or while something else is happening:

  Synonyms

  in the interim

  meanwhile
• Redo


  V: To do something again:

  If you redo a room or a building, you paint it, put new furniture in it, etc. to make it more attractive or useful:
• embed


  V: To fix something firmly into a substance
• Innnate


  Adj: An innate quality or ability is one that you were born with, not one you have learned:
• Stumble


  V: to hit your foot against something while walking and almost fall, or to walk awkwardly as if you might fall:

  To make a mistake, or to pause unexpectedly when speaking:
• Revive


  V: to come back to life, health, existence, or use, or bring something back to such a state:
• imply


  V: to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly:

  as something implies

  used to show that the name, explanation, etc. of something tells you something else about it:
• Impart


  V: to communicate information to someone

  to give something a particular feeling, quality, or taste
• Inevitable


  Adj: certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented:

  The accident was the inevitable consequence/result/outcome of carelessness.

  Synonyms: ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable
• deteriorate


  V: to become worse:

  Synonym

  degenerate
• Nip


  V: To go somewhere quickly or be somewhere for only a short time:

  a nip (in the air) informal

  If there is a nip in the air, the air outside is quite cold:
• Vague


  Adj: not clearly stated, described, or explained, or not clearly seen or felt:

  A person who is vague is not able or does not wish to state, describe, or explain something clearly:
• Conscious


  Adj: be conscious of something/someone

  to notice that a particular thing or person exists or is present:

  My tooth doesn't exactly hurt, but I'm conscious of it (= I can feel it) all the time.

  (1) awake, thinking, and knowing what is happening around you:

  (2) determined and intentional:
• Setback


  N: something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing:

  Synonyms

  blow

  hitch (PROBLEM)

  reversalS
• Dwindle


  V: to become less in number or smaller
• Aspirant


  N: someone who very much wants to achieve something:
• Daunt


  V: to make someone feel slightly frightened or worried about his or her ability to achieve something; to discourage:
• Groggy


  Adj: weak and unable to think clearly or walk correctly, usually because of illness or being tired:
• Inch


  N: a unit of measurement of length equal to 1/12 foot or 2.54 centimeters

  V: to move very slowly, or in a lot of short stages:
• Impulse


  N: a sudden, strong desire to do something:

  (1) If you do something on impulse, you do it because you suddenly want to:

  (2)a short electrical signal that carries information or instructions between the parts of a system:

  (3) the force that is working on an object multiplied by the amount of time it is working