Vocab 68

1.       Beast (n): An animal, especially a large or wild one.

E.g: The room wasn’t fit for man or beast.

2.       Jostle (v): To knock or push against someone in order to move past them or get more space when you are in a crowd of people.

E.g: As we came to arena, we were jostled by fans pushing their way towards the stage.

3.       Squeal (v): To make a long very high sound or cry.

E.g: The brakes squealed as the van rounded the corner.

4.       Snort (v): To make an explosively sound by forcing air quickly up or down the nose.

E.g: Dogs snort when they find some clue.

5.       Trumpet (v): (of a large animal, especially an elephant) to produce a loud call.

E.g: We could hear the elephants trumpeting in the distance.

6.       Scramble (v): To move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you.

E.g: She scrambled up the steep hillside and over the rocks.

7.       Slime (n): A sticky liquid substance which is unpleasant to touch, such as the liquid produced by fish and snails and the greenish brown substance found near water.

E.g: There was a revolting slime in between the bathroom tiles.

8.       Flimsy (adj): You can describe weak, thin, and fragile things as flimsy. A flimsy object and a flimsy objection or excuse are both without weight and are easy to knock down. You can see right through a flimsy curtain. If a tent or house of cards is flimsy, it will fall down with a slight breeze, and if your story isn’t convincing anyone, it’s probably weak and flimsy enough to flatten, too.

9.       Gravel (n): Small rounded stones, often mixed with sand.

E.g: A gravel path.

10.   Foam (v): To produce small bubbles.

If a person or an animal foams at the mouth, they have bubbles coming out of their mouth as a result of a disease.

11.   Submerge (v): When you go swimming, you submerge your body in water. If you head is out of the water, it is not submerged – it’s just wet.

To really soak a washcloth, you should submerge it in a basin of water.

12.   Wreckage (n): A badly damaged object or the separated parts of a badly damaged object.

E.g: The wreckage of the car was scattered over the roadside.

13.   Plait (v): To join three or more pieces of hair or string – like material by putting them over each other in a special pattern.

E.g: She plaited the horse’s tail.

14.   Stumble (v): To stumble means to nearly fall by tripping or missing a step. When you walk over uneven cobblestones, it’s easy to stumble, so please be careful.

While stumble means to nearly fall, it can also mean to make a misstep of a different kind. If you stumble over your words, you speak in a stuttering confused manner. Politicians make so many public decisions that they are bound to stumble – make a mistake – occasionally.

E.g: Running along the beach, she stumbled on a log and fell on the sand.

15.   Herald (v): To be a sign that something important, and often good, is starting to happen, or to make something publicly known, especially by celebrating or praising it.

E.g: The President’s speech heralds a new era in foreign policy.

Compiled By: Chaudhary Amit V.

Source: Vocabulary.com, CambridgeDictionary.com