domingo, 18 de abril de 2010

Bedazzled Vocabulary



Boiler

A device that heats water esp. to provide heating and hot water in a house

Cab
A taxi

Case
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.

Doormat
A mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering

Drug lord
A person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs

Fear
A strong feeling of worry caused by the presence of something dangerous, painful, or unknown

Glib
Artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite"

Loathe
To feel strong hate, dislike, or disgust for (someone or something)

Sonnet
A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme


Soul:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
a human being;

Tag
(sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)

Tease
to laugh at someone or say unkind things to them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset them

Slight
A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger ordisapproval)

Utterly
Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea

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