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Vocabulary List 1 (Word)

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Words
Word
Meaning
Example sentence
class
1.
Gigantic
Adjective Extremely large
There is a gigantic tree called
banyan.
2.
Thrive
Verb
To grow, develop or be successful
The tree I planted when I was young
thrived well.
3.
Loose
Adjective Not tightly fastened, attached, or held
The rope was tied in a loose knot.
4.
Resemble
Verb
To be like or similar to
Johnny resembles his father.
5.
Forbid
Verb
Not allow to do something
Underaged people are forbidden to
use cigarettes.
6.
7.
Sympathize Verb
Refuse
Verb
To understand and care about someone’s
I sympathize with you I have similar
problem
unhappy experience before.
To say that you will not do or accept something
Most of the kids refuses to eat
vegetables.
8.
Diverse
Adjective Different from each other
Her interests are very diverse.
9.
Sculpture
Noun
A sculpture of an elephant
A piece of art that is made by carving or
molding clay, stone, metal, etc., into a sculpture
10. Furious
Adjective Very angry
I was furious at how slowly the
investigation is proceeding.
11.
Interfere
Verb
To become involved in the activities and
I tried to advice without
concerns of other people when your involvement interfering.
is not wanted
12. Expand
Verb
To increase in size, range, or amount
The liquid expands and contracts
with changes in temperature.
13. Board
14. Dock
Verb
Noun
To get into or onto (an airplane, a bus, a train,
You must have a ticket in order to
etc.)
board the train.
A place for the loading or unloading of
A dock is also
materials
a flat, raised area attached to
a building and used
for loading and unloading trucks.
15. Bow
Noun
The front part of a ship
16. Descend
Verb
To go down: to go or move from a higher to a
A herd of goats descended into the
lower place or level
valley.
17. Thaw
Verb
 To stop being frozen or to cause
The weather is beginning to thaw.
something to stop being frozen
 To become warm enough that snow and ice
melt
18. Blizzard
19. Elevation
Noun
Noun
A severe snowstorm that goes on for a long
We were snowed in by a raging
time
blizzard.
The height of a place
Some rare species of the plants can
be found only at higher elevations.
20. Desolate
Adjective (of a place) having no living things; empty
The house stood in a bleak and
desolate landscape.
21. Seal
22. Sled
Noun
Noun
a large mammal that eats fish and lives partly in We could see seals on the rocks,
the sea and partly on land or ice
basking in the sun.
a vehicle used
The children are playing in
the snow with their sleds.
for carrying people or goods over snow and ice,
having narrow strips of wood or metal on
the bottom instead of wheels
23. Survival
Noun
the state of continuing to live or to exist, esp.
The survival of the company in
after a dangerous event:
such difficult economic times is
very uncertain.
24. Sight
Noun
the ability to see
If your sight is poor, you should
not drive a car.
25. turbine
Noun
a type of machine in which a wheel is driven by
the movement of liquid or gas so
that power is produced
A wind turbine
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