PHONETIC
DICTIONARY
Author: Rebeca Junieth Acosta Morales.
New words for your vocabulary.
1. Yearn: /jəːn/ verb/: to wish very strongly, especially for
something that you cannot have or something that is very
difficult to have.
2. Churn: /tʃəːn/ Noun/: a large container for transporting milk
or for making milk into butter.
3. Pit: /pɪt/ Noun/ a large hole in the ground, or a slightly
low area in any surface.
4. Oar: /ɔːr/ Noun/:a long pole with a wide, flat part at one end,
used for rowing a boat.
5. Cot: /kɒt/ Noun [ countable ]/: a narrow folding bed.
6. Stray: /streɪ/ adjective [ before noun ]/: Stray things have
moved apart from similar things and are not in their expected
or intended place.
7. Choke: /tʃoʊk/verb: to have something in the throat that
prevents breathing.
8. Tile: /taɪl/: a thin, usually square or rectangular piece of
baked clay, plastic, etc. used for covering roofs, floors,
walls, etc.
9. Fling: /flɪŋ/: to throw something or someone suddenly and with
a lot of force.
10. Yacht: /jɑːt/: a boat with sails and sometimes an engine, used
for either racing or travelling on for pleasure.
11. Stirring: /ˈstɝː.ɪŋ/ the beginning of something, such as an
emotion or thought.
12. Delusion: /dɪˈlu·ʒən/ Noun/: Something a person believes and
wants to be true, when it is actually not true.
13. Deluge: /ˈdel·judʒ, -juʒ/ verb/: to send a very large volume
of something to someone.
14. Anomalous:/əˈnɑː.mə.ləs/ adjective/: different from what is
usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore
not satisfactory.
15. Reach: /riːtʃ/ noun/: Your reach is the distance within which
you can stretch out your arm and touch something.
16. Bubble:/ˈbʌbəl/ noun/ air in a liquid.
17. Juggle: /ˈdʒʌɡəl/verb/:to throw and catch several balls or
other objects so that some of them are always in the air.
18. Occasion: /əˈkeɪʒn/: a particular time, especially when
something happens or has happened.
19. Strut: /strʌt/verb/: to walk in a proud way trying to look
important.
20. Suddenly: /ˈsʌdənli/ adverb: in a sudden way.