Vocab Enrichment 23.3 Flashcards Preview

neon

e.g. a neon sign

neon / hot / fluorescent

e.g. neon orange

to rain on someone's parade / to ruin someone's plan

e.g. When his ex-wife showed up, that totally rained on his parade

a party pooper / a Debbie downer / a negative Nancy

e.g. Please don't invite her. She's such a party pooper

to put in order

e.g. Put these books in alphabetical order

to be out of order / to be in the wrong order

e.g. These cards are out of order

the former

e.g. When choosing between apples and oranges, I prefer the former. Apples are much better

the latter

e.g. I speak both Thai and English. The latter is spoken in many countries

picky / fussy / choosy

e.g. She is picky about the kinds of guys she'll date

to pick at / to peck at / to eat hesitantly

e.g. He wasn't hungry, so he just picked at his food

to pick at

e.g. You should not pick at a pimple or scab, as it will not heal properly

to pick yourself up / to get back on your feet

e.g. After the bankruptcy, he picked himself up and started another company

the warden / the prison warden

to take someone prisoner / to take someone hostage

e.g. The rebels took him hostage and held him for ransom

a dungeon

e.g. The king threw him in the dungeon with the snakes and corpses

to serve / to serve time / to serve a sentence

e.g. The thief will have to serve time for his crime

to pull off / to accomplish / to achieve

e.g. I didn't think the new team could win, but they pulled it off

to pull up to / to approach

e.g. The teenager pulled up to the stop sign with his music playing loud

a bulletin board

to put up / to post / to hang up

e.g. She put a sign up on the wall

to put down / to belittle / to insult

e.g. Stop belittling him. You're hurting his feelings

to put down / to record / to mark down

e.g. I put you down for a reservation for two this evening

to put out / to extinguish

e.g. The firemen put out the fire

to dump / to dump out

e.g. He dumped all the cookies out of the jar

to load / to load up

e.g. They loaded the truck with luggage

to unload

e.g. They unloaded the containers from the ship

storage

e.g. I had to put my stuff in storage until I could move into my new apartment

to store / to stock up on / to load up on

e.g. I'm stocking up on water to prepare for the hurricane

to store / to keep

e.g. This is where we store our winter clothes

to cram into / to stuff into

e.g. He crammed a bunch of paper into the envelope

to recruit

e.g. The military recruited thousands of new soldiers this year

a recruit

e.g. One of the new basketball recruits is visiting campus tomorrow, so be on your best behavior

recruitment / recruiting / hiring

e.g. Recruiting is one of the most important functions of our company's Human Resources department

blessed

e.g. She is blessed with natural beauty

to bless

e.g. The priest blessed the candles

blessing

e.g. The priest said a blessing and drank the wine

a shrine / an altar

e.g. They set up a shrine to pay respect to the God of the Sun

kosher

e.g. I'm Jewish. I can't eat that meat unless it is kosher

a missionary

e.g. a team of Christian missionaries in Korea

enlightenment

e.g. the Buddhist path to enlightenment

to enlighten

e.g. The priest enlightened him of his sinful ways

Mecca

a temple

the Sabbath

e.g. I can't work today. It's the Sabbath

an abbey / a monastery / a convent

a nun

e.g. a Catholic nun

a monk

e.g. a Buddhist monk

a bishop

e.g. a Catholic bishop

a baptism / a christening

e.g. I'm attending my nephew's baptism on Sunday

Easter

Passover

the gospel / the teachings of Jesus Christ

e.g. He does not believe in science, but he believes strongly in the Gospel

a hymn / a religious song

a sect / a branch

e.g. The two major sects of Islam are Sunni and Shia

a cult

e.g. All the members of the cult committed suicide, believing that their souls were being saved

a sermon

e.g. The priest gives a long sermon every Sunday morning

theology

e.g. Her strong interest in religion led her to study theology

to worship / to glorify / to revere

e.g. The ancient Greeks worshiped many gods

the Vatican

e.g. The Pope lives in the Vatican

a backlash / a retaliation / a resistance

e.g. The new policy was met with a strong public backlash

outrage / uproar

e.g. His controversial comments were met with considerable outrage

to roll out / to launch

e.g. Apple is rolling out 3 new products this year

to roll your eyes

e.g. He rolled his eyes and sighed, all annoyed

salt water

e.g. You can't drink salt water

saltwater

e.g. saltwater fish

to be the same as always

e.g. My hometown is still the same as always

a clone

e.g. I wish I had a clone to do my work while I went on vacation

a bowling alley

e.g. There's a bowling alley less than one kilometer from here

darts

e.g. Let's play darts

a dart

e.g. She threw the dart and hit a bulls-eye

fencing

e.g. Fencing is my favorite Olympic sport

half-time / halftime

e.g. The coach gave a great pep talk at half-time

a hockey stick

a puck / a hockey puck

a lap

e.g. The race consists of three laps around the park

water-skiing

e.g. We went water-skiing behind his boat

horseback riding / riding / equestrianism

e.g. Horseback riding has been an olympic sport since 1912

a horseback rider / a rider / a jockey

e.g. The jockey almost fell off the horse

a saddle

e.g. He rode the horse without a saddle

squash

i.e. the sport

to hurl / to fling / to chuck

e.g. He hurled the bag of bricks over the fence

a hurdle / an obstacle

e.g. The track star fell when he jumped over the last hurdle

an upset

e.g. Did you see the upset last night? Mike Tyson lost to an unknown contender

weightlifting

e.g. an olympic weightlifting competition

a weightlifter / a bodybuilder

a golf course

a caddie / a caddy

e.g. The caddie handed him his golf club

a club / a golf club

e.g. He swung the golf club and hit a drive 300 yards

badminton

to go skydiving

e.g. We went skydiving last weekend, and I got whiplash when my parachute opened

bodybuilding / weightlifting

e.g. Look at that huge guy on the cover of that bodybuilding magazine

a foul

e.g. The referee gave him a penalty for the foul

offside / offsides

e.g. The goal didn't count because he was offside

aerobics

e.g. an aerobics class

ping pong / table tennis

i.e. the sport

lacrosse

i.e. the sport

field hockey

pool / billiards

e.g. a smoky pool hall

bowling

e.g. I'm in a bowling league

to go bowling / to bowl

e.g. Let's go bowling this weekend

karate

e.g. Don't mess with him. He knows karate

a marathon

e.g. I'm training for a marathon

rowing / crew

e.g. the university crew team

to tackle

e.g. The rugby player tackled his opponent

an underdog

e.g. I always cheer for the underdog

to suck up to / to kiss up to / to brown nose

e.g. She sucked up to her teacher, to try to get a better grade

Suck it up / Deal with it

e.g. Stop crying, and suck it up

to get tangled up / to get tangled

e.g. The cords got tangled up

tangled / tangled up

e.g. The cords are tangled

to wait around / to linger / to loiter

e.g. There are a bunch of teenagers lingering around the movie theater

a downpour

e.g. It wasn't just a little rain. It was a downpour!

to get rained out / to be canceled due to rain

e.g. Our baseball game was rained out last night

visibility

e.g. Thanks to the fog, visibility is low right now

stormy

e.g. a stormy night

stormy weather / inclement weather

a blanket / a layer

e.g. There's a layer of snow covering all the cars

a monsoon

e.g. During monsoon season, there is an enormous amount of rain

slush

e.g. Two days after the blizzard, the streets are covered with slush

a gust / a gust of wind

e.g. A huge gust of wind almost blew me off the dock

weighed down / burdened / laden

e.g. laden with grief

flabby

e.g. That old lady's arms are flabby

lanky

e.g. tall, lanky, and clumsy

plump / meaty

e.g. plump lips

lightweight

e.g. a lightweight suit of armor

heavyweight

e.g. a heavyweight boxer

to act out / to mime

e.g. She's acting out the story

to act out / to play

e.g. For my drama class, we need to act out Romeo and Juliet

to raid

e.g. The police raided her home

a raid

e.g. Drugs were found during the police raid

to sabotage

e.g. He tried to sabotage the nuclear plant opening by chaining himself to the gate

sabotage

e.g. The helicopter crash may have been caused by sabotage. Is there a traitor among us?

to counterattack / to strike back

e.g. The Empire Strikes Back

an inspection / an audit

e.g. The restaurant workers cleaned the kitchen before the government health inspection

an auditor

e.g. The tax auditor comes tomorrow

keyring / a key chain

e.g. How many keys do you have on that keychain?

to bail out / to rescue / to save

e.g. The government had to bail out the airline because it was losing so much money

to bail out / to bail out of jail / to free on bond

e.g. The presumed murderer was bailed out of jail by his father

to bail on / to bail out on / to stop supporting

e.g. Everybody bailed out on him when the scandal broke

to bail on / to bail out on / to quit

e.g. When the project got difficult, she bailed out

bail

e.g. His mother paid his bail, so he could get out of jail

to have guts / to have courage

e.g. He doesn't have the guts to ask her out

to gather the courage to / to summon up the courage to

e.g. She finally gathered the courage to call him

daring

e.g. The daring stuntman rode his motorcycle across the roof

to lose your breath / to be out of breath / to be short of breath

e.g. The fat guy lost his breath at the top of the stairs

to catch your breath

e.g. Hold on, I have to catch my breath

to sigh / to breath a sigh

e.g. He sighed when he found out he was not selected for the draft

to gasp / to be dumbfounded

e.g. She gasped when she found out her sister was pregnant

a builder

e.g. My dad worked as a builder before becoming an architect

to rebuild

e.g. It took a lot of time to rebuild the bridge after the earthquake

to build up / to accumulate

e.g. The leaves on the forest floor build up over time

a carpenter

e.g. The carpenter built me a new tool shed behind my house

carpentry

e.g. I want to learn carpentry so I can build a wooden birdhouse

a construction worker

a scaffolding

e.g. a construction scaffolding

to be out of stock / to not be in inventory

e.g. Sorry, that model is out of stock

the board / the board of directors

e.g. The board voted to fire the CEO

a bond

e.g. stocks and bonds

to break even / to come out even

e.g. The new business was losing money for its first 3 years, but then it broke even

a broker / an agent

e.g. an insurance broker

a broker / a stockbroker

to overcharge

e.g. They overcharged me for the wine

a concession / a grant

e.g. This parcel of land is a concession from the government

a cutback / a reduction in expenses

e.g. Employee salaries were affected by the company's cutbacks

to deduct

e.g. They deducted the amount from your account

to take out a loan

e.g. I didn't have enough money to buy the car, so I took out a loan

the CEO / the president

a mannequin / a model

e.g. Look at that beautiful dress on the mannequin

the standard of living

e.g. Modern South Koreans have a much higher standard of living today than in the 1960s

to outsource / to subcontract

e.g. The company outsources most of its manufacturing to China

retail

e.g. retail sales

a retailer

e.g. Jewelry retailers were affected by the increase in diamond prices

a wholesaler

e.g. The small store buys its products from wholesalers

telemarketing / telesales

e.g. Telemarketing is illegal in some cases, and annoying in most

wholesale

e.g. wholesale coffee

in bulk / at volume

e.g. We prefer to buy our coffee beans in bulk, to save money

to sell separately

e.g. No, we don't sell them separately

to sell in bulk

e.g. We only sell these shirts in bulk

to auction off

e.g. The police auctioned off the confiscated car

a share

e.g. I bought 100 shares of Apple stock

a shareholder / a stockholder / an investor

stock

e.g. I have stock in that company

a trademark

e.g. We own the trademark for the name "Brainscape"

interest

e.g. My bonds earn interest every month

an auction

e.g. a used car auction

a bid

e.g. The highest bid was $2,000

to bid

e.g. He bid on a painting at the auction

credit / a credit rating / a bank history

e.g. I have good credit

a grant / a subsidy

e.g. a government subsidy for our research

an installment / an increment

e.g. to pay in installments

duty-free

e.g. a duty-free store

fiscal / monetary

e.g. fiscal expansion

a fund

e.g. a mutual fund, a venture capital fund, a charitable fund, etc.

inflation

e.g. economic inflation

inventory / stock

e.g. We maintain a wide range of products in our inventory

a merger

e.g. a merger of two companies

to merge

e.g. The two companies merged

a monopoly

e.g. The government combatted the oil company's monopoly

a recession

e.g. We had to cut costs during the recession

to subsidize

e.g. The government subsidized my research

a surcharge / an extra charge / an extra fee

e.g. Read the fine print to see if there are any surcharges

to finance

e.g. How are you going to finance your new business venture?

to cash / to cash in / to convert to cash

e.g. He cashed in his chips and left the casino

a contractor

e.g. He's not an employee. He's just a contractor

overtime

e.g. I've been working overtime lately

a pension

e.g. a retirement pension

a portfolio

e.g. a photographer's portfolio

vocational

e.g. vocational training

a voucher / a coupon

e.g. a meal voucher

a checkbook

to check off

e.g. I checked three items off of my to-do list

to pat down / to frisk / to check

e.g. They patted him down at the airport to look for weapons

a commission

e.g. She earned a large commission for her sale

to commission

e.g. The governor commissioned a painting for his office

a commissioner / an administrator

e.g. The mayor named him commissioner of the new government program

intact / whole

e.g. The fossil was found intact

sheer / utter / pure

e.g. pure luck

the total

e.g. the total of a bill