Vocabulary Flashcards

Flashcards for vocabulary learning.

Appeal

To attract or be of interest to someone.

Beauty Treatment

A cosmetic procedure to improve one's appearance.

Box Office

The place where tickets are sold for a performance; also refers to revenue from ticket sales.

Broadcast

A transmission of a program or information by radio or television.

Bubbly

Cheerful and full of energy.

Budget

An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.

Budget Airline

An airline that offers low fares but fewer comforts.

Carefree

Without worries or responsibilities.

Celebrity

A famous person.

Celebrity Gossip

Rumors and stories about the personal lives of famous people.

Ceremoniously

In a formal and dignified manner.

Chain Stores

A group of retail outlets sharing a brand and central management, usually selling similar products.

Challenge

To dispute or question something.

Chat Show

A television or radio program where people are invited to discuss subjects of interest.

Chat-room

An area on the internet where users can communicate in real-time.

Contestant

A person who takes part in a competition.

Conventional

Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

Delight

To please greatly.

Designer Labels

Clothing or accessories from well-known designers.

Detract

To reduce or take away from the worth or value of something.

Down-to-earth

Practical and realistic.

Endless

Having no limit or end.

Entertainment

The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.

Ethnic

Relating to a population subgroup with a common cultural tradition.

Evident

Clearly seen or understood; obvious.

Excess

An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.

Fan

A person who is enthusiastically devoted to something or someone.

Fashion Statement

A distinctive or stylish item of clothing or accessory, intended to convey a particular message or image.

Fashion Victim

A person who is excessively influenced by fashion.

Feature

To give prominence to.

Finalist

A contestant who is in the final round of a competition.

Formula

A mathematical relationship expressed in symbols.

Genre

A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

Global

Relating to the whole world; worldwide.

Glossiness

Having a shiny surface or appearance.

Gossip Column

A section of a newspaper or magazine devoted to gossip, especially about celebrities.

Hopeful

Feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event.

Horrifying

Causing great shock or fear.

Host

To act as a host.

Household Name

A person or thing that is well known to the public.

Housemate

A person who shares a house with another or others.

Immature

Not fully developed.

Indifferent

Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.

Intensive

Involving great concentration or effort.

Interactive

Influencing or having an effect on each other.

Ironic

Using or characterized by irony.

Junk Mail

Unwanted advertising or promotional material received through the post.

Level-headed

Calm and sensible.

Maroon

To abandon or leave (someone) trapped and isolated.

Merchandising

The activity of promoting the sale of goods, especially by their presentation in retail outlets.

Monitor

To observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review.

Muzak

Recorded light music played as background music.

Nasty

Unpleasant; offensive.

Obituaries

A notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person.

Obligation

A duty or commitment.

Open-minded

Willing to consider new ideas; unprejudiced.

Outgoing

Friendly and socially confident.

Pantomime

A theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy.

Participants

A person who takes part in something.

Participation

The action of taking part in something.

Performance

An act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.

Plastic Surgery

Medical operation to restore or improve appearance.

Potential

Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.

Put-down

A remark or action intended to humiliate or criticize someone.

Reality Show

A television program in which ordinary people are continuously filmed, designed to be entertaining rather than informative.

Rebellious

Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention.

Revival

An instance of something becoming popular, active, or important again.

Screen

Show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television program).

Self-centred

Preoccupied with oneself and one's affairs.

Shopping Mall

A large enclosed shopping area.

Sitcom

A situation comedy.

Smash Hit

A very successful song, film, or show.

Smuggle

Import or export (goods) secretly and illegally.

Soap

A soap opera.

Spokeswoman

A female spokesperson.

Swooping

Moving rapidly downwards through the air.

Sympathise

Feel or express sympathy.

Temper

A person's state of mind.

Text Messaging

The exchange of brief written messages between mobile phones over a network.

Time-lapse

Denoting a process whereby single frames are taken of an event at set intervals to produce an accelerated effect in time.

Trend

A general direction in which something is developing or changing.

Trend-setter

A person who leads the way in fashion or ideas.

Tune

Adjust (a musical instrument) to the correct or desired pitch.

Unique

Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.

Unpredictable

Not able to be predicted.

Update

An act of bringing something up to date.

Versatile

Able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.

Volunteer

A person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.

Vote

Express one's choice or opinion.

Wave

A disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space, with little or no associated mass transport.

Weird

Suggesting something supernatural; uncanny.