vocab 15.10

Compound

a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.

bizzare

strange, odd

buck

Smackaroos, green

dough

money

Lit

cool, dope

tunes

music

junkie

drug addict

jacked, shredded, packed

beefed up

wimp

=/= jacked; weak

The loo, the John

Toilet

posh

elegant and fashionable

hype

razzmatazz, ballyhoo, hullabaloo

crib

Apartament, (sl) cave

neat

clean or orderly

loner

a quiet person who spends a lot of time alone and does not have friends

party pooper

killjoy, wet blanket

ditch

to get rid of something or someone

to ghost sb

to ignore sb, end something without explanation

gross

disgusting

slob

a person who is lazy and dirty or messy

gal / lass

= girl; woman

flick

movie

ink

tattoo

munchies

snack, food, have the ~ =feel hunger

famished

extremely hungry

grub

food

famine

starvation

spinster

an elderly unmarried woman

bachelor

an elderly unmarried man

beefcake

attractive men with big muscles

To have beef with

to have a problem with

groovy

fashionable and exciting

Potty

~training= teaching child how to use the toilet

weakling

wuss, softy

chicken

coward

To jinx sth

To curse sth

sick

feel ~, sth is ~=sth is cool

bats, bananas, nuts, wacko

bonkers

zany

Comical because of strangeness; ~characters, a ~ idea

hinterland

Underdeveloped space/place

nuts and bolts

basics, practical skills you need to do a job

swindler

a person who elicits trust and then betrays that trust;

amok

freak out, go berserk, go ballistic

wicker

A flexible material that you can make baskets out of

bravado

false bravery

Caste

a hereditary social group; prominent in India

kowtow

to bow or act in a subservient manner

Ginseng

root; used in tea; from Chinese

skalp

The skin on top of your head

boudoir

a lady's bedroom

coiffure

hairstyle

entourage

group of attendants

bulwark

1. a defensive wall 2.

Challah

special braided bread eaten on the sabbath

chutzpah

extreme self-confidence or audacity

Golem

(in Jewish legend) a clay figure brought to life by magic; minecraft mob

Kosher

Jewish dietary laws

schlub

talentless, unattractive person

schmalzy

effusively or insincerely emotional

schlock

of low quality or value

undercut

to undermine

Cephalopods

A member of a group of molluscs that include squids and octopus

underfoot

on the ground; underneath or below

undergo

experience

undertaking

a formal pledge or promise to do something

Do what you preach (idiom)

Don't be a hypocrite… (

preach to the choir

to talk about something with a group of people who already agree with you

to reverse what you did

indecisive

abt sb who is unable to make choices

infinite

=/= finite

infallible

incapable of error

impenetrable

impossible to get through

inflict

(v.) to give or cause something unpleasant, impose

inflect

to change (the form of a word) or (of a word) to change in form by ~ion. (tr) to change (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate.

intact

unscathed; whole withouth damage

disparage

to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner

Peat

Nawóz

impeccable

flawless

impede

to slow the progress

unkempt

untidy

inept

unskilled; clumsy, =/=apt

unprompted

spontaneous

impromptu

unplanned; made up at the spot

undue

bez

insipid

lacking interest or flavor

risk-averse

a dislike of uncertainty

avert

to turn away

consolation

the comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment.

To console sb

to comfort sb

To alter

to change or modify

appraisal

evaluation or estimation of worth

Appraiser

An independent person trained to provide an unbiased estimate of value

enrich

enhance

depleted

emptied; drained; used up

To appraise

to estimate the value of

Determinism

the philosophy that holds that every event, action, and decision results from something independent of the human will

painstaking

extremely exhausting; causing pain

Resonance

when two objects naturally vibrate at the same frequency

resonate

produce or be filled with a deep, full, reverberating sound.; this character ~ed with me = he’s litteraly me

footbridge

a bridge designed to be used by pedestrian