Module 6 – New Words

1.       cater for sb/sth - to provide a particular group of people with the things they need or want

2.       shopaholic - someone who loves to go shopping and buys lots of things they may not need

3.       marble - a type of hard rock that becomes smooth when it is polished, and is used for making buildings, statues etc

4.       aromatic - having a strong pleasant smell

5.       secluded - very private and quiet

6.       demolish - to completely destroy a building

7.       knowledgeable - knowing a lot

8.       medieval - connected with the Middle Ages

9.       copper - a soft reddish-brown metal that allows electricity and heat to pass through it easily, and is used to make electrical wires, water pipes etc.

10.   bargain - something you buy cheaply or for less than its usual price

11.   correspondent - someone who is employed by a newspaper or a television station etc to report news from a particular area or on a particular subject

12.   glad - pleased and happy about something

13.   fair price - the amount of money that it is reasonable to pay for shares, bonds etc

14.   pickpocket - someone who steals things from people’s pockets, especially in a crowd

15.   falcon - a bird that kills and eats other animals and can be trained to hunt

16.   stationer’s - a shop that sells stationery

17.   in bulk – in very large amounts (if you buy goods in bulk, you buy large amounts each time you buy them)

18.   handkerchief - a piece of cloth that you use for drying your nose or eyes

19.   pattern - a regularly repeated arrangement of shapes, colours, or lines on a surface, usually as decoration

20.   linen - strong cloth that is woven from plant fibers

21.   refund - an amount of money that is given back to you if you are not satisfied with the goods or services that you have paid for

22.   announcement - an important or official statement

23.   receipt - a piece of paper that you are given which shows that you have paid for something

24.   trendy - influenced by the most fashionable styles and ideas

25.   lace - a fine cloth made with patterns of many very small holes

26.   stiletto - a woman’s shoe that has a very high thin heel

27.   baggy - hanging loosely because of being too big or having been stretched

28.   A-line – a skirt or dress that is narrow at the top and wider at the bottom

29.   velvet - a type of expensive cloth with a soft surface on one side

30.   polka dot - one of a large number of small, round spots that are printed in a regular pattern on cloth, etc.

31.   wedge heels - shoes worn by women, with high heels that are a solid block from the front of the shoe to the back

32.   turtleneck - a type of sweater with a high, close-fitting collar that covers most of your neck

33.   peep-toe - used to describe shoes that show part of the big toe

34.   tartan - a traditional Scottish pattern of coloured squares and crossed lines, or cloth, especially wool cloth, with this pattern

35.   clove - a black spice (=something used to give a special taste to food) with a strong sweet smell

36.   nutmeg - a brown powder made from the seed of a tropical tree, which is used as a spice

37.   cinnamon - a sweet-smelling brown substance used for giving a special taste to cakes and other sweet foods

38.   conduct - to carry out a particular activity or process, especially in order to get information or prove facts

39.   flavour - the particular taste of a food or drink

40.   overland - across land, not by sea or air

41.   textile - any type of woven cloth that is made in large quantities – used especially by people in the business of making clothes etc

42.   yarn - thick thread made of cotton or wool, which is used to knit things

43.   weave - to make cloth, a carpet, a basket etc by crossing threads or thin pieces under and over each other by hand or on a loom

44.   decompose - to decay or make something decay

45.   fair - something that is reasonable and is what you expect or deserve

46.   fragrant - having a pleasant smell

47.   dedicated to sth - believing that something is very important and giving a lot of time and energy to it

48.   syrup - a thick sticky sweet liquid, eaten on top of or mixed with other foods

49.   treat - a special food that tastes good, especially one that you do not eat very often

50.   on average - based on a calculation about how many times something usually happens, how much money someone usually gets, how often people usually do something etc

51.   contest - a competition or a situation in which two or more people or groups are competing with each other

52.   lookalike - someone who looks very similar to someone who is famous

53.   maple - a tree which grows mainly in northern countries such as Canada. Its leaves have five points and turn red or gold in autumn.

54.   pencil sb/sth <--> in - to make an arrangement for a meeting or other event, knowing that it might have to be changed later

55.   district - an area of a town or the countryside, especially one with particular features

56.   catwalk - a long raised structure that models walk along in a fashion show

57.   descendant - someone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago, or to a family, group of people etc that existed in the past

58.   well - a deep hole in the ground from which people take water

59.   nerve-wracking - situation that makes you feel very nervous or worried

60.   rickshaw - a small vehicle used in South East Asia for carrying one or two passengers. It is pulled by someone walking or riding a bicycle.

61.   maze - a complicated and confusing arrangement of streets, roads etc

62.   alleyway - a narrow street between or behind buildings, not usually used by cars

63.   heap - a large untidy pile of things

64.   turmeric - a yellow powder used to give a special colour or taste to food, especially curry

65.   hostile - angry and deliberately unfriendly towards someone, and ready to argue with them

66.   purse - a small bag in which women keep paper money, coins, cards etc

67.   striped - having lines or bands of colour

68.   checked - with a pattern of squares formed by lines of different colours crossing each other

69.   plain - not decorated in any way; with nothing added

70.   floral - made of flowers or decorated with flowers or pictures of flowers

71.   fitting room - an area in a shop where you can put on clothes to see how they look

72.   on offer - for sale for a short time at a cheaper price than usual

73.   patterned - with a design made from repeated lines, shapes, or colours on the surface

74.   rent - to pay money for the use of something for a short period of time

75.   hire - to pay money to borrow something for a short period of time

76.   dear – expensive

77.   deposit - a part of the cost of something you are buying that you pay some time before you pay the rest of it

78.   date back to sth - to have existed since a particular time in the past

79.   carry sth <--> out - to do something that needs to be organized and planned

80.   pottery - objects made out of baked clay

81.   flip - to move something with a quick sudden movement so that it is in a different position

82.   have a sweet tooth - to like things that taste of sugar