English vocabulary 2
to praise with too much emotion
to gush [T] [I]
picadura/ picar
sting [T] [I]
a remard that seems pleasant but may be a criticism or something unkind
backhanded
mosquito
midge
remark or attitude that contains a criticism that is not clearly stated
snark
aerógrafo
air(-)brush
replantear
reframe [T]
a wooden floor build outside where people can stay
deck
the study of laughter and its effects on the body
gelotology
illegally made, copied or selled (adj. n. v.)
bootleg [T] [I]
pillo (deshonesto)
crook
to begin a trip
to set off
valor (bravery/ value)
valo(u)r
dama de honor
bridesmaid
gentilicio
demonym
hello
hallo
yate
yacht
to go along a twisting, curving, indirect... path or road
to wand [I]
past simple of hide
hid
remolacha
beet
estufa
stove
aspirina
aspirin
action or act
deed
escala (avión)
layover
embarcar
to board [T] [I]
to get rid o to kill smth or sm
to zap [T]
savia
sap [U]
jarrón
vase
"pasillo" entre asientos
aisle
hora límite para llegar a casa/ toque de queda
curfew
to discuss a problem or situation with someone
to talk smth over
eagerness/ enthusiasm
zeal
pimple
zit (informal)
a lsrge container used for mixing or storing liquid substances (factory)
vat
invitar a alguien/ darse un gusto (v. n.)
treat [T]
reialme (no necesariamente un reino)
realm
carretilla
barrow
cordillera
range
rehén
hostage
alto al fuego
ceasefire
retirar
withdraw
espinilla
shin
to become larger and rounder or to (cause to) increase in size or amount
to swell [T] [I]
flue
influenza
pilar
pillar
árbitro
referee
cajón
drower
señor...
atentamente
Dear Sir or Madam, / Dear Mr/Ms/Miss/Mrs X,
Yours faithfully, / yours sincerely,
"married woman"
Mrs
"unmarried woman"
Miss
me temo que...
I am afraid...
reembolso
refund
beyond/ on the farther side
ulterior
smb in disadvantage
underdog
quick
prompt
fomentar
foster [T]
Kind, gentle...
benign
cobetura (reporting of an event/ subject)
coverage
official process to discover the cause of someone's death
inquest
a person assisting a funeral
mourner
pastor
minister
manifestación
demonstration
mitin (public meeting)
rally
homónimo
namesake
disuadir
deter [T]
to move with light quick movements
flutter [I]
brown bird with a white breast with spots
thrush
estremecerse
shudder [I]
mimbre
wicker
angustia
angst
to tilt/ inclination
slant [T] [I]
rayo (no trueno)
beam
(posición de) encorbarse/ agachar el torso
stoop [I]
a speech or piece of writting that praises smth/ sb so much and does not mention anything bad
panegyric
marchitarse: demacrarse y arrugarse por edad o enfermedad
wizen [T] [I]
refined
couth
punzada (física o emocional)
pang
neblina
mist
type of arch that supports a roof or ceiling
vault
sonrojarse/ enrojecerse (la cara)
flush [I]
v.: to emerge/ (to have something) seep out if the surface)
n.: the place where it emerged
well [I]
cojín
cushion
murmurar estando preocupado o molesto
mutter [T] [I]
(to have) a disagreement
quarrel [I]/ n.
to travel along a route that was not originally intended
stray [I]
straggle (spread) <-- amout of stuff
litter [I]/ n.
(hecho de) estaño
tin
knife used for spreading pigments in a palette
palette-knife
flexible
lithe
to argue/ an argument over a minor topic
squabble [I]
to burden/ burdened (weight)
lade--> laded--> laded/ laden [T]
bandeja
tray
the soud created by shaking and striking
rattle/ rattling [T] [I]/ n.
"tea tank"
tea urn
(an object) that has many curves that go in and out
fluted
telegram
wire
distraídamente
dreamily
sombrío/ lúgubre
sombre
excessive activity, worry, bother or talk about something
fuss
more polite than "beg"
entreat [T]
an official investigation
inquiry
contrapeso (literal o figurado)
counterbalance
animar/ animarse
liven [T] [I]
authorative command
edict (n.)
edictal (adj.)
fuente natural
spring [I]/ n.
sprung (past)
any influece used to gain advantage
leverage
agotar
deplete [T]
depletion (n.)
eleminar o renunciar al uso de algo poco a poco
phase out [T]
phase[-]out (n.)
phased[-]out (adj.)
"de ahí que"
hence
contrarrestar
counteract [T]
counteraction (n.)
counteracitve (adj.)
amasar
knead--> kneaded [T]/ n. (C)
the part of the groom's property that the widow receives
dower
a two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage once used as a vehicle for hire
hansom
hombre soltero (unmarried)
bachelor
the state of showing no real interest or effort
indolence--> indolent
a written official report
dispatch
excessive or inappropriate in magnitude
inordinate/ inordinacy
an underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings
colliery
n.: a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful
v.: to affect with something undesirable
taint [T]--> tainted
completamente
roundly
a man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance
valet
adivino
spaer (n)
spae [I]
old saying which has obtained credit by long use/ which has been overused or considered a cliché
adage
to place pieces of a foreign material within another to form a decorative design
n/ [T] inlay (l/ f)--> inlaid (adj.)
animal's poison
venin
typical Victorian coat
shooting-coat
a filterless cigar with both ends cut
cheroot
a man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies
dandy
expressing a mixture of irony and mockery
wry--> wryness
patraña
[T][I] humbug--> humbuggish
bautizo
christening
desperate
frantic
of a lower rank or position (in the military)
subaltern (n./ adj.)
a dishonest person
rascal (n./adj.)
silence
n./ [T][I] hush--> hushed (adj.)
an expression of surprise, anger, or emphasis
egad
chuleta (comida)
chop
a worker who rides a cab or carriage for hire
cabman
a driver of a jaunting car or hackney carriage
jarvey/ jarvy/ jarvie
someone in fortunate circumstances, financially stable, or prosperous
(adj.) well[-]off--> well-offness (n.)
to support (not physically)
back [T]
an individual or company involved in the processing and packing of pork products
pork-packer (nm)/ pork-pack (v.)/ pork-packing (adj.)
a person who is guided and supported by an older or more experienced person
protégé/ protege
a phenomenon that becomes popular for acvery short time
fad
a covered area or passage in which there are shops
arcade
traición
treachory (n.)/ treacherous (adj.)
arduous or painful effort
trevail
ordinary/ humble
mean
to blossom
to blow
to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or fear
startle (n./ v.)--> startled (adj.)
a cover over the flame of a candle or bulb of a lamp
candle[-]shade
burlarse
scoff (v./ n.)
scornful/scoffing (adj.)
captivate
enthrall/ inthrall/ enthral (v.)
enthrallment (n.)
enthralling (adj.)
to stay somewhere temporarily
tarry
to inhabit a place
dwell (v)/ dwelling (adj.: attributively) (n.: the place)
a servant who performs duties on foot: opening the doors, serving the food, etc.
footman/woman
loud sound
blare (n./ v.)/ blaring (adj.)
derretirse (f)
swoon
smth or sb used to mislead or distract people
decoy (v./ n.)/ decoyed
a ball-like decoration located near the top of a crown, symbolizing the globe
monde
hey!
heigh!
barra o varilla que forma el mango de una herramienta o arma
shaft
mota/ pizca
speck
speck/ speckle: to mark with specks
specked (with specks/ dots); speckled (with dots)
diente/ punta (one or two or more long, sharp points on an object)
prong
exclamation used to express surprise, shock, or warning or to emphasize smth
lordy
a multilayered cake made with little flour
torte
portxo
porch
inundado
awash
(after a verb)
(compararives: more/ most awash)
copo
flake
tomillo
thyme
forehead
brow
cinta/ banda para atar el cabello o decorarlo
fillet
capullo
bud
wherever
where'er
small stone
pebble (n./ v.: pavimentar con pebbles)
pebbly (adj.)
riachuelo
rillet
cheerful
blithe (adj.)
blitheness
blitheful, blitheless, overblithe, unblithe
blithely
blithen [T] [I]
completely
wholly/ wholely (adv.)
césped/ prado (hierba + raíces)
sod (n./ v.)
sodless
to adorn with a garland or wreath
wreathe
wreath (corona, decora)
castaño/ castaña (tmb: color)
chestnut (n./ adj.: color)
resplandecer
twinkle (v./ n.)
twinkler (person)
twinkle out (cease)
to try to persue sb to be in an amorous relationship with
woo
wooer (person)
Támesis
Thames
oscuro, turbio (agua, aire) (l/f)
murky
murkiness
murk (aire, f)
500 sheets of paper
ream
no longer new or fresh (food, wounds, cogarette's smoke...)
stale (adj.)
lazy, symplistic (explanation, in a discussion...)
facile
largo/ bulky
stout (adj./n.: person, clothes)
stoutness
stouten [T] [I]
stoutish (adj.)
plain and unfashionable
dowdy (adj.)
encuadernado
bound (n.)
bind--> bound (v.)
colección de canciones o himnos "identitarios"
hymn[-]book
items that don't need refrigeration: fabrics, accessories, clothing, household items...
dry-goods/ dry goods
arrogantly superior, showing contemptuous indifference
supercilious (adj.)
superciliously (adv.)
superciliousness (n.)
codorniz
quail
tedious/ causing fatigue
wearisome
wearisomely
wearisomeness
a quite laugh
chuckle (n./ v.)
chuckler (n.)
chucklingly (adj./ adv.)
to discard or reject smth
cast off--> cast off (past simple tmb: casted off)
cast(-)off (n./ adj.)
title of British novelty that ranks below a baron, but above a king
baronet--> baronetess--> baronetesses
baronetage (collective)
baronetship (status, rank: of an individual)
annoyed/ irritated
vexed
vex [T]
vexedly
vexation (act of annoying/ being annoyed + motive)
vexatious (causing it)
physical or emotional disconfort, suffering or alarm
distess--> distresses (n./ v.) [T]
distressing
grief/ affliction/ trouble/ difficulty
sore (n./ adv./ adj.)
sorely
soreness
in a wrong or unkown and wrong-motivated direction
astray (adj.)
to say something: to offer an opinion
venture
(respecto a la voz) ser melodiosa
warble (v./ n.: the sound)
warbly
brilliant, lustrous or colorful
iridescent
iridescence
iridescently
iridesce [I]
proseguir
ensue [I]
yunque
anvil (ts) (n./ v.: moldear en un yunque o sobre otro objeto en un proceso similar)
varios loros de centro y sudamérica, coloridos y de cola larga
macaw
after which, in consequence
whereupon (conjun.)
otorgar alas
wing (l/ f)
thoughtless action/ foolishness
folly
past of tread
trod/ tred/ed (tmb: trodden<-- past participle)
boiling, bubbling (liquid)
seething (adj./ n.)
seethe (v.)
miembro (cuerpo)
limb (n./ v.: remove limbs)
to clothe
livery [T]
agarrar y retorcerse las manos
wring [I] [T]
hat worn by woman and children in the shape of a diadem
bonnet
basic textbooks used to teach the fundamental principles of a subject
primer
to utter a greeting or a salutation
bid
an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls
wainscot/ting (n./.v.)
a narrow piece of decoration along a wall just under the roof
frieze (n./ v.)
yeso
plaster (n./ v.)
to spread things/ to be spread in an untidy way over a surface
strew
strewable
strewage
decorative border
fringe (n./ v.)
alfombrilla
rug (n./ v.)
type of cloth that is glistening and smooth on one side, but not on the other side (satén)
satin
satiny
type of tulip with bright colours
parrot-tulip
to form a line or a row with elements
range (v./ n.)
the shelf above a fireplace
mantel/ shelf
to cover, fill, ir affect with lead
lead
a flat piece of glass used in a window or door
pane (n./ v.)
albaricoque
apricot (tmb: color)
apricotlike (similar to the fruit)
apricot tree
apricot(t)y (resembling, relating)
tortuga terrestre
tortoise
a knife for cutting paper or opening envelopes
paper[-]knife
a thick, heavy fabric into which raised patterns are woven
brocade (n./ v.: decorate it)
brocadelike
to try to make someone agree to give you smth that is better for you (better price, working conditions...)
bargain (v./ n.: deal)
type of flowers with a huge variety of colors
frangipani
paja (granja)
straw (tmb: color) (n./ adj.)
straw-colored
difficult to comprehend or undestand
abstruse
non-abstruse
abstruseness
abstrussity
abatrusely
colorete
rouge (tmb: color) (n./ v.)
to relax, to spend time lazily, to stand, sit, or recline in an indolent manner
lounge (n./ v.)
10,000/ countless multitude
myriad (n./ adj.--> not comparable; singular: multifaceted, having innumerable elements; plural: great in number, innumerable)
morally degrading
sordid
sordidness
sordidity
sordidly
mugriendo
grim(e)y
grime (n./ v.) [I]
grimeness
short slaeeveless men coat
waistcoat
ver, contemplat
behold--> beheld
unbeheld
beholdable
beholder
long curl
ringlet (n./ v.) [T]
old division of a pound
shilling (1 pund--> 20 shillings)
a private or semiprivate seating area in the theatre
stage-box
lack of interest or energy
lethagy
lethargic
to inspect/ overlook
survey
surveyee
surveyance
unseemly, base, shameful
tawdry
tawdriness
tawdrily
elevated section of seats in the theatre
gallery
part of the theatre on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and near to it
pit
dark/ dull
dingy
dinginess
a seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage
stall
prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving (f)
palmy
the curtain lowered in the theatre between the acts of a play and before
drop-scene
to withdraw upward
draw up
harsh and rough-sounding (voice)
husky
huskily
huskiness
puesto o caseta pequeña y temporal típicamente encontrada en ferias rurales o carcavales para ofrecer entretenimiento como espectáculos de marionetas o actuaciones
booth
to braid
plait (n./ v.) [T]
something wound in the form of a helix or spiral
coil (n./ v.)
coily
pozo
well
a writer or speaker's attemp to persuade ab audiance through appels involving the jse of strong emotions such as pity
pathos
soft or tender by reason of ripeness (fruit/ f)
mellow/ ness (n./ adj.)
mellowy
mellowish
mellowly
archaic form of oboe
haut[-]boy
penumbra
gloom (n./ v.) [T] [I] (l/ f)
gloomy
a short tight jacket worn by European men in the 15-17th centuries
doublet
planta de tallos delgados y largos con florecitas amarillas agrupadas
rue
planta muy fina y alta que crece agrupada y al final tiene un "plumaje" crema
reed
reedy
reedlike
to change the appearence of a person or thing very much, usually in a very possitive way
transfigure [T]
transfigurate [T] [I]
transfiguration
transfigurement
transfigurative
médico
medic (n./ adj.: medical)
bollo
scone
the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions
pathos
pathetic
absence of law
unlaw (n./ v.: hacer que algo deje de ser legal)
a layer of material applied to the surface of soil (usually brown colored)
mulch (n./ v.: to apply it/ turn into it)
filete
fillet/ filet
conllevar
entail
entailment
returning a benefit that justifies the inicial investment
cost-effective
cost-effectiveness
propicio
conducive
conducively
conduciveness
non/un/disconducive
conduce
conducement (smth that conduces)
very generous with money, gifts...
munificent
munificence
munificently
poet
bard
bardish
una prenda exterior: bata suelta o albornoz
wrapper
feeling of amazement
awe
awe-inspire
awe-inspiring
awe-inspiringness
awe-inspiringly
awestrike
awestruck/ awestricken/ in awe (filled with awe)
awestriking
responsability/ rendición de cuentas (being able to justify your actions)
accountability
accountable
accountableness
accountably
non/unaccountable
very busy with activity and confusion
hectic
hectically
hecticity
past of bear
bore--> bore/borne
past of creep
crept/ creeped
a person who is ignorant or uneducated, specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture
P/philistine (adj./ n.)
philistinely
philistinish
the action of cutting surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physical or pathological scientific investigation
vivisection
vivisect
a very difficult and trying experience that acts as refining or hardening process
crucible
pronunciar/ articular
utter
utterance (the act/ smth)
utterable (capable of being spoken aloud)
utterability (the state of being utterable/ an utterable idea)
un/ inutterable
unutterableness
un/inutterably
unuttered
utterer
an elaborate public display
pageant
pageanter
desván
attic
past of swear
swore
sworn
maceta
pot
afueras
outskirts
parecerse a alguien
take after sm
proyecto de ley
bill
trineo
sled/ge (n./ v.: sledded)
escarcha
frost (n./ v.) [T][I]
frosty
frostiness
sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extremr hatred or dislike
loathing
self-loathing
loathable
loath-worthy
loather
loathsome
to hit/ strike
smite
hacer una mueca de dolor/ distress
wince (n./ v.)
moue
pout (n./ v.)
with grumbling, complaining, or whining
quarulous
quarulously
quarulousness
to imitate or mimic
ape
aper
an act/ the fact of noting or observing
espial
sly, tricky, smart in secretive behaviour
cunning
cunningly
uncunning
overcunning
cunningness
with rough texture: not smooth
coarse
coarsen [T][I]
coarseness
coarsely
coarsish
uncoarse
to paint in a coarse or unskilful manner
daub
to take hold of, to grip
clasp
mastil (nautical)
mast (n./ v.: fit it in a ship)
demast (remove it, break it in an accident)
dismast (break it)
vela (ship)
sail
ribbon
riband
a large boat or ship
vessel
trastornado
unhinged
unhinge (to mentally disturb)
sullen, gloomy
morose
morosely
moroseness
morosity
similar and not interesting due to it
samey
a comment of contempt, scorn
sneer (n./ v.)
the door used by actors and other professionals when entering or leaving theatre
stage-door
to become closely and firmly joined: become compacted
knit
a deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the brow
furrow
a brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again
twitch (n./ v ) [T][I]
twitching/ atwich
twicher
to use caution, pay attention to
beware/ of (defective: only in infinite form)
awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
clumsy
clumsiness
clumsily
a striking and vivid representation or scene: a picture
tableau
of a person: wearing old or vary worn, and often dirty clothing
shabby
shabbify [T][I]
shabbily
shabbyish
shabbiness
unshabby
a person who is stylish, fancy, or elegant
swell (adj./ n.)
type of lawyer in several Commonwealth countries who provides legal advice, drafts legal documents, and represents clients in various legal matter
solicitor
shinning unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness
flicker (v./ n.: an unsteady light)
flickering
flickeringly
dark, colorless, or cheerless
dreary
drearily
dreariness
drearisome (very)
even more than before
all the more
to speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner
prattle
prattler
prattlingly
a convit or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture in the colonial Australia
bushranger
a narrow place of confinement (a cage, jail, prison)
coop (n./ v.: in a narrow place)
coop up (in a restrictive place)
having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result a sore throat, age, emotion...
hoarse (adj./ v.: utter)
joroba
hump
an idle person
loaf/ around
loafer
any of several irises that have a fragant root
orris
perform a dance move involving a tilt
dip
to grap smth quickly
seize
seizable
seizer
a stabbing weapon similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade (daga)
dagger
daggerless
daggerlike
reírse en voz baja de una manera algo contenida o reprimida, ya sea por nerviosismo o por duversion mal reprimida
titter (n./ v.)
to give up, to stop doing, to quite
chuck (informal) [T]
to move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust
shrink--> shrank, shrunk--> shrunk, shrunken
to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of, as to the driver of a public transport
hail
hailer
bus
omnibus
strong aversion, intense dislike
hatred
hatredly
hatredless
hatredful
pobre/ escaso
meagre/er
meagre/erly
meagre/erness
a low, heavy, continuous sound
rumble (n./ v.)
a ratting noise, a repetition of abrupt sharp sounds
clatter (n./ v.)
clatting
clatter
clattingly
aclatter (adv./ adj.)
to produce a low-pitched hum or buzz
drone (n./ v.)
droning (adj./ n.)
to push out or extend rapidly or powerfully
thrust (n./ v.)
thruster
un trozo de tela rasgada, con huecos...
tatter (n./ v.) [T][I]
to utter with effort
heave
tener pavor
dread (v./ n.: smth dreaded)
dreadable
dreadless
dreadsome
mindundi, rascal
scoundrel
scoundrelly
scoundrelous
to close tightly one's body part
clench
clenchable
clencher
unclench
clenching
a statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a compromise
oath (n./ v.)
oathless
to bend or hang down heavily
droop (v./ n.: smth, dondition/ posture)
drooping (adj./ n.)
droopy (tending to droop)
a thick scarf
muffler
a person who works in a low, hard and monotonous work
drudge (n./ v.)
drudgery (the work)
drudgy (not only for work)
cocktail flavoring made from the peels of bitter oranger
orange-bitters
a person, usually mounted on a hourseback, who robbed travelers on public road
highwayman
highway robbery
short cloak
cape (n./ v.: to cover with one)
capeless (clothing)
a man's short close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, popular in the XVI-XVIIth centuries
jerkin