Vocabulary Collection Weeks 1-8 - Alek Polesky

empathy

a) noun
b) the ability to understand the feelings of others

sympathy

a) noun
b) understanding between people

heir

a) noun
b) a person inheriting and continuing the legacy of a predecessor

kindled

a) verb
b) to light or set fire

gleam

a) noun
b) to shine brightly, especially with light

neigh

a) noun
b) a sound made by a horse

thudding

a) noun
b) the action of something moving and making a loud sound

crept

a) verb
b) the past tense of creep

tidings

a) noun
b) news or information

deceive

a) verb
b) to cause someone to think something is not true for personal benefit

wake

trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before
noun

remarked

commented
verb

conceal

prevent from being seen or discovered
verb

likelihood

the chance of something happening
noun

falsehood

an untrue statement
noun

input

Something put into a system, such as resources, in order to achieve a result
noun

accountable

to be responsible
adjective

transfer

to move from one place to another
verb

despairing

showing the loss of all hope
adjective

sinister

evil, ominous
adjective

fidelity

faithfulness to a person or cause
noun

piety

the quality of being religious
noun

ideology

the ideas of a group
noun

assertive

having a confident personality
adjective

coordinate

negotiate with others to work well
verb

merchant

a retail trader; a store owner
noun

imbecile

a stupid person
noun

falter

start to lose strength or momentum
verb

yearn

to want something strongly
verb

tend

to take care of something
verb

perilous

full of danger or risk
adjective

proactive

causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it happened
adjective

pessimistic

tending to see the worst aspect of things or belive that the worst will happen
adjective

vaguely

in a way that is uncertain, indefinite, or unclear
adverb

riven

split or tear apart violently
verb

presume

suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability
verb

expend

spend or use up
verb

terminate

bring to an end
verb

contortionist

an entertainer that bends their body into unusual positions
noun

sponsor

a person that provides funds for a project that another person will complete
noun

drape

long curtains
noun

entitlement

the fact of having a right
noun

guillotined

to execute someone
verb

nominated

appointed to a job or position
verb

oppressed

subject to harsh treatment
adjective

envious

showing happiness
adjective

pinnacle

a high pointed rock
noun

tainted

contaiminated something
veb

levy

impose a tax or fee
veb

grate

to reduce something to small shreds
verb

affiliation

a) noun
b) the state or process of being linked to something

deforestation

a) noun
b) the action of clearing a large area of trees

quota

a) noun
b) a limited or fixed amount

curfew

a) noun
b) a regulation requiring people to remain indoors

millennium

a) noun
b) a period of a thousand years

exuberant

a) adjective
b) filled with lively energy and excitment

profuse

a) adjective
b) lavish; extravagant

decay

a) verb
b) cause to rot or decompose

alteration

a) noun
b) the action of being changed

recitation

a) noun
b) the action of repeating something aloud from memory

occurrence

a) noun
b) an incedent or event

compulsion

a) noun
b) the state of being forced to do something

incidence

a) noun
b) the frequency of something undesireable

quarrel

a) noun
b) an angry disagreement

enlisted

a) verb
b) enroll or be enrolled in the armed services

frisk

a) verb
b) to pass your hands over someone in search of hidden weapons

insensate

a) adjective
b) lacking physical sensation

eventful

a) adjective
b) marked by exciting events

deprivation

a) noun
b) the lack or denial of something necessary

reinvigorated

a) verb
b) give new energy or strength to

Niche

a) noun
b) a suitable position in life or employment

Biome

a) noun
b) a large naturally occuring community of plants and animals

Abiotic

a) adjective
b) something that is not living and has never lived

Biotic

a) adjective
b) something that is living or has been living

Biosphere

a) noun
b) the regions of the surface, atmosphere and oceans of the earth

Ecosystem

a) noun
b) a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

Experimentation

a) noun
b) the process of preforming a scientific procedure

Foreign

a) adjective
b) of or belonging to another district or area.

Abolition

a) noun
b) the action of removing something

Illuminate

a) verb
b) light up