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Vocab C1 Group 5
English I vocabulary in context
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| capsize | overturn; upset |
| contend | compete; vie; take part in a contest; fight; struggle |
| decease | death; demise |
| din | loud noise; uproar; clamor; racket |
| distinguish | tell apart; differentiate; recognize |
| divulge | make known ; reveal; disclose |
| droiught | long period of dry weather; lack of rain; dryness |
| famish | starve; suffer from extreme hunger; make extremely hungry |
| illuminate | light up; lighten; brighten |
| inaudible | incapable of being heard; not audible |
| incense | make extremely angry; enrage; madden; infuriate |
| inundate | flood; swamp; deluge |
| jeopardy | danger; peril |
| magnify | cause to be or look larger; enlarge; amplify; exaggerate |
| municipal | of a city or town |
| puncture | make a hole with a pointed object; pierce; perforate |
| rummage | search thoroughly by turning over all the contents; ransack |
| simultaneously | at the same time; concurrently; together |
| subsequently | later; afterward; next |
| survive | live longer than; outlive; outlast |
| traverse | pass across, over, or through; cross |
| velocity | speed; swiftness; celerity; rapidity |