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English Vocab
Term | Definition |
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nursery | a room in a house for a specific use for young children |
recede | go or move back further from previous position **(to move back)** |
odor | a bad smell --especially unpleasant one |
flicker | shine very rapidly in brightness |
vulture | a large bird of prey eating dead people or animals |
mechanical | working or produced by machines |
effeciency | the ability to achieve end goals with little or no waste /no effort/no energy |
jaunt | a short excursion OR journey for pleasure |
pelt | attack someone by repeatedly hurling things at them |
exhale | breathe out or give off |
tantrum | an uncontrollable outburst of anger or aggression. Usually by a toddler. |
telepathic | capable of transmitting thoughts to other people AND knowing their thoughts |
**neurosis | excessive and irrational anxiety or obsession |
**insufferable | too extreme to bear. Intolerable |
**intersperse | scatter among or between other things; place here and there. |
**persecute | subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their ethnicity, religion, or their political beliefs. |
**relish | great enjoyment |
**vague | of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning. |
destructive | causing great and irreparable harm or damage. |
abruptly | suddenly and unexpectedly |
contemplate | to look thoughtfully for a long time. OR to think about |