My English Words List - June - 2021

Verbs

crash

crash

She crashed the car into a tree, but no one was hurt.

diverge

diverge

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood

divulge

divulge

The company will not divulge its sales figures.

divulge

The CEO refused to divulge how much she earned.

divulge

He was charged with divulging state secrets.

divulge

Police refused to divulge the identity of the suspect.

divulge

Not that you need to divulge your entire personal life to co-workers, but sharing more of your “self” in the workplace allows you to bring your passions with you each day.

pat

pat

He patted the dog.

pat

I bent down to pat the little puppy.

spit

Advisory on the wall of a building in New Orleans

spit

Spitting

suck

suck

a toddler sucking his thumb

poke

poke

Julie tapped on my door and poked her head in.

vomit

vomit

The dog vomited on the floor.

The patient was vomiting blood.

the children with the flu vomited every time they tried to eat something

Adjectives

tepid

tepid

tepid

She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.

pointless

pointless

a pointless remark

Pointless

dumb

dumb

I’m not dumb enough to believe that.

Nouns

pedestrian

In many jurisdictions in the United States, one must yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

pedestrian

Pedestrian

dough

Yeast bread dough after kneading, before rising

dough

Dough

Play-Doh

aurora

Images of auroras from around the world, including those with rarer red and blue lights

aurora

Aurora

tadpole

Ten-day-old tadpoles. The external gills will eventually be hidden by a layer of skin.

tadpole

Tadpole

Tadpole

foosball

Table football

foosball

Table football

Table football

elm

An avenue of elm trees in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne

elm

Elm

spatula

A modern fish slice

spatula

Fish slice (kitchen utensil)

Spatula

coal

Bituminous coal

coal

Coal

coral

A coral outcrop on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

coral

Coral

turnip

Turnip roots

turnip

Turnip

tulip

Tulip

tulip

Tulip

tornado

A tornado approaching Elie, Manitoba.

tornado

Tornado

hurricane

Three tropical cyclones of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season at different stages of development.

hurricane

Tropical cyclone

typhoon

Satellite image of a Typhoon

typhoon

Typhoon

amenity

amenity

The hotel has every amenity you could want.

Amenity

vendor

vendor

we’re thinking of making a deal with that other software vendor

vendor

software vendors

Street vendors sell hot dogs outside the museum.

Vendor

demolition

demolition

The old factory is scheduled for demolition next week.

coupon

coupon

I’m always clipping coupons from the newspaper to use at the grocery store.

Coupon

pastry

Palmier pastries

pastry

Pastry

eyelash

Human eyelashes

eyelash

Eyelash

hallway

A corridor/hallway at the Royal York Hotel

hallway

Hallway

latex

Extraction of latex from a tree, for use in rubber production

latex

Latex

diarrhea

diarrhea

The symptoms of the disease include fever, nausea, and diarrhea.

Diarrhea

omelet

Blond unbrowned omelette with mushrooms and herbs

omelet

Omelette

Popsicle

A cucumber, elderflower and mint ice pop

Popsicle

Ice pop