My English Words List - October - 2022

veggie

veggie

noun

  • vegetable

Vegetables in a supermarket in the United States

In addition to vitamin A, the veggie also provides lutein and zeaxanthin, two nutrients that are critical for eye health. — Emily Laurence, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2022

carton

carton

noun

Examples of several types of cartons for different products

  • a box or container usually made of cardboard and often of corrugated cardboard

several cartons of books

a carton of orange juice

double

adjective

an egg with a double yolk

triple

adjective

  • being three times as great or as many

quadruple

quadruple

adjective

  • being four times as great or as many

quintuple

quintuple

adjective

  • being five times as great or as many

sextuple

sextuple

adjective

  • being six times as great or as many

septuple

septuple

adjective

  • being seven times as great or as many

octuple

octuple

adjective

  • being eight times as great or as many

tug-of-war

tug-of-war

noun

  • a contest in which two teams pull against each other at opposite ends of a rope with the object of pulling the middle of the rope over a mark on the ground

Tug of war

Tug of war

tambourine

tambourine

noun

  • a shallow drum with one head and loose metal disks at the sides that is played by shaking or striking with the hand

Illustration of tambourine

Tambourine

syringe

syringe

noun

A typical plastic medical syringe, fitted with a detachable stainless steel needle

Syringe

sledgehammer

sledgehammer

noun

20-pound (9.1 kg) and 10-pound (4.5 kg) sledgehammers

sit-up

sit-up

noun

Sit-up form

Sit-up

sequoia

sequoia

noun

The Generals Highway passes between giant sequoias in Sequoia National Park

Sequoiadendron giganteum

Redwoods are a type of sequoia.

sedan

sedan

noun

  • a 2- or 4-door automobile seating four or more persons and usually having a permanent top

2018 Hyundai Sonata sedan

Sedan (automobile)

scorpion

scorpion

noun

A few scorpions squirt venom to deter predators.

Scorpion

scooter

scooter

noun

Early Razor scooter with 98mm wheels

Kick scooter

receptionist

receptionist

noun

Receptionist in Stockholm, Sweden

Receptionist

pout

pout

verb

  • to show displeasure by thrusting out the lips or wearing a sullen expression
  • to show displeasure by pushing out the lips

A boy displays an angry pout

She pouted her lips and stared at him angrily.

The boy didn’t want to leave—he stomped his feet and pouted.

Facial expression

oak

oak

noun

-

The table is solid oak.

Illustration of oak

Solitary oak, the Netherlands

Oak

noose

noose

noun

A noose knot tied in kernmantle rope

Noose

nightingale

nightingale

noun

Common nightingale

Common nightingale

hydrant

hydrant

noun

Fire hydrant in Chicago

Fire hydrant

grill

grill

noun

Food cooking on a charcoal grill

She put the hamburgers on the grill.

Barbecue grill

gear

gear

noun

Worm gear

Gear

dribble

dribble

verb

Top left: Navy player attempts to dribble past Army defender; Top right: Demetri McCamey dribbles on the fast break; Bottom left: Collin Sexton dribbles between his legs; Bottom right: Trevon Duval dribbles behind his back.

dribble a basketball

dribble a puck

He skillfully dribbled the soccer ball towards the goal.

Dribbling

detergent

detergent

noun

Detergents

We have tried different laundry detergents.

We have tried different laundry detergents.

boomerang

boomerang

noun

A wooden boomerang

Boomerang

selfie

selfie

noun

Two subjects posing for a joint selfie

  • n image of oneself taken by oneself using a digital camera especially for posting on social networks

Selfie

limerick

limerick

noun

  • a light or humorous verse form of five chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet with a rhyme scheme of aabba

Lines 1, 2 and 5 of a limerick rhyme with one another, as do Lines 3 and 4. — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022

Limerick (poetry)

stanza

stanza

noun

  • a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme

Stanza

The stanza in poetry is analogous with the paragraph in prose

prophesize

prophesize

verb

Others say he could prophesize the future

dike

dike

noun

A levee keeps high water on the Mississippi River from flooding Gretna, Louisiana, in March 2005.

  • a bank of earth constructed to control water

Levee

kith

kith

noun

  • familiar friends, neighbors, or relatives

kith and kin

kin

kin

noun

  • one’s relatives : kindred

our neighbors and their kin

close kin

They are her distant kin.

invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party