My English Words List - July - 2023

sin

sin

noun

it’s a sin to waste food

verb

bless me, Father, for I have sinned

milkshake

milkshake

noun

A strawberry milkshake topped with a strawberry

a chocolate milkshake

Milkshake

philanthropist

philanthropist

noun

William Wilberforce, a prominent British philanthropist and anti-slavery campaigner

James Harris Simons is an American mathematician, billionaire hedge fund manager, and philanthropist.

Philanthropy

genuinely

genuinely

adverb

a genuinely funny movie

The audience was genuinely moved by the performance.

We are genuinely grateful to still have our jobs.

When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave. - Lesson 12 Life on a desert island, New Concept English Book 3

topographic

topographic

adjective

Curvimeter used to measure a distance on a topographic map

a topographic map

puncture

puncture

verb

a nail punctured the tire

bland

bland

adjective

a bland smile

bland diet

a bland oil

the bland climate of the southern coast

The vegetable soup was rather bland.

steward

steward

noun

teaching our children to be good stewards of the land

stewardship

stewardship

noun

stewardship of natural resources

she believes that stewardship of the environment is everyone’s responsibility

fiddlehead

fiddlehead

noun

Bucket of newly collected fiddleheads

Fiddlehead

goosefoot

goosefoot

noun

Chenopodium berlandieri

Chenopodium

firewood

firewood

noun

Stack of firewood next to a building

Firewood

court

court

noun

Costco food court