My English Words List - April - 2024

honk

honk

verb

honk a horn

I honked at the car in front of me.

daffodil

daffodil

noun

Narcissus poeticus

Narcissus (plant)

occupant

occupant

noun

The apartment’s previous occupant was a painter.

an occupant of the car

chronological

chronological

adjective

chronological tables of American history

chronological age

chronological order

avatar

avatar

noun

She chose a penguin as her personal avatar in the chat room.

recital

recital

noun

a piano recital

facetiously

facetious

adverb

The Feynman algorithm was facetiously suggested by Murray Gell-Mann, a colleague of Feynman, in a New York Times interview.

artifact

artifact

noun

The caves contained many prehistoric artifacts.

gibbous

gibbous

adjective

gibbous moon

crescent

crescent

noun

A waxing crescent Moon (23% lit) appears reddish low in the western sky, as seen from Berlin in October 2018, after astronomical dusk (and minutes until moonset).

Crescent

Lunar phase

loiter

loiter

verb

asked him not to loiter on the way home

don’t loiter in this neighborhood after dark

lozenge

lozenge

noun

Modern cough drops

sore throat lozenges

take one of these lozenges for your cold

Throat lozenge

pollen

pollen

noun

Colorized scanning electron microscope image of pollen grains from a variety of common plants: sunflower (Helianthus annuus), morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea), prairie hollyhock (Sidalcea malviflora), oriental lily (Lilium auratum), evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa), and castor bean (Ricinus communis).

Pollen

hoarse

hoarse

adjective

a hoarse voice

The cold made me a little hoarse.

maritime

maritime

adjective

Maritime Provinces

prairie

prairie

noun

Prairie Provinces

motto

motto

noun

“Hope for the best and prepare for the worst” is my motto.

heritage

heritage

noun

this farm is my heritage from my father, as it was for him from his father

lacrosse

lacrosse

noun

Lacrosse is Canada’s official summer sport.

Men's field lacrosse game between North Carolina and Duke

commitment

commitment

noun

We’ve got commitments from several charities to donate food and clothing.

muggy

muggy

adjective

It’s very muggy out today.

curator

curator

noun

museum curator

Curator