My English Words List - December - 2024

whiteout

Whiteout in Saskatchewan (March 2007)

whiteout

noun

Whiteout (weather)

chirp

chirp

verb

The birds were chirping in the trees.

artifact

artifact

noun

The caves contained many prehistoric artifacts.

cycle

cycle

verb

She cycles to work.

convey

convey

verb

They conveyed the goods by ship.

huddle

huddle

verb

The sheep huddled together for warmth.

The students huddled over their desks.

affiliate

affiliate

verb

The medical school is affiliated with a hospital.

noun

our local Humane Society is an affiliate of a national organization

sparingly

adverb

Use the cream very sparingly.

Salt should be used sparingly in cooking.

guarantor

guarantor

noun

the town police force is the guarantor of our safety

grip

grip

verb

The little boy gripped his mother’s hand tightly.

I gripped the door handle and pulled as hard as I could.

noun

grip socks

trailblazing

trailblazing

adjective

Using computer generated imagery, we will explore the trailblazing discoveries that allowed the earliest civilisations to understand the world mathematical.

thyself

thyself

pronoun

Know thyself

According to ancient Greek and Roman authors, there were three maxims prominently inscribed upon the Temple of Apollo at Delphi: “know thyself”, “nothing too much” and “give a pledge and trouble is at hand”.

crest

crest

noun

the hiking party reached the crest of the mountain just as it began to thunder

verb

We crested the hill and looked out around us.

trough

trough

noun

Crest and trough in a wave

Crest and trough

blond

blond

adjective

blond hair

a blond man

His hair was dyed blond.

noun

a tall, blue-eyed blond

a natural blonde

rumble

rumble

verb

wagons rumbled into town

The train rumbles through town twice a day.