Glossary of Important English Terms
People
Autograph
A signature, especially of a famous person.
Bodyguard
A person or group of people whose job is to protect someone from attack.
Crew
A group of people who work together.
Crowd
A large group of people who have come together.
Fiancée
The woman who is engaged to be married to someone.
Heiress
A woman or girl who will receive or already has received a lot of money, property, or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that person dies.
Idol
Someone who is admired and respected very much.
Passer-by
Someone who is going past a particular place, especially when something unusual happens.
Performer
A person who entertains people by acting, dancing, singing, or playing music.
Politician
A member of a government or law-making organization.
Role Model
A person who someone admires and whose behavior they try to copy.
Talent Scout
A person who looks for young people with skills in some sport or activity.
Qualities
Drive
Energy provided by someone’s attitude toward an activity.
Popularity
The fact that something or someone is liked, enjoyed, or supported by many people.
Trend
A new fashion development in clothing, make-up, etc.
Actions
Fool
To trick someone or make someone appear stupid.
Gossip
Conversation or reports about other people’s private lives that might be unkind, disapproving, or not true.
Performance
The action of entertaining other people by dancing, singing, acting, or playing music.
Pursue
The act of following a person down the street or to a place.
Worship
To have or show strong feelings of respect and admiration for God, for example.
Things
Amount
The total sum of two or more quantities or sums.
Belly
The front or under part of the vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
Carbon Dioxide
A colorless, odorless, incombustible gas, CO2, present in the atmosphere and formed during respiration.
Crop
The cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered.
Debris
The remains of anything broken down or destroyed.
Entertainment
Shows, films, television, or other performances or activities that entertain people.
Lack
Deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary.
Landfill
A low area of land that is built up from deposits of solid refuse in layers covered by soil.
Litter
Objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
Logging
The process, work, or business of cutting down trees and transporting the logs to sawmills.
Nightmare
A terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
Pollution
The introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment.
Pressure
The force you produce when you press something.
Shortcut
A shorter or quicker way.
Tabloid
A type of popular newspaper with small pages that has many pictures and short, simple reports.
Trash
Anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
Voyage
A journey by ship.
Adjectives
Controversial
Causing disagreement or discussion.
Disgraceful
Describing a very bad attitude or action that may cause embarrassing feelings.
Impressive
Describing an object or achievement that you admire or respect.
Instant
Happening immediately.
Lavish
Large in quantity and expensive or impressive.
Luxurious
Very comfortable and expensive.
Marvellous
Extremely good.
Notorious
Famous for something bad.
Offensive
Causing offense.
Outrageous
Shocking and morally unacceptable.
Overwhelmed
Shocked or frightened.
Spoilt
Describing a child who is badly educated, being given everything they want.
Straight
Continuing in one direction without curving.
Surrounded
To be approached by a lot of people making a circle with you in the middle of it.
Wealthy
Being rich, having a lot of money.
Willing
Describing a person who works energetically and enthusiastically.
Environment
Carbon Footprint
The amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular individual, organization, or community.
Environmentally-Friendly
Not harmful to the environment.
Greenhouse Effect
The trapping of the sun’s warmth in a planet’s lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet’s surface.
Make One’s Way
When you travel somewhere.
Renewable Energy
Energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power.
Verbs
Avoid
To keep away from.
Ban
To prohibit, forbid.
Break Down
To break something into pieces.
Bring Up
To come to a stop.
Cut Down
To reduce in scope or length.
Destroy
To reduce to useless fragments or to ruin.
Emit
To send forth.
Ingest
To take, as food, into the body.
Inhabit
To live or dwell in, as people or animals.
Pick Up
To lift someone or something up from a surface.
Use Up
To use all of a supply of something.
Wipe Out
To be capsized by a wave while surfing.
Other
Halfway
At half the distance, at the midpoint.
Harmful
Causing or capable of causing harm, injurious.
Inflactuation
A feeling that means someone wants something too much at a certain moment.