The Kafenion Glossary, by Melissa Morales
The Kafenion Glossary, by Melissa Morales
10 terms
- Acrimony
- noun
- angry bitter feelings or words
- Example: The dispute was settled without acrimony.
- en: /ˈækrɪməʊni/
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- Anaglypta
- noun
- a type of thick wallpaper with a raised pattern that you paint over
- Example: they painted over the anaglypta
- en: /ˌænəˈɡlɪptə/
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- Azure
- adjective
- bright blue in colour like the sky
- Example: The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.
- en: /ˈæʒər/
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- Belch
- verb
- to let air come up noisily from your stomach and out through your mouth
- Example: He wiped his hand across his mouth, then belched loudly.
- en: /beltʃ/
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- Dingy
- adjective
- dark and dirty
- Example: a dingy room/hotel
- en: /ˈdɪndʒi/
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- Dowry
- noun
- money and/or property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married
- Example: His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.
- en: /ˈdaʊri/
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- Endearing
- adjective
- causing people to feel love
- Example: an endearing habit
- en: /ɪnˈdɪrɪŋ/
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- Spruce up
- phrasal verb
- to make somebody/something/yourself clean and neat
- Example: She spruced up for the interview.
- en: /spruːs ʌp/
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- Squabble
- verb
- squabble (with somebody) (about/over something) to argue noisily about something that is not very important
- Example: My sisters were squabbling over what to watch on TV.
- en: /ˈskwɑːbl/
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- Surreptitiously
- adverb
- in a quick or secret way so that other people do not notice
- Example: Martin glanced surreptitiously about him.
- en: /ˌsɜːrəpˈtɪʃəsli/
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