ESL STORYBOOK

57 terms

Abandoned: Adjective; Left without needed protection, care, or suppor.
Abide (to): Verb; Accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation).
Accumulate (to): Verb; Gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.
Acquainted, to acquaint: verb; Make someone aware of or familiar with.
Adjustment: noun; The process of adapting or becoming used to a new situation.
Arrogance: Noun; Displaying or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
Assessment: Noun; The action or an instance of making a judgment about something, an evaluation.
Assisstance: Noun; The action of helping someone with a job or task.
Aware: Adjective; Having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.
Boisterous: adjective; noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.
Classified: Adjective; Arranged in classes or categories.
Collapse (to): verb; Fall down or in; give way.
Companionship: noun; A feeling of fellowship or friendship.
Compartment: Noun; A separate division or section.
Convince (to): Verb; Persuade (someone) to do or believe something.
Emerge (to): Verb; Become apparent, important, or prominent.
Enable (to): Verb; Give (someone or something) the authority or means to do something.
Enigma: Noun; A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
Environment: noun; The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
Established: Adjective; Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
Exemplify (to): verb; Illustrate by giving an example.
Expand (to): Verb; Become or make larger or more extensive.
Glossy: Adjective; Shiny and smooth.
Gravel: adjective; Small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
Imposter (Impostor): Noun; A person or a thing who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others.
Inclusive: Adjective; Not excluding any of the parties, groups, or things involved in something.
Inconvenience: noun; Trouble or difficulty caused to one's personal requirements or comfort.
Intense: Adjective; Of extreme force, degree, or strength.
Interactive: adjective; (of two people or things) influencing or having an effect on each other.
Internal: adjective; Situated on the inside of something or someone.
Intrusion: Noun; An illegal act of entering, seizing, or taking possession of another's property.
Lentil: Noun; A widely cultivated Eurasian annual leguminous plant (Lens culinaris).
Mature (to): Verb; To become fully developed.
Nag (to): verb; annoy or irritate (a person).
Normalcy: Noun; The condition of being normal; the state of being usual, typical, or expected.
Nurture (to): verb; Care for and encourage the growth or development of.
Nutrition: Noun; The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
Odd: adjective; Different from what is usual or expected; strange.
Perceived, to perceive: Verb; Become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand.
Persistent: Adjective; Continuing to exist or endure over a prolonged period.
Profound: Adjective; Having intellectual depth and insight, extending far below the surface.
Provision: Noun; The action of providing or supplying something for use.
Redeemed: Adjective; Having been compensated for the faults or bad aspects of (something).
Refund (to): Verb; Pay back (money).
Research: Noun; Studious inquiry or examination, careful search.
Retreat (to): Verb; Move back or withdraw.
Reverse (to): verb; to move backward.
Rummaging, to rummage: Verb; To make a thorough search or investigation.
Severe: Adjective; Very great; intense.
Significant: Adjective; Having a particular meaning or value.
Sourdough: Noun; Type of bread, stable culture of lactic acid bacteria and yeast in a mixture of flour and water.
Standalone: adjective; Able to operate independently.
Substitue: Noun; A person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
Supposed: To be expected to do something.
Sustain (to): Verb; To give support or relief; to strengthen or support physically or mentally.
Venturing, to venture: verb; Dare to do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous or unpleasant.
Withstand (to): Verb; Remain undamaged or unaffected by; resist.