Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-12

naive
If you describe someone as naive, you think they lack experience and so expect things to be easy or people to be honest or kind.
= unrealistic
naively naivety


regret
If you regret something that you have done, you wish that you had not done it.

Regret is a feeling of sadness or disappointment, which is caused by something that has happened or something that you have done or not done.

You can say that you regret something as a polite way of saying that you are sorry about it. You use expressions such as I regret to say or I regret to inform you to show that you are sorry about something.

If someone expresses regret about something, they say that they are sorry about it.


fortnight

A fortnight is a period of two weeks.


elope

When two people elope, they go away secretly together to get married.


daunting
Something that is daunting makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
= intimidating
dauntingly
stretch
Something that stretches over an area or distance covers or exists in the whole of that area or distance.
= extend
A stretch of road, water, or land is a length or area of it.

When you stretch, you put your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles.


Stretch is also a noun.

stretching

A stretch of time is a period of time.

If something stretches from one time to another, it begins at the first time and ends at the second, which is longer than expected.

If a group of things stretch from one type of thing to another, the group includes a wide range of things.
= range
When something soft or elastic stretches or is stretched, it becomes longer or bigger as well as thinner, usually because it is pulled.

Stretch fabric is soft and elastic and stretches easily.

If you stretch an amount of something or if it stretches, you make it last longer than it usually would by being careful and not wasting any of it.

If your resources can stretch to something, you can just afford to do it.

If something stretches your money or resources, it uses them up so you have hardly enough for your needs.

If you say that a job or task stretches you, you mean that you like it because it makes you work hard and use all your energy and skills so that you do not become bored or achieve less than you should.
= push
If you are at full stretch, you are using the maximum amount of effort or energy.

If you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination, you are emphasizing that it is completely untrue or absolutely impossible.

If you stretch your legs, you go for a short walk, usually after you have been sitting down for a long time.


palatial
A palatial house, hotel, or office building is very large and impressive.


babe
Some people use babe as an affectionate way of addressing someone they love.
= honey
Some men refer to an attractive young woman as a babe. This use could cause offence.

A babe is the same as a baby.