Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-14

sneak


If you sneak somewhere, you go there very quietly on foot, trying to avoid being seen or heard.

If you sneak something somewhere, you take it there secretly.

If you sneak a look at someone or something, you secretly have a quick look at them.
= steal


see also sneaking

herd
herd herds herding herded
A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live together.
...large herds of elephant and buffalo.

If you say that someone has joined the herd or follows the herd, you are criticizing them because you think that they behave just like everyone else and do not think for themselves.
They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.
= pack
If you herd people somewhere, you make them move there in a group.
He began to herd the prisoners out...

If you herd animals, you make them move along as a group.
Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep...
A boy herded half a dozen camels down towards the water trough.


insolent
ADJ
If you say that someone is being insolent, you mean they are being rude to someone they ought to be respectful to.

insolence



beckon
If you beckon to someone, you signal to them to come to you.

If something beckons, it is so attractive to someone that they feel they must become involved in it.

If something beckons for someone, it is very likely to happen to them.


tarry
If you tarry somewhere, you stay there longer than you meant to and delay leaving.
= linger
If you describe something as tarry, you mean that it has a lot of tar in it or is like tar.


invade
To invade a country means to enter it by force with an army.

If you say that people or animals invade a place, you mean that they enter it in large numbers, often in a way that is unpleasant or difficult to deal with.


delirious
Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever.

Someone who is delirious is extremely excited and happy.
= ecstatic

alien
Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of.
You use alien to describe something that seems strange and perhaps frightening, because it is not part of your normal experience.
If something is alien to you or to your normal feelings or behaviour, it is not the way you would normally feel or behave.
= foreign, unfamiliar
An alien is someone who is not a legal citizen of the country in which they live.
= foreigner
In science fiction, an alien is a creature from outer space.

glory
Glory is the fame and admiration that you gain by doing something impressive.

A person's glories are the occasions when they have done something people greatly admire which makes them famous.

The glory of something is its great beauty or impressive nature.

The glories of a culture or place are the things that people admire most about it.

If you glory in a situation or activity, you enjoy it very much.
If you go out in a blaze of glory, you do something very dramatic at the end of your career or your life which makes you famous.