Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-24

hooker

A hooker is a prostitute.


affirmative
An affirmative word or gesture indicates that you agree with what someone has said or that the answer to a question is `yes'.
negative

If you reply to a question in the affirmative, you say `yes' or make a gesture that means `yes'.

In grammar, an affirmative clause is positive and does not contain a negative word.

awning

An awning is a piece of material attached to a caravan or building which provides shelter from the rain or sun.
= canopy

glaring
ADJ: usu ADJ n
If you describe something bad as glaring, you are emphasizing that it is very obvious and easily seen or noticed.
= blatant


tribe
Tribe is sometimes used to refer to a group of people of the same race, language, and customs, especially in a developing country. Some people disapprove of this use.

You can use tribe to refer to a group of people who are all doing the same thing or who all behave in the same way.

virgin
A virgin is someone who has never had sex.

You use virgin to describe something such as land that has never been used or spoiled.

If you say that a situation is virgin territory, you mean that you have no experience of it and it is completely new for you.

You can use virgin to describe someone who has never done or used a particular thing before.


toaster

A toaster is a piece of electrical equipment used to toast bread.


curator

A curator is someone who is in charge of the objects or works of art in a museum or art gallery.


alley

An alley is a narrow passage or street with buildings or walls on both sides.


intuitive
ADJ: usu ADJ n
If you have an intuitive idea or feeling about something, you feel that it is true although you have no evidence or proof of it.
= instinctive


courteous
ADJ
Someone who is courteous is polite and respectful to other people.
= polite


tribunal
-COLL
A tribunal is a special court or committee that is appointed to deal with particular problems.


foreclosure
N-VAR
Foreclosure is when someone who has lent money to a person or organization so that they can buy property takes possession of the property because the money has not been repaid.

mortgage
A mortgage is a loan of money which you get from a bank or building society in order to buy a house.

If you mortgage your house or land, you use it as a guarantee to a company in order to borrow money from them.


mock
If someone mocks you, they show or pretend that they think you are foolish or inferior, for example by saying something funny about you, or by imitating your behaviour.

You use mock to describe something which is not real or genuine, but which is intended to be very similar to the real thing.

Mocks are practice exams that you take as part of your preparation for real exams.


yen
The yen is the unit of currency used in Japan.

The yen is also used to refer to the Japanese currency system.

If you have a yen to do something, you have a strong desire to do it.
= yearning

trademark
A trademark is a name or symbol that a company uses on its products and that cannot legally be used by another company.

If you say that something is the trademark of a particular person or place, you mean that it is characteristic of them or typically associated with them.


pound
The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol . One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt, also have a unit of money called a pound.

The pound is used to refer to the British currency system, and sometimes to the currency systems of other countries which use pounds.

A pound is a unit of weight used mainly in Britain, America, and other countries where English is spoken. One pound is equal to 0.454 kilograms. A pound of something is a quantity of it that weighs one pound.

A pound is a place where dogs and cats found wandering in the street are taken and kept until they are claimed by their owners.

A pound is a place where cars that have been parked illegally are taken by the police and kept until they have been claimed by their owners.

If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.

If you pound something, you crush it into a paste or a powder or into very small pieces.

If your heart is pounding, it is beating with an unusually strong and fast rhythm, usually because you are afraid.



euro
The euro is a unit of currency that is used by the member countries of the European Union which have accepted European monetary union.


dishy
If you describe someone as dishy, you mean they are very good looking and attractive; used especially by women about men.


ubiquitous
If you describe something or someone as ubiquitous, you mean that they seem to be everywhere.


reimburse
If you reimburse someone for something, you pay them back the money that they have spent or lost because of it.


repository
A repository is a place where something is kept safely.
= store

encode
If you encode a message or some information, you put it into a code or express it in a different form or system of language.
decode

hike
A hike is a long walk in the country, especially one that you go on for pleasure.
If you hike, you go for a long walk in the country.


A hike is a sudden or large increase in prices, rates, taxes, or quantities.
To hike prices, rates, taxes, or quantities means to increase them suddenly or by a large amount.
Hike up means the same as hike.