Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-26

inanimate
ADJ
An inanimate object is one that has no life.
animate

vivid
If you describe memories and descriptions as vivid, you mean that they are very clear and detailed.


Something that is vivid is very bright in colour.




hulk
The hulk of something is the large, ruined remains of it.

You use hulk to describe anything which is large and seems threatening to you.


gonorrhoea

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease.


scrub
If you scrub something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, using a stiff brush and water.

N-SING: a N
Scrub is also a noun.

If you scrub dirt or stains off something, you remove them by rubbing hard.

Scrub consists of low trees and bushes, especially in an area that has very little rain.


annoyed
If you are annoyed, you are fairly angry about something.
= angry

acorn
An acorn is a pale oval nut that is the fruit of an oak tree.


scared
If you are scared of someone or something, you are frightened of them.
= frightened
If you are scared that something unpleasant might happen, you are nervous and worried because you think that it might happen.
= worried

fairy
A fairy is an imaginary creature with magical powers. Fairies are often represented as small people with wings.

If someone describes a man as a fairy, they mean that he is a homosexual and they disapprove of this.


wood
Wood is the material which forms the trunks and branches of trees.

A wood is a fairly large area of trees growing near each other. You can refer to one or several of these areas as woods, and this is the usual form in American English.



brownie


Brownies are small flat biscuits or cakes. They are usually chocolate flavoured and have nuts in them.

The Brownies is a junior version of the Girl Guides in Britain for girls between the ages of seven and ten, or of the Girl Scouts in the United States for girls between the ages of six and eight.


A Brownie is a girl who is a member of the Brownies.