Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-20

compelling
A compelling argument or reason is one that convinces you that something is true or that something should be done.

If you describe something such as a film or book, or someone's appearance, as compelling, you mean you want to keep looking at it or reading it because you find it so interesting.
jig
A jig is a lively dance.

To jig means to dance or move energetically, especially bouncing up and down.


pirouette
A pirouette is a movement in ballet dancing. The dancer stands on one foot and spins their body round fast.

If someone pirouettes, they perform one or more pirouettes.


stable
If something is stable, it is not likely to change or come to an end suddenly.


If someone has a stable personality, they are calm and reasonable and their mood does not change suddenly.
You can describe someone who is seriously ill as stable when their condition has stopped getting worse.

Chemical substances are described as stable when they tend to remain in the same chemical or atomic state.

If an object is stable, it is firmly fixed in position and is not likely to move or fall.
A stable or stables is a building in which horses are kept.

A stable or stables is an organization that breeds and trains horses for racing.

When horses are stabled, they are put into a stable.




embrace
If you embrace someone, you put your arms around them and hold them tightly, usually in order to show your love or affection for them. You can also say that two people embrace.
Embrace is also a noun.

If you embrace a change, political system, or idea, you accept it and start supporting it or believing in it.

Embrace is also a noun.

If something embraces a group of people, things, or ideas, it includes them in a larger group or category.


etch
If a line or pattern is etched into a surface, it is cut into the surface by means of acid or a sharp tool. You can also say that a surface is etched with a line or pattern.


shackle
If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do.

If you throw off the shackles of something, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do.

Shackles are two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping.

To shackle someone means to put shackles on them.


kin
N-PLURAL
Your kin are your relatives.

see also kith and kin, next of kin

giggle
If someone giggles, they laugh in a childlike way, because they are amused, nervous, or embarrassed.


Giggle is also a noun.

If you say that someone has the giggles, you mean they cannot stop giggling.

If you say that something is a giggle, you mean it is fun or is amusing.

hesitant
If you are hesitant about doing something, you do not do it quickly or immediately, usually because you are uncertain, embarrassed, or worried.
She was hesitant about coming forward with her story...


conflict
Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.

Conflict is a state of mind in which you find it impossible to make a decision.
= turmoil
Conflict is fighting between countries or groups of people.
A conflict is a serious difference between two or more beliefs, ideas, or interests. If two beliefs, ideas, or interests are in conflict, they are very different.

If ideas, beliefs, or accounts conflict, they are very different from each other and it seems impossible for them to exist together or to each be true.
= clash

succumb
If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong.
= give in

accused
You can use the accused to refer to a person or a group of people charged with a crime or on trial for it.
= defendant