Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-23

honey
Honey is a sweet, sticky, yellowish substance that is made by bees.

You call someone honey as a sign of affection.

eloquent
Speech or writing that is eloquent is well expressed and effective in persuading people.
A person who is eloquent is good at speaking and able to persuade people.



flourish
If something flourishes, it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly.
= thrive flounder

If a plant or animal flourishes, it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it.
= thrive

If you flourish an object, you wave it about in a way that makes people notice it.


Flourish is also a noun.

If you do something with a flourish, you do in a showy way so that people notice it.


herd
A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live together.

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.
= pack
If you herd people somewhere, you make them move there in a group.

If you herd animals, you make them move along as a group.


overwhelming
If something is overwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
= overpowering

You can use overwhelming to emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities.



star
A star is a large ball of burning gas in space. Stars appear to us as small points of light in the sky on clear nights.


You can refer to a shape or an object as a star when it has four, five, or more points sticking out of it in a regular pattern.

You can say how many stars something such as a hotel or restaurant has as a way of talking about its quality, which is often indicated by a number of star-shaped symbols. The more stars something has, the better it is.

Famous actors, musicians, and sports players are often referred to as stars.

If an actor or actress stars in a play or film, he or she has one of the most important parts in it.

If a play or film stars a famous actor or actress, he or she has one of the most important parts in it.

Predictions about people's lives which are based on astrology and appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine are sometimes referred to as the stars.
= horoscope

envy
Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has.

If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have.

If a thing or quality is the envy of someone, they wish very much that they could have or achieve it.


green with envy: see green

paradise
According to some religions, paradise is a wonderful place where people go after they die, if they have led good lives.
= heaven
You can refer to a place or situation that seems beautiful or perfect as paradise or a paradise.

You can use paradise to say that a place is very attractive to a particular kind of person and has everything they need for a particular activity.


colic
Colic is an illness in which you get severe pains in your stomach and bowels. Babies especially suffer from colic.


cartridge
A cartridge is a metal or cardboard tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance. Cartridges are used in guns.

A cartridge is part of a machine or device that can be easily removed and replaced when it is worn out or empty.


embed
If an object embeds itself in a substance or thing, it becomes fixed there firmly and deeply.


If something such as an attitude or feeling is embedded in a society or system, or in someone's personality, it becomes a permanent and noticeable feature of it.