Sofi & Cami

VOCABULARY LIST MAY

-Deep Down: felt strongly and often hidden from other people
a deep-down certainty
Deep-down, I know you love me really.
-Weep: LITERARY to cry tears
People in the street wept with joy when peace was announced.
She wept buckets (= cried a lot) when Paul left.
-Backbone: the line of bones down the centre of the back that provides support for the
body; the spine
She stood with her backbone rigid.
-Entitle: to give someone the right to do or have something
Being unemployed entitles you to free medical treatment.
[ + to infinitive ] The employer is entitled to ask for references.
-Powerless: having no power
The villagers are powerless against the armed invaders.
The police seem to be powerless (= unable) to prevent these attacks
-Course: a set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually resulting in an
examination or qualification
Tim did a three-year course in linguistics at Newcastle.
They're going away on a training course next week.
I'd like to UK do / US take a writing course when I retire.
-Career: the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you
continue to get better jobs and earn more money
He's hoping for a career in the police force/ as a police officer.
When he retires he will be able to look back over a brilliant career
I took this new job because I felt that the career prospects were much better.
Judith is very career -minded/-oriented (= gives a lot of attention to her job).
-Inalienable: unable to be removed
an inalienable right
-Deprive: to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from
someone
He claimed that he had been deprived of his freedom/rights.
You can't function properly when you're deprived of sleep.
-Autonomous: independent and having the power to make your own decisions
an autonomous region/province/republic/council
-Stand out:
1) To be very noticeable
The black lettering really stands out on that orange background.
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2) To be much better than other similar things or people

We had lots of good applicants for the job, but one stood out from the rest.
-Vengeance: the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family, or the
wish for such punishment to happen
On the day after the terrorist attack, the overall mood in the town was one of
vengeance.
As he cradled his daughter's lifeless body in his arms, he swore (to take)
vengeance on her killers.
-Judgmental: too quick to criticize people
You must try not to be so judgmental about people.
-Feasible:
1) Able to be made, done or achieved
With the extra resources, the scheme now seems feasible.
[ + to infinitive ] It may be feasible to clone human beings, but is it ethical?
2) Possible or reasonable
It 's quite feasible (that) we'll get the money.
-Schedule:
*(noun) a list of planned activities or things to be done showing the times or dates when
they are intended to happen or be done
a production schedule
a hectic/tight (= very busy) schedule
Everything went according to schedule (= as planned).
*(verb) to arrange that an event or activity will happen at a particular time
The meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
[ + to infinitive ] The train is scheduled to arrive at 8.45, but it's running twenty
minutes late.
-Application: an official request for something, usually in writing
I've sent off applications for four different jobs.
Free information will be sent out on application to (= if you ask) the central office.
-Picky: INFORMAL DISAPPROVING describes someone who is very careful about choosing only
what they like
The children are such picky eaters .
Big companies can afford to be picky about who they hire.
-Severance package: money paid by an employer to an employee whose job the
employer has had to bring to an end
The management have offered employees one week's severance (pay) for each
six months they have worked at the company.
a severance agreement/deal/package
-Be the best thing since sliced bread: to be an excellent person or thing
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That is the best invention since the sliced bread

- Lick somebodys boots: to try very hard to please someone in authority, usually in order
to get an advantage
He needn't expect me to go licking his boots!
-Add up to: to calculate the total of two or more numbers
If you buy three packets, it adds up to a total of $18.
Cinema tickets, drinks, snacks - it all adds up to a lot of money.
-Equal: (verb) to result in something
He disputed the idea that more money equals better education.
-Eager: wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or
enjoyable
the children's eager faces
[ + to infinitive ] She sounded very eager to meet you.
They crowded round the spokesperson, eager for any news.
-Orchestrate: to arrange something carefully, and sometimes unfairly, so as to achieve a
wanted result
Their victory was largely a result of their brilliantly orchestrated election campaign.