Movie-A Room With A View

Vocabulary

1.worship (n.) 

a.  to have or show a strong feeling of respect and admiration for God or a god

e.g.: On the island the people worshipped different gods.

b.  to go to a religious ceremony

e.g.: They socialize together and worship in the same mosque.

2.executant (n.) 

a. one who performs or carries out, especially a skilled performer

e.g.: The dancer is the choreographer's executant.

3.pearl (n.) 

a.  a small, round object, usually white, that forms around a grain of sand inside the shell of a sea creature, especially an oyster . Pearls are valuable and are used to make jewellery

4.pictorial (adj.) 

a. shown in the form of a picture or photograph

e.g.: The exhibition is a pictorial history/record of the town in the 19th century.

5.gainsay (v.) 

a. to refuse to accept something as the truth

e.g.: Certainly there's no gainsaying the technical brilliance of his performance.

6.despair (n.)

a. the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation

e.g.: They're in (the depths of) despair over/about the money they've lost.

7.drape (n.)

a.  to put something such as cloth or a piece of clothing loosely over something

e.g.: He draped his jacket over the back of the chair and sat down to eat.

b.  to be loosely covered with a cloth

e.g.: The coffins were all draped with the national flag.

8.linger (v.) 

a. to take a long time to leave or disappear

e.g.: After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors.

9.disperse (v.) 

a. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this

e.g.: When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse.

10.intoxicate (v.) 

a.  to make someone drunk

e.g.: The drug has the power to heal or intoxicate.

b. to make someone excited, happy, and slightly out of control

e.g.: His music never fails to intoxicate me.

11.caress (v.) 

a.  to touch or kiss someone in a gentle and loving way

e.g.: Gently he caressed her cheek.

12.ponder (v.)

a.  to think carefully about something, especially for a noticeable length of time

e.g.: She sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game.

13.parish (n.) 

a. in some Churches, an area cared for by one priest with its own church, or (in England) the smallest unit of local government

e.g.: The parish has welcomed the new vicar with open arms.

14.auspices (n.) 

a.  with the protection or support of someone or something, especially an organization

e.g.: Financial aid is being provided to the country under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund.

15.vicar (n.) 

a. a priest in the Church of England who is in charge of a church and the religious needs of people in a particular area

16.champagne (n.) 

a. an expensive white or pink fizzy (= with bubbles) wine made in the Champagne area of Eastern France, or, more generally, any similar wine. Champagne is often drunk to celebrate something

17.cork (n.) 

a.  the light, soft bark (= outer covering) of a Mediterranean tree

b. a short, cylinder-shaped piece of cork, plastic, or rubber that is put into the top of a bottle, especially a wine bottle, to close it

e.g.: I can't get the cork out of the bottle - can you try?

18.quickens (v.) 

a. to become quicker, or to make something become quicker

e.g.: This is music that will make your pulse quicken.

b. If a feeling or quality quickens, it becomes more active, or to make a feeling or quality do this

19.intricacies (n.) 

a. complicated details

e.g.: I enjoyed the film, but I couldn't follow all the intricacies of the plot.

b.   the quality of having a lot of complicated small parts or details

20.sermon (n.) 

a. a part of a Christian church ceremony in which a priest gives a talk on a religious or moral subject, often based on something written in the Bible

e.g.: The Reverend William Cronshaw delivered/preached the sermon.

b. a long talk in which someone advises other people how they should behave in order to be better people

e.g.: I really don't think it's a politician's job to go delivering sermons on public morality.

21.duet (n.)

a. a song or other piece of music sung or played by two people

22.generality (n.)

a.  an occasion when what someone says contains no details, and often very little meaning, or a statement of this type

e.g.: We need to get away from generalities and focus on the issues.

23.lump (n.) 

a. a piece of a solid substance, usually with no particular shape

b. a separate large amount

e.g.: I'll be getting the insurance money in two lumps.

24.sop (n.) 

a. something of little importance or value that is offered to stop complaints or unhappiness

e.g.: Critics see the increase in defence spending as a sop to the armed forces rather than an improvement of national security.

25.angelic (adj.)

a.  very beautiful and very good