Movie words

*see sb. off = to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them

*radiance = happiness,beauty,or good health which you can see in someone's face

*in a muddle = an untidy or confused state

*solicitor+attorney = legal representative

*pro = in favor of

*overhear = to hear(sth. that was said to another person) by accident

*disdain = to refuse to do (sth.) because of feelings of dislike or disapproval

*synonymous = having the same meaning

*taciturn = tending to be quiet : not speaking frequently

*deceive = to make(someone) believe sth. that is not true

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Vocabulary

1.spade (n.) 

a.  a tool used for digging especially soil or sand, with a long handle and a flat blade

e.g.: The kids took their buckets and spades to the beach.

b. one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem

c.  one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem

e.g.: Don't you have any spades?

2.bleak (adj.)

a. If a place is bleak, it is empty, and not welcoming or attractive

e.g.: The house stands on a bleak, windswept hilltop.

b.  Bleak weather is cold and unpleasant.

c.  If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future

e.g.: The economic outlook is bleak.

3.gigantic (adj.) 

a. extremely large

e.g.: The cost has been gigantic.

4.oculist (n.) 

a. old-fashioned -a doctor who examines and treats people's eyes

5.dumping (n.) 

a. the act of getting rid of something that is not wanted

e.g.: They have promised to limit the dumping of sewage sludge in the sea.

6.bewilderd (adj.) 

a. to confuse someone

7.tangible (adj.)

a. real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced

e.g.: We need tangible evidence if we're going to take legal action.

8.slate (n.) 

a. a dark grey rock that can be easily divided into thin pieces, or a small, thin piece of this used to cover a roof

b. a small computer with a screen that you can write on using a special pen

c. in the past, a small, thin, rectangular piece of slate (= rock), usually in a wooden frame, used for writing on, especially by children

d. the group of people who are chosen by a particular party to take part in an election

9.tempt (v.) 

a.  to make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong

e.g.: The offer of free credit tempted her into buying a new car.

10.contiguous (adj.) 

a.     next to or touching another, usually similar, thing

e.g.: The two states are contiguous with/to each other, but the laws are quite different.

11.distraction (n.)

a. things that distracts.

b. relaxation; amusement

c. confusion; frenzy madness

12.toddler (n.) 

a.  child who is just learning to walk.

13.attach (v.)       

a.  fasten, affix, join

b. be very fond of

c. attribute or be attributable; assign

d. accompany; form part of

e. take part in; join

14.levity (n.) 

a. lack of serious thought, frivolity

15.revelation (n.)

a. the supposed disclosure of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency.

b. striking disclosure

c. last book of New Testament

16.plagiaristic (adj.) 

a. copied and passed off as your own

17.suppression (n.) 

a. put an end to, esp. forcibly

b. prevent from being seen, heard, or known

c.  partly or wholly eliminate

18.decency (n.) 

a.  correct, honorable, or modest behavior

b.  proprieties; manners

19.preoccupy (v.) 

a.  dominate of the mind of a person to the exclusion of all else

b.  otherwise engrossed; mentally distracted

20.riotous (adj.) 

a.  wild, exciting, and uncontrolled

21.companion (n.)

a. a person you spend a lot of time with often because you are friends or because you are travelling together

e.g.: The dog has been her constant companion these past ten years.

b. in the past, a young woman who was paid to care for and provide friendship for an old or ill woman, especially while she was travelling

22.clerical (adj.) 

a. relating to work done in an office

b. relating to a priest or priests

23.mosque (n.) 

a. a building for Islamic religious activities and worship

24.pulse (n.) 

a. the regular beating of the heart, especially when it is felt at the wrist or side of the neck

e.g.: The child's pulse was strong/weak.

25.morality (n.) 

a.  a set of personal or social standards for good or bad behaviour and character

e.g.: They argued for a new morality based on self-sacrifice and honesty.

b.  the quality of being right, honest, or acceptable

e.g.: I have to question the morality of forcing poor people to pay for their medical treatment.