4000 Essential English Words 3 Unit 5: Trick-or-treat!
Word List
- acquaint [əˈkweɪnt] v.
To acquaint is to get to know something or someone.
→ Nancy acquainted herself with the new computer.
- cemetery [ˈseməteri] n.
A cemetery is where people are buried when they die.
→ Some people are scared of cemeteries.
- curse [kə:rs] v.
To curse someone or something is to hope that bad things happen to them.
→ The witch cursed the village.
- disguise [dɪsˈgaɪz] n.
A disguise is something you wear so people cannot tell who you are.
→ Everyone knew that it was Dad in the Santa disguise.
- fancy [ˈfænsɪ] adj.
If something is fancy, it is nicer than normal.
→ Their table was all set for a fancy dinner.
- flashlight [ˈflæʃlaɪt] n.
A flashlight is a small electric light that you carry in your hand.
→ We took a flashlight when we went camping.
- hood [hʊd] n.
A hood is part of a coat that goes over your head.
→ She put on her hood to keep her head warm.
- inhabitant [ɪnˈhæbətənt] n.
An inhabitant is a person who lives in a certain place.
→ The number of inhabitants in the countryside is increasing.
- nourish [ˈnə:rɪʃ] v.
To nourish something is to give it food that it needs to live.
→ A good mother will nourish her baby every day.
- pirate [ˈpaɪərət] n.
A pirate is a sailor who steals things from other boats.
→ Pirates are very scary characters.
- publication [ˌpʌbləˈkeɪʃən] n.
A publication is something printed, like a newspaper or book.
→ She’s been a subscriber to that publication for over ten years.
- riddle [ˈrɪdl] n.
A riddle is a question that is difficult to answer but meant to be funny.
→ I could not answer Wendy’s riddle, but it made me laugh.
- rot [rɒt] n.
When something rots, it slowly gets softer and is destroyed.
→ The old log began to rot in the forest.
- scare [ˈskɛə:r] v.
To scare means to cause one to feel frightened.
→ I was scared by the sight of the monster.
- shortly [ˈʃɔːrtlɪ] adv.
If something will happen shortly, it will happen very soon.
→ My workday will end shortly.
- skeleton [ˈskelətn] n.
A skeleton is the bones of a body.
→ There is a skeleton in the science classroom.
- spoil [spɔɪl] v.
If something spoils, it turns bad or rots.
→ We left the fruit out too long, and it spoiled.
- starve [stɑːrv] v.
If a person starves, they do not get enough to eat and sometimes die.
→ During the war, many people starved.
- thrill [θrɪl] n.
A thrill is an exciting feeling.
→ The boys enjoy the thrill of surfing a big wave.
- wicked [ˈwɪkɪd] adj.
If something is wicked, it is very bad or evil.
→ My boss is a very wicked man.
