Word Meaning Examples

Super Excellent We had a super time in Italy.

It was a super meal.

Flu A common disease that causes fever The whole family has the flu.
and headache.
She's got flu.

Ruin To damage something so badly. The bad weather ruined our trip.

My new shoes got ruined in the

mud.

Fluid Liquid The doctor told him to drink

plenty of fluids.

The blood is one of the body

fluids.

Truth The true facts about something. He was telling the truth.

I just need to know the truth.

Truly Really, in fact. He truly wants to improve

himself.

I felt truly at home.

Cruel The antonym of kind Don't be cruel to kids.

I can't stand people who are

cruel to animals.

Lunar Connected with the moon. The lunar stone is different from
earth's.

The Earth then captures lunar

material.

Ruby Dark red in colour. Adjective She is wearing a small ruby

earring.
A dark red precious stone. Noun
His eye lit on a ruby ring.
 Fluent Able to speak, read or write a language, She's fluent in English.
especially a foreign language, easily and
‘Can he speak German?’ ‘Yes, he’s
well.
fluent.’

Superb Excellent You look superb.

The car is in superb condition.

Crucial Extremely important. The next few weeks are going to

be crucial.
Essential
Parents play a crucial role in
preparing their child for school.

Glucose A type of sugar that is found in plants, The doctors revived her with
especially fruit. injections of glucose

Glucose and lactose are sugars..

Superior The antonym of inferior. The new products are far

superior to the old ones.

She felt socially superior to most

of her neighbours.

Plumage The feathers covering a bird’s body Male peacocks have beautiful
plumage.

He likes the bird with exotic

plumage.

Translucent Allowing light to pass through but not The sky was a pale translucent
completely clear. blue.

His skin was translucent with age.