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Biting /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ (adj) used to describe weather that is extremely cold,


especially when is causes you physical pain
Ex: A biting wind is unpleasantly cold.
2. Horror /ˈhɒrə $ ˈhɔːrər, ˈhɑː-/ (n) an extremely strong feeling of fear and
shock
Ex: I recoil with horror when see a big spider like this.
3. Confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/ (n) a situation in which people do not
understand what is happening
Ex: I stared at him in confusion.
4. Inaccurate /ɪnˈækjərət/ (adj) not completely correct or exact
Ex: A lot of what has been written about him is inaccurate.
5. Victims /ˈvɪktɪm/ (n) someone or something that has been hurt, damaged,
or killed
Ex: Most homicide victims are under 30.
6. Frightening /ˈfraɪtn-ɪŋ/ (adj) making you feel fear
Ex: Going into hospital can be very frightening for a child.
7. Tempting /ˈtemptɪŋ/ (adj) if something is tempting, you want to do or
have not
Ex: That pie looks tempting.
8. Force /ˈtemptɪŋ/ (n) physical, especially violent, strength or power
Ex: The riots were suppressed by government forces.
9. Gather /ˈɡæðə $ -ər/ (v) to collect several things
Ex: A crowd gathered to watch the fight.
10. Flow /fləʊ $ floʊ/ (v) especially of liquids, gases or electricity
Ex: He struggled to swim against the flow of the water.
11. Surfboard /ˈsɜːfbɔːd $ ˈsɜːrfbɔːrd/ (n) a long, narrow board used for
surfing
Ex: The second ad in the series actually equips our shepherd with a surfboard.
12.Terrified /ˈterɪfaɪd/ (a) vary fightened
Ex: She was terrified of being caught.
13.Categorize /ˈkætəɡəraɪz/ (v) to put people or things into groups
according to what type they are
Ex: The population is categorized according to age, sex, and social group.
14.Arrange /əˈreɪndʒ/ (v) to plan, prepare for, or organize something
Ex: I’d like to arrange a business loan.
15.Hypothesize /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪz $ -ˈpɑː-/ (v) to give a possible but not yet
proved explanation for something
Ex: Scientists hypothesize that the dinosaurs were killed by a giant meteor.
16.Rarely /ˈreəli $ ˈrerli/ (adv) not often
Ex: She very rarely complains.
17.Mistake /məˈsteɪk/ (n) an action, secision, or judgment that produces an
unwanted or unintentional result
Ex: We may have made a mistake in our calculations.
18.Man-eater (n) a woman who uses men to have a series of sexual
relationships, but does not love the men
Ex: The truth is that real man-eaters, those tigers that deliberately and
consistently hunt human prey, are extremely rare.

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