Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl 
Thrall – 601 Words You Need to Know /θrɔ:l/ (noun) Definition the state of being under someone’s influence or in their power, enslavement, domination, yoke, subjection, bondage, tyranny, slavery, subjugation – someone whose life is controlled by another person, captive, slave, servant Example A thrall was a slave or serf in Scandinavian lands during the …
Svelte – 601 Words You Need to Know /svelt/ (adj) Definition (of a person) slender and slim, elegant, attractively thin, lissome, graceful, lithe, stylish Example If you want to get slim and svelte fast and easily, stop counting calories and being on fad diets. Counting calories doesn’t guarantee weight loss, and fad diets only give …
Shunt – 601 Words You Need to Know /ʃʌnt/ (noun & verb) Definition Verb: to move someone or something elsewhere or from one place to another, switch or sidetrack, shift, thrust – (of a train wagon or carriage) to change tracks on a railroad with a special switch Noun: diversion, change, thrust, shove, bypass, push …
The Miser – An English fairy tale from Aesop’s fables with vocabulary practice and podcast Source of story: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org Watch this video on YouTube The Miser A miser sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an …
Ruck 601 Words You Need to Know /rʌk/ (noun) Definition Noun: a large group of ordinary people or things that are not very special to you, mass, mound, pile, heap, multitude, accumulation – fold, wrinkle, crumple, rumple, crease – (rugby) all the players around the bull Verb: to wrinkle and become creased, make or form …
Roil 601 Words You Need to Know ‘rȯi(-ə)l (verb) Definition to stir a liquid and make it opaque and murky, make a liquid turbid by disturbing the sediment, whip, shake, mix, stir up – to make someone angry and upset, irritate, aggravate, annoy Example In the middle of the investigation a heavy storm broke out …
Quail 601 Words You Need to Know /kweɪl/ (noun & verb) Definition Verb: to lose heart and move away from something or someone because of fear, wince, draw back in fear, flinch, tremble with fear, feel apprehension, cower, take fright, cringe, recoil, squinch Noun: a small brown bird with a short tail Example Entomophobia is …
Plumb 601 Words You Need to Know /plʌm/ (adj, adv, noun & verb) Definition Verb: to measure the depth of something particularly water – to discover or understand something, fathom, grasp, comprehend – to connect water pipes to each other in a building or device Noun: weight attached to a pipe to measure its depth, …
Mulct 601 Words You Need to Know /’məlkt/ (noun & verb) Definition Verb: to fine someone as a penalty, penalize, punish, amerce – to cheat or deceive someone by fraudulent means, swindle, bilk, defraud, extract money from someone by taxation or fine Noun: penalty, amercement, forfeit, compulsory payment Example A fine or mulct is the …
Moot 601 Words You Need to Know /muːt/ (adj, noun & verb) Definition Noun: a discussion or trial on hypothetical or imaginary issues especially performed by law students to practice for real law cases Adjective: not legally relevant, having no practical use, arguable, doubtful, unresolved, debatable, controversial Verb: to suggest a topic for discussion, put …