Inter GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪnˈtɜːʳ/ (verb) to bury a dead body or corpse, entomb, lay to rest, inhume Inter in Context Burial or interment is a method of final disposition wherein a dead person or non-human animal is placed into the ground. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased …
Mortal 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 30 /ˈmɔː.təl/ (adj & noun) Adjective: causing death, deadly, fatal, lethal, life-threatening, pernicious – certain to die sooner or later, perishable, not eternal, not living forever, finite, earthly – grave and serious, extreme, excessive, inordinate, severe Noun: any person or creature that dies sooner or later, human being, human …
Mourn 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /mɔːn/ (verb) to grieve and show great sadness usually due to someone’s death, grieve for, weep for, lament, cry over, grieve over, bewail, bemoan – deplore, regret, rue This article reports empirical research into public books of condolence signed following two key mourning events within British culture: the …
Corpse 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 2 Corpse 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 2 /kɔːps/ (noun) Corpse definition dead body especially of a human being, body, cadaver, carcass, remains Example Morgue workers in India received the shock of a lifetime when they discovered a moving ‘corpse’ in their freezer. As unbelievable as it may seem, …
Fatal 1100 Words You Need Week 38 Day 2 Fatal 1100 Words You Need Week 38 Day 2 /ˈfeɪ.təl/ US /-ţəl/ (adj) too dangerous and deadly, lethal, mortal, leading to failure or disaster, disastrous, killing, terminal, mortal, incurable, untreatable, inoperable, malignant, destructive, ruinous For more than a decade, heart disease and cancer, two fatal diseases, …
Misery by Anton Chekhov Misery by Anton Chekhov to learn English with great short stories together with illustrated flashcards, an embedded podcast to practice listening and comment form for discussion. Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ “To whom shall I tell my grief?” THE twilight of evening. Big flakes of wet snow are whirling …
Swan Song 1100 Words You Need Swan Song 1100 Words You Need Week 31 Day 3 with authentic materials and examples, synonyms, antonyms, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS final or last act, farewell, final public act, dying song, last act, curtain, finale, valediction The idea of the “swan song” recurs from …
Moribund 1100 Words You Need Moribund 1100 Words You Need Week 28 Day 4 with authentic materials, flashcards, synonyms and antonyms for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ˈmɒr.ɪ.bʌnd/ (adj) unsuccessful and inactive, stagnant, dying, perishing, dormant, in the process of becoming obsolete, obsolescent, declining, on the way out, dilapidated, nearly dead, expiring, on one’s last legs, …
English Question on Time of Death English Question on Time of Death for Discussion by leaving text and voice messages asynchronously to get ready for IELTS and TOEFL How might knowing when you’ll die help you plan your life? Is life enhanced by feeling that death could strike at any time? If you knew someone …
The Money’s Paw The Money’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ Part I. Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about …