Ford GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /fɔːd $ fɔːrd/ (noun & verb) Definition Noun: the shallow part of the river where you can safely walk or drive, stepping, crossing place through shallow water, crossing, passage Verb: to wade or cross a river, traverse, paddle, cross over Example A ford is a shallow place with good footing where …
English Documentary on Titanic with Transcript and flashcards inside the lesson to improve your listening and reading comprehension and enrich your academic vocabulary Source of documentary: National Geographic YouTube Channel Watch this video on YouTube The Titanic The turn of the 20th century saw a golden age of industry and prosperity in many Western countries. One aspect …
Commuter 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 31 /kəˈmjuː.təʳ/ (noun) someone who regularly commutes or travels between home and work, passenger, rail user, traveler, fare Commuting is periodically recurring travel between one’s place of residence and place of work or study, where the traveler or commuter leaves the boundary of their home community. It sometimes refers …
Roam 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 30 /rəʊm/ (verb) to move around and go from one place to another without any particular purpose or plan, wander, drift, ramble, traverse, walk, rove, journey In the 1880s, a wild menace haunted the Arizona territory. It was known as the Red Monster, and its legend grew as it …
Migrate 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 13 /maɪˈgreɪt/ (verb) to move from one place to another in search of food due to seasonal changes, travel, go abroad, drift, move around, relocate, go overseas, resettle, emigrate, pull up stakes, journey – move to a new different area in order to find work, wander, roam, trek The …
Explore 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 5 Explore 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 5 /ɪkˈsplɔːʳ/ (verb) to look for something and discover it, search, look into, investigate, delve into, consider, study, examine, survey, scrutinize, check out – tour – travel over, take a look at, see the sights, sightsee Explore the Possibilities This publication from …
Nomadic 1100 Words You Need Nomadic 1100 Words You Need /nəʊˈmæd.ɪk/ not living in one place and traveling all the time, itinerant, traveling, roaming, wandering, roving, drifting: It’s hard to put my childhood into a word. I guess I could call it “nomadic”- constantly moving around to a different area where the better opportunities were …
Entourage 1100 Words You Need Entourage 1100 Words You Need /ˈɒn.tʊ.rɑːʒ/ (noun) Entourage definition the group of people who travel with and work for an important or famous person, people accompanying VIP, staff, associates, backups, followers, fans: Example The rock-star arrived in London with her usual entourage of dancers and backing singers.
Pedestrian Pedestrian (adj & noun) /pəˈdes.tri.ən/ noun: someone traveling or walking on foot esp in cities where there are cars, walker, rambler, on foot The pedestrian wearing headphones was hit on the crosswalk by a careless driver. adj: too ordinary and dull, not interesting or exciting, prosaic, humdrum, unimaginative I fell asleep in the middle …
Detour Detour (noun & verb) /ˈdiː.tɔːʳ/ US /-tʊr/ noun: an indirect route or path to a place – deviation – diversion – bypass: We took a detour to avoid the heavy rush hour traffic. Antonyms direct access, straightness