Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• hold over: To postpone; delay.
• english speaker: A person who speaks English.
• set up
• royal court: The entourage of a monarch, including family, advisors, and officials.
• commonly seen: Frequently observed; often encountered.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• by and large: Generally; on the whole; mostly.
• silent letters: Letters in a word that are not pronounced.
• change over: To switch from one thing to another.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• of use: Having practical value; useful or helpful.
• out of use: No longer used or functional; obsolete.
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• evolve: To develop certain features
• whopping: (Informal) huge; very big
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• shift: To change in position or direction
• dignity: Person of high rank deserving respect
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• ancestor: A person from your family that lived in the past
• realm: Area ruled by a king or queen
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• influx: Sudden arrival of many people or things
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• influential: Having the power to cause change; having influence
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• linguistic: Of or relating to language
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• silent: Without making any noise; soundless
• quarter: 25 cents
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• century: Period of 100 years
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• replace: To use instead of something else
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• comprehend: To understand the meaning of
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• bastard: Someone whose parents were not married
• vine: Long thin plant that climbs over something
• prologue: Introduction to a written piece of work
• hath: Old form of 'have'
• norse: People from Norway in medieval times