Vocabulary

• obnoxious: Annoying or rude; offensive
• irrational: Not sensible or reasonable; illogical
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• deception: Use of trickery to make someone believe an untruth
• janitor: a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals with the cleaning, repairs, etc.
• petition: Request to an authority to change something
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• clueless: Totally uninformed about what is going on
• lust: Sexual desire
• hideous: Very ugly; frightening-looking
• marijuana: Illegal drug that is made from hemp
• batch: Amount of something that is produced at one time
• psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
• protocol: Written agreement between countries
• sore: An open or raised painful spot on the skin
• supervisor: Someone in charge of a task, place, or person
• despicable: Deserving contempt; causing strong disapproval
• devotion: Strong love or attachment; a commitment to
• disposal: Act of giving or throwing something away
• consult: To ask the advice, opinion of a (paid) specialist
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• broom: Brush with a long handle, used for cleaning
• immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
• needy: Poor; without much money
• preliminary: Happening or necessary before a thing happens
• convict: Person in prison
• gravy: Brown sauce made from meat juices when cooking
• slick: Confident; effortlessly effective
• payroll: Money needed to pay those working for a company
• bail: Money given to ensure prisoner returns to a court
• antique: (Of objects) old and valuable
• perimeter: Outline or border; outer edge
• rusty: Performing badly from lack of practice
• jurisdiction: Specific area of legal authority
• fasten: To attach things by pinning, tying, or nailing
• boob: Breast (vulgar)
• harass: To bother repeatedly with harmful words or actions
• hypocrite: One who decries a thing while doing it themselves
• accountant: Professional person who manages money
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• overboard: Going over the side of a boat or ship into the sea
• paralyze: To be unable to move from loss of muscle function
• frighten: To make someone afraid or nervous
• crib: Young child's bed with barred side; cot
• fudge: Soft sweet made from butter and milk
• penthouse: (Luxury) apartment on the top floor of a building
• hourglass: Glass vessel that tells the time
• nickel: American coin worth 5 cents
• balm: Fragrant herb
• detector: Device that receives a signal and responds to it
• babble: To talk without speaking clearly
• backstage: In the area of a theater behind the stage
• ink: Liquid found in pens
• ski: Long thin board for the feet for moving on show
• courtroom: Room in which a law court sits
• amulet: Charm with a magic symbol to protect against evil
• toothbrush: Small brush with long handle used to clean teeth
• nice: Being attractive or of high quality or value
• bodyguard: Man who escorts and protects some important person
• felon: Law one guilty of a serious crime
• cheerleader: One who chants and dances to encourage sports team
• handcuff: Police object used to restrain hands of criminals
• haggard: Wasted away; gaunt; thin in the face
• shotgun: Double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon
• chandler: Maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
• coloured: To change or affect someone's opinion
• turner: A lathe operator
• disco: Public dance hall for dancing to popular music
• fisher: Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
• bailey: The outer defensive courtyard of a castle