Word List Book 1

Produce to make something or bring something into existence:

France produces a great deal of wine for export.

Sting If an insect, plant, or animal stings, it produces a small but painful injury, usually
with a poison

Do all types of bee sting?

Beekeeper someone who keeps bees in order to produce honey

We must not leave the beekeepers to fight this battle on their own.

Collect to get and keep things of one type such as stamps or coins as a hobby:

So when did you start collecting antique glass?

Nectar a sweet liquid produced by flowers and collected by bees and other insects:

The bee turns nectar into honey.

Powder a loose, dry substance that consists of extremely small pieces

You'll get more flavor from the spices if you grind them into a powder.

Pollen a powder, produced by the male part of a flower

Pollen is mostly spread by bees and wind.

Important necessary or of great value:

It's important for children to learn to get on with each other.

Hibernate (of some animals) to spend the winter sleeping:

The turtle hibernates in a shallow burrow for six months of the year.

Discover to find information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time:

Scientists have discovered how to predict an earthquake.

Enormous extremely large:

He earns an enormous salary.
 Opening not closed or fastened:

You left the container open.

Squeeze to press something firmly, especially from all sides in order to change its shape,
reduce its size, or remove liquid from it:

Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl.

Capture to take someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession,

especially by force:

Two of the soldiers were killed and the rest were captured.

Chew to crush food into smaller, softer pieces with the teeth so that it can be swallowed:

This meat is difficult to chew.

Escape to get free from something such as a prison or cage, or from someone who will not
allow you to leave:

Two prisoners have escaped.

Presentation a talk giving information about something:

The speaker gave an interesting presentation on urban transport.

Custom a way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a long time:

He left the house at nine exactly, as is his custom.

Hoop a ring of wood, metal, or plastic:

The dogs had been trained to jump through hoops.

Symbol a sign, shape, or object that is used to represent something else:

A heart shape is the symbol of love.

Strength the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or mental effort:

We will struggle on, drawing our strength from the courage of others.

Courage the ability to control your fear in a dangerous or difficult situation:

They showed great courage when they found out about their baby's disability.
 Beneath in or to a lower position than someone or something, under someone or
something:

Jaime hid the letter beneath a pile of papers.

Pride a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get because you or people
connected with you have done or got something good:

She felt a great sense of pride as she watched him accept the award.

Windshield the window at the front of a car, truck, etc.

He accidentally broke the windshield.

Solution the answer to a problem:

There's no easy solution to this problem.

Streetcar an electric vehicle that transports people, usually in cities, and goes along metal
tracks in the road:

The cheapest way of seeing the city is to take a streetcar.

Design to make or draw plans for something, for example clothes or buildings:

Who designed this building/dress/furniture?

Model something that a copy can be based on because it is an extremely good example of
its type:

The educational system was a model for those of many other countries.

Invention something that has never been made before, or the process of creating something
that has never been made before:

a most amazing invention

Handle a part of an object designed for holding, moving, or carrying the object easily:

the handle on a suitcase

Wipers one of two long metal and rubber parts that move against a windscreen to remove
rain
There are occasions when a windscreen wiper will become defective.

Canyon a large valley with very steep sides and usually a river flowing along the bottom
 Birds of prey nest on rock in canyons that are difficult to access

Massive very large in size, amount, or number:

They have a massive house.

Flow (especially of liquids, gases, or electricity) to move in one direction, especially

continuously and easily:

Lava from the volcano was flowing down the hillside.

Form to begin to exist or to make something begin to exist:

A crowd formed around the accident.

Ancient of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time:

ancient civilizations/rights/laws

Pottery the activity or skill of making clay objects by hand

She's doing a pottery night class.

Visitor to go to a place in order to look at it, or to a person in order to spend time with
them:

We visited a few galleries while we were in Prague.

National Park an area of a country that is protected by the government because of its natural
beauty or because it has a special history:

Yellowstone was the first national park in the US.

Sequence a series of related things or events, or the order in which they follow each other:

Is there a particular sequence in which you have to perform these tasks?

Calculate to judge the number or amount of something by using the information that you
already have

The cost of the damage caused by the recent storms has been calculated as/at over
£5 million.

Nature ll the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and
processes that happen or exist independently of people
Result something that happens or exists because of something else:
 The road has been widened, but the result is just more traffic.

Series
Chamber
Spiral
Recognize
Sly
Furious
Lesson
Involve
Cooperation
Spoil
Attempt
Float
Settle
Famine
Starve
Nugget
Fortune
Railroad
Relative
Miss
Vote
Leader
Law
Convince
Elect
Candidate
Ballot
Announce
Oil spill
Struggle
Endanger
Survive
Generation
Rescue
Supplies
Spotless
Recipe
Double
Amount
Beat
Dough
Sprinkle
Equal
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