

Vocab Flashcards-A journey by bus (DescriptionWriting GCSE-Engl)
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English
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12th Grade
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Hard
Florin Rau
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
scrum
Back
a crowd of people who are pushing each other
The doors flap open and the scrum of waiting passengers, faces grey and empty after a long day in the city, shuffles forward...
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
refract
Back
to make waves, such as those of light, sound or energy, change direction when they go through at an angle
Light is refracted when passed through a prism.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
lurch
Back
to make a sudden, unsteady movement forward or to one side
Suddenly the horse lurched to one side and the child fell off.
The plane lurched unsteadily.
(figurative) Their relationship seems to lurch from one crisis to the next.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
buffet (verb)
Back
to knock or push somebody/something roughly from side to side
to be buffeted by the wind
(figurative, formal) The nation had been buffeted by a wave of strikes.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
brusque
Back
using very few words and sounding rude
The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
vow of silence
Back
a solemn promise or oath to voluntarily refrain from speaking for a specific period of time or, in some cases, for the rest of one's life. This practice is often undertaken for spiritual, religious, or personal reasons, such as to show discipline, focus on meditation, or as a form of protest.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
earnest
Back
very serious and sincere
Despite her earnest efforts, she could not find a job.
When I looked over, he was in earnest conversation with his father.
She was nice enough, but perhaps a little too earnest.
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