Essential Vocabulary: Key Terms and Their Meanings

Essential Vocabulary Terms

Misunderstanding: confusion, error

To keep on: to persist, to hold on

Storage: action of keeping things

To manufacture: to produce, to fabricate

Worthwhile: beneficial, productive, profitable

To arise: to appear, to originate

Well-known: famous, acclaimed

To fulfill: to satisfy, to achieve

Convenience: availability, usefulness

To come about: to result, to happen

To struggle: to fight, to battle

Sachets: small packets

Suspicion: doubt, distrust

Fed up: annoyed, tired

Continuously: frequently, regularly

Soggy: very wet and soft

Crunchy: crispy

Grease: fat, oil

To sprinkle something with: scatter (espolvorear)

Eventually: finally, ultimately

Stale: tasteless, insipid

To attempt to do something: to try, to make an effort

Sticky: gummy, adhesive

Spare time: free time, leisure

To manage to do something: to succeed in

Bookmark: marker placed in a book

To spoil: to ruin, to destroy

To notice: to observe, to perceive

Seed: grain, nut

To devise: to create, to design

Hook: a curved piece of metal or plastic used for hanging something on

Velvet: fabric, material (terciopelo)

Reluctant: hesitant, unenthusiastic

Groceries: food

String: rope, long fiber

Fungus: a type of plant without leaves that gets its food from other living or dead things.

Additional Vocabulary Terms

To trust: to believe, to place confidence in

To be made redundant: to be fired

To heal: to cure, to recover

Treatment: medical care

Impressed: fascinated, aroused

To reach: to arrive at, to come to

Increasingly: to a greater extent, more and more

Dissatisfied: unhappy, annoyed

To persuade: to convince to do, to advise

To emigrate: to move to another country

To launch: to begin selling

Glamorous: sophisticated in style, alluring

Apprentice: novice/learner of a trade

To be concerned about: to be worried

All of a sudden: suddenly, abruptly

To cope: to manage, to handle

Effectively: efficiently, adequately

Investment: devoting money

To be willing to: to want, to desire to do something

Eventually: finally, ultimately

Freelance: independent, self-employed

To set up: to arrange, to assemble

To pick up: to gather, to take up

Grateful: pleased, thankful

To hang up: to stop doing an activity

To gain: to get, to acquire