Mastering Essential English Vocabulary

Wealth

Definition: A large amount of money or valuable possessions that someone has.

Example: Their policies are all towards the creation of wealth.

Currency

Definition: The money that is used in a particular country at a particular time.

Example: Five people were indicted for making and selling counterfeit currency.

Endeavor

Definition: To try to do something.

Example: Engineers are endeavoring to locate the source of the problem.

Deliver

Definition: To take goods, letters, parcels, etc., to people's houses or places of work.

Example: Mail is delivered to our office twice a day.

Guilty

Definition: Feeling guilt.

Example: You've got a guilty conscience, that's why you can't sleep.

Rage

Definition: A period of extreme or violent anger.

Example: I was frightened because I had never seen him in such a rage before.

Spread

Definition: Effect on a wider or increasing area.

Example: The fire spread very rapidly because of the strong wind.

Wage

Definition: A fixed amount of money that is paid to an employee.

Example: The smaller shops pay very low wages.

Goal

Definition: An aim or purpose.

Example: Our goal is for the country to be fully independent within two years.

Endure

Definition: To suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful.

Example: We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.

Otherness

Definition: Feeling different in appearance.

Example: In the film, he is able to depict the sense of otherness and alienation that many teenagers feel.

Threat

Definition: A suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed.

Example: The threat of jail failed to deter him from petty crime.

Launch

Definition: An event to celebrate or introduce something new.

Example: How much champagne will we need for the launch?

Gather

Definition: To collect several things, often from different places or people.

Example: I went to several libraries to gather information about the plans.

Target

Definition: An object shot at during shooting practice.

Example: I had four shots but I didn't even hit the target.

Lend

Definition: To give something to someone for a short period of time, expecting it to be given back.

Example: She doesn't like lending her books.

Dangerous

Definition: A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could harm you.

Example: The men are armed and dangerous.

Doubt

Definition: To not feel certain or confident about something or to think that something is not probable.

Example: They had begun to doubt that it could be done.

Survive

Definition: To continue to live or exist.

Example: These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.

Follow

Definition: To move behind someone.

Example: She followed me into the kitchen.

Stand

Definition: To be in a vertical state or to put into a vertical state.

Example: Granny says if she stands for a long time her ankles hurt.