Schließen
EXTINCT
The numbers of these animals have been falling steadily and they are now almost extinct.
SPELLBOUND
The kids watched and listened spellbound to the performance.
BLEAK
1. a bleak landscape/hillside/moor
2. a bleak winter’s day
3. The future looks bleak for the manufacturing industry.
MAKESHIFT
The hall had been turned into a makeshift hospital.
TORRENTIAL
Sadly, 29 people lost their lives in the floods and landslides caused by the torrential rain.
TOUCH AND GO
It had been touch-and-go for him in the hospital, but he had eventually recovered.
SEEDY
a seedy hotel
He didn't like the look of the seedy characters who were hanging around outside the bar.
GRIM
The house was lonely and rather grim.
HOARSE
She sounded a bit hoarse.
You'll make yourself hoarse if you keep shouting like that!
PREMEDITATED
/ˌpriːˈmed.ɪ.teɪ.tɪd/
premeditated murder
The police believe the crime was premeditated.
JADED
/ˈdʒeɪ.dɪd/
After working in Hollywood for 30 years, Fred was jaded about working with celebrities.
FLAWED
/flɔːd/
Diamonds are still valuable, even when they are flawed.
OUTRAGEOUS
/ˌaʊtˈreɪ.dʒəs/
1. Most of people expected the principal to suspend him for his outrageous behaviour.
2. He also became famous for his theatrical stage presence, dressing in outrageous costumes.
WOULD - BE
Would-be terrorists use the internet to plan their attacks.
It's a fashionable bar full of would-be musicians and artists.
would-be investor
INSATIABLE
/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃə.bəl/
Like so many politicians, he had an insatiable appetite/desire/hunger for power.
Nothing, it seemed, would satisfy his insatiable curiosity.
