RUN AWAY JURY (1)
posted on 15 Apr 2008 16:21 by phil-redfever-ism in RunawayJuryRUN AWAY JURY by John Grisham (Chapter 1)
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| 1 | cordless | Adj. | without an electric cable |
| dodge | V. | move quickly to the side (to avoid something) | |
| enrollment | N. | registration, signing up | |
| nerd | N. | fool | |
| 2 | articulate | Adj. | speaking fluently, eloquent |
| badge | N. | tag; ensign; sign | |
| obsolete | Adj. | ancient, archaic; no longer in use, outdated; | |
| thrash | V. | punch, beat, strike; move | |
| zealot | N. | fanatic; radical zealot, fanatic zealot | |
| 3 | extinguish | V. | put out, quench; totally destroy, annihilate |
| fetch | V. | go after and bring back; call, gather | |
| frustrate | V. | foil, thwart; disappoint | |
| insult | V. | speak or act in a rude or contemptuous manner, offend, affront | |
| notion | N. | belief; concept; idea | |
| incorrect idea; odd idea; vague idea | |||
| understanding | |||
| provoke | V. | anger, irritate, annoy | |
| puff | V. | exhale; breathe | |
| 4 | affiliation | N. | connection, attachment |
| alleged | Adj. | supposed, believed | |
| conscience | N. | sense of right and wrong | |
| decal | N. | paper bearing an image that can be transferred to another surface | |
| poverty | N. | state of being poor, destitution, indigence; scantiness, deficiency, scarcity | |
| prosperity | N. | flourishing condition, thriving condition; success | |
| sprang | V. | jump, leap; move quickly | |
| 5 | bolt | V. | escape |
| ethics | N. | จริยศาสตร์ | |
| flick | V. | hit lightly | |
| formulate | V. | devise, conceive; develop, plan; express in a formula | |
| frustrate | V. | foil, thwart; disappoint; make frustrated; defeat; baffle, confound | |
| gauge | V. | measure; evaluate, determine; estimate | |
| glare | V. | stare in an angry manner | |
| paralegal | Adj. | of a paralegal, pertaining to a lawyer's assistant | |
| peel | V. | remove skin ; undress | |
| psychiatrist | N. | medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses | |
| rumple | V. | fold, wrinkle, crease; muss, dishevel, ruffle ยับ | |
| scribble | V. | write quickly and sloppily | |
| sentiment | N. | feeling, emotion; attitude, opinion; tender emotion | |
| snoop | N. | private detective | |
| thump | V. | knock; walk with heavy steps | |
| 6 | aspire | V. | seek to attain a goal, yearn, aim, dream |
| awash | Adj. | floating on the water's surface | |
| chuckle | V. | laugh quietly, giggle | |
| precise | Adj. | exact, not more and not less; meticulous, exacting, strict | |
| spandex | N. | type of elastic fibers used to create elastic knit fabrics | |
| twirling | V. | cause to spin, rotate rapidly; twist; twiddle | |
| visor | N. | sun-shield; face shield | |
| wagon | N. | carriage, coach | |
| 7 | dash | V. | move with sudden speed |
| frazzle | V. | fray, wear out (about cloth); exhaust, irritate | |
| loiter | V. | idle about; lag behind; waste time; hang about | |
| massive | Adj. | enormous, colossal, immense, heavy, solid | |
| nonchalant | Adj. | indifferent; composed | |
| plaintiff | N. | claimant, person who brings a lawsuit to court; one who charges with an offense | |
| shipyard | N. | yard where ships are built and repaired | |
| soak with | PHRV. | จุ่มใน | |
| 8 | earnest | Adj. | serious, sober; sincere, fervent, eager |
| enthrall | V. | captivate, fascinate; charm, enchant; enslave, subjugate | |
| hostility | N. | enmity, animosity, antagonism, hatred; hostile act; resistance | |
| intruder | N. | burglar, trespasser; one who enters by force or without invitation; invader | |
| pinch | V. | squeeze between a finger and thumb; compress; economize; steal, filch | |
| sank | V. | submerge, fall down below the surface (especially in water) | |
| snarl | V. | growl angrily | |
| 9 | ruffle | V. | gather into pleats, crease; muss, dishevel; agitate, disturb; annoy, irritate |
| snort | V. | make a harsh grunting sound by forcing air through the nostrils | |
| eruption | N. | act or instance of bursting forth suddenly | |
| stroke | V. | hit, beat; mark with a short line, cross out | |
| meticulously | Adv. | exactingly; methodically | |
| trim | V. | organize | |
| goatee | N. | beard shaped into the form of a small tuft at the end of the chin | |
| pudgy | Adj. | short and fat | |
| unison | N. | harmony, agreement | |
| vital | Adj. | lively | |
| 10 | barge | N. | flat-bottomed freight boat |
| deposition | N. | sworn testimony | |
| endure | V. | suffer without complaint, tolerate | |
| huddle | V. | crowd together, gather together | |
| purge | V. | purify, remove contamination; clean, remove dirt | |
| ruthlessness | N. | cruelty, brutality, mercilessness, state of lacking compassion | |
| tyranny | N. | oppression, coercive power (esp. by a government); position or role of a tyrant | |
| 11 | carcass | N. | framework, decaying or worthless remains of a structure; corpse; body (Slang) |
| curb | V. | restrain, check; keep near the curb | |
| dime | N. | coin worth ten cents (used in the USA and Canada) | |
| ensue | V. | follow as a consequence of, happen as a result of | |
| lagoon | N. | pond, small body of water (esp. one which is connected to a larger body of water) | |
| limp | V. | move forward slowly and with difficulty | |
| skirmish | V. | dispute, squabble, argue | |
| spat | V. | quarrel; slap lightly | |
| spoil | N. | goods taken from an enemy in a war or in a robbery | |
| verdict | N. | judgment made by a jury, sentence; decision | |
