4000 Essential English Words 2 Unit 6: The Frog Prince

Word List

• abroad [əˈbrɔːd] adv.
  If someone goes or travels abroad, they go to another country.
  → My brother wants to go abroad next year.
• anger [ˈæŋgər] v.
  To anger someone is to make them mad.
  → It angers me when people are rude.
• bride [braɪd] n.
  A bride is a woman who is getting married or has just gotten married.
  → The bride looked beautiful in her wedding dress.
• brief [briːf] adj.
  If something is brief, it only lasts fora short time.
  → The meeting this afternoon was very brief.
• chase [tʃeɪs] v.
  To chase someone or something is to follow them in order to catch them.
  → I was chased by an angry native.
• disappoint [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt] v.
  To disappoint is to make one feel sad or unsatisfied.
  → I do not want to disappoint my family, so I try to do well at school.
• dive [daɪv] v.
  To dive is to jump into water.
  → I will dive into the lake once we get there.
• exchange [ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ] v.
  To exchange means to give something for another thing in return.
  → I exchanged my foreign money for American dollars.
• favor [ˈfeɪvər] n.
  A favor is something you do for someone to help them.
  → Can you do me a favor and turn off the lights?
• fee [fiː] n.
  A fee is an amount of money that a person or company asks for a service.
  → I had to pay an hourly fee to speak with my lawyer.
• forever [fərˈevər] adv.
  If something lasts forever, it means it lasts for all time.
  → The young couple promised that they would love each other forever.
• guy [gaɪ] n.
  A guy is an informal way to call a man.
  → The guy at the flower shop was really helpful today.
• lovely [ˈlʌvlɪ] adj.
  If people or things are lovely, they are good-looking or beautiful.
  → The trees look lovely in the fall.
• mood [muːd] n.
  A mood is the way someone is feeling.
  → I am in a good mood because I did well on my math test.
• palace [ˈpælɪs] n.
  A palace is a very large building. It is often the home of a royal family.
  → The king and queen live in a beautiful palace.
• permit [pərˈmɪt] v.
  To permit something is to let someone do it.
  → I was sick, so my mother permitted me to stay home from school.
• protest [prəˈtest] v.
  To protest something is to argue about it with someone.
  → The people protested the decision of the president.
• sculpture [ˈskʌlptʃə:r] n.
  A sculpture is a piece of art that is made from wood, clay, or stone.
  → We saw an old sculpture of Buddha at the museum.
• tribe [traɪb] n.
  A tribe is a group of people who live in the same culture.
  → There’s a small tribe of people who live in the mountains of Spain.
• youth [juːθ] n.
  Youth is a time in people’s lives when they are young.
  → My mother wanted to be a nurse in her youth.