Thinking and feeling 1
39 English words (level B2) with a simple English definition and an example sentence. In the app you can hear every word and practise with flashcards, a quiz, spelling and listening.
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| English | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ache | to feel a continuous pain | My legs ache after the run. |
| adore | to love someone or something very much | She adores her grandchildren. |
| agonize | to worry a lot about a decision | She agonized over which job to take. |
| amaze | to surprise someone very much | Her talent amazes me. |
| animate | to make something more lively; also to make a cartoon | Music animated the party. |
| anticipate | to expect something to happen and prepare for it | We anticipate a lot of visitors. |
| arouse | to cause a feeling | The story aroused my curiosity. |
| aspire | to have a strong wish to achieve something | He aspires to be a writer. |
| assess | to judge the quality or value of something | Teachers assess students' work. |
| astonish | to surprise very much | The result astonished everyone. |
| attribute | to say that something is caused by or belongs to someone or something | She attributes her success to hard work. |
| await | to wait for | We await your reply. |
| bewilder | to confuse someone very much | The question bewildered me. |
| bully | to frighten or hurt a weaker person | He was bullied at school. |
| commemorate | to do something to remember an important person or event | The statue commemorates the war. |
| compute | to calculate | The computer computes the results. |
| console | to comfort someone who is sad | She consoled her crying friend. |
| deduce | to reach a conclusion from facts | From the clues, he deduced who the killer was. |
| deem | to consider (formal) | The building was deemed unsafe. |
| dehumanize | to treat people as if they are not human | War dehumanizes people. |
| delight | to make someone very happy | The show delighted the children. |
| desire | to want something strongly (formal) | The hotel has everything you could desire. |
| despise | to dislike strongly and have no respect for | She despises liars. |
| disapprove | to think that something is bad or wrong | My parents disapprove of smoking. |
| discredit | to make people stop trusting someone | They tried to discredit the witness. |
| discriminate | to treat a person or group unfairly; also to see a difference | It's illegal to discriminate against women. |
| disillusion | to make someone realize that something is not as good as they believed | I hate to disillusion you, but the job is boring. |
| distract | to take someone's attention away | Don't distract me while I'm driving. |
| doubt | to think something is not true or not likely | I doubt he will come. |
| dread | to feel very worried about something that will happen | I dread going to the dentist. |
| engulf | to surround or cover something completely | Flames engulfed the building. |
| envy | to wish you had what someone else has | I envy your long holidays. |
| evaluate | to judge the value or quality of something | We need to evaluate the results. |
| exclude | to not include; to keep out | The price excludes tax. |
| fear | to be afraid of; also to worry | I fear we're too late. |
| foresee | to know something will happen before it happens | Nobody could foresee the problem. |
| freak | to become very upset or scared (freak out, informal) | She freaked out when she saw the spider. |
| grade | to give a mark to schoolwork; also to sort by quality | The teacher graded our essays. |
| grieve | to feel great sadness, especially after a death | He is still grieving for his wife. |