Okay For Now Vocab 2
undermine
lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously.
ruin something that was worked for
sabotage, destroy
support, enhance
biography
an account of someone's life written by someone else.
a book written about someones life story
I read a biography about Dolly Parton
she undermined my hard work
plummeting
fall or drop straight down at high speed.
to fall fastly
hurtle,nosedive
rise ascend
she was worried she was gonna plummet off the cliff.
John James Audubon
John James Audubon was an American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist.
Doug relates to John James Aubudon's pictures.
impatiens
I have never seen impatiens before.
an East African plant with abundant red, pink, or white flowers. It is often grown as a houseplant, and its many hybrids are grown as bedding plants.
salary
a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.
What you get when you work somewhere
noun
proper noun
adjective
noun
verb
proper noun
shimmering
something small reflecting light
adjective
shining with a soft, slightly wavering light.
glistening, gleam
matte,dull
The glitter was shimmering.
French foreign legion
The Foreign Legion is a corps of the French Army with a specific command and comprising several specialities: infantry, cavalry, engineers, airborne troops
noun
The french foreign legion is something i have never heard of.
Opera
a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers
I have never been to an opera.
noun
splurge
an act of spending money freely or extravagantly.
to go all out and spend a lot of money
verb
Spend lavishly, spree
cheapskate,keep
when some people shop the like to splurge.
eeriest
strange and frightening.
uncanny, sinister
adjective
normal, reassuring
That was the eeriest movie ever!
scary and odd
cicada
a large homopterous insect with long transparent wings, occurring chiefly in warm countries. The male cicada makes a loud shrill droning noise by vibrating two membranes on its abdomen.
noun
Cicadas make the most annoying sounds.