Vocabulario Great Expectatios

1) Clerk (noun)
Def: a person employed in an office or bank to keep records and accounts and to undertake other routine administrative duties
Ex: a bank clerk

2) Debt (noun)
Def: something, typically money, that is owed or due
Ex: I paid off my debts a way to reduce Third World debt

3) Remain (verb)
Def: continue to exist, especially after other similar or related people orthings have ceased to exist
Ex: A cloister is all that remains of the monastery

4) Underlies (verb)
Def: especially of a layer of rock or soil) lie or be situated under (something)
Be the cause or basis of (something)
Ex: The fundamental issue that underlies the conflict

5) Full-length (adj)
Def: of the standard length
Ex: a full-length Disney cartoon

6) readership (noun)
Def:the readers of a newspaper, magazine, or book regarded collectively
Ex: It has a readership of 100 million

7) wide (adj)
Def: of great or more than average width
Ex: A wide road

8) mistread (verb)
Def: to treat a person or animal badly, cruelly or unfairly
Ex: I think people who mistreat their pets should be banned from keeping them.

9) Pointed (adj)
Def: (of a remark orlook) expressing criticism in a direct and unambiguous way
Ex: Pointed comments were made about racial discrimination within the army

10) Trade (noun)
Def: the action of buying and selling goods and services
Ex: A move to ban all trade in ivory

11) Unfairness (adj)
Def: not fair
Ex: It seems unfair to tax you both where you work and where you live.

12) Painfully (adv)
Def: ina painful manner or to a painful degree
Ex: She coughed painfully

13) Rethinks (verb)
Def: think again about (something such as a policy or course of action), especially in order to make changes to it
Ex: The government was forced to rethink its plans

14) Built (adj)
Def: (of a person) having a specified physical size or build
Ex: A slightly built woman

15) Tongue (noun)Def: the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech.

16) Marsh (noun)
Def: an area of low-lying land that is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times.
Ex: Our was the marsh country

17) Wet (adj)
Def: (of the weather) rainy
Ex: a wet, windy evening

18)Windy (adj)
Def: (of weather, a period of time, or a place) marked by or exposed to strong winds
Ex: a very windy day

19) Churchyard (noun)
Def: an enclosed area surrounding a church, especially as used for burials.

20) Buried (verb)
Def: [with object] put or hide under ground
Ex: He buried the box in the back garden

21) Wind (noun)
Def: the perceptible natural movement ofthe air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction
Ex: The wind howled about the building

22) Rushing (verb)
Def:  [no object] move with urgent haste
Ex: I rushed outside and hailed a taxi

23) Graves (noun)
Def: a red or white wine from the district of Graves, to the south of Bordeaux in France.

24) Throat (noun)
Def: the front part of aperson’s or animal’s neck, behind which the esophagus, trachea, and blood vessels serving the head are situated
Ex: A gold pendant gleamed at her throat

25) Fearful (adj)
Def: frightened or worried about something
Ex: He hesitated before ringing her, fearful of what she might say.

26) Tied (adj)
Def: fastened or attached with string or similar cord
Ex: A neatly tied package27) Shaking (verb)
Def: (of a person, a part of the body, or the voice) tremble uncontrollably from a strong emotion such as fear or anger
Ex: Luke was shaking with rage

28) Seized (verb)
Def: to take something quickly and keep or hold it
I seized his arm and made him turn to look at me.

29) Chin (noun)
Def: the part of a person's face below their mouth
Ex: To keep the helmet...