Extra Vocabulary List

very close to

cabinet; ministry

empty car; vacant taxi

contempt; scorn

blast out; blow out

briskly; promptly

lost property

as if nothing had happened; casually

be unwilling; falter

set aside; spare

heartbreaking; piteous

gently

fretting; worrying

day by day

irrigation

congratulatory telegram

wearing shoes

tightrope walking

amazement

European language

loafer; vagabond

generosity

one's sleeping posture

go through; penetrate

enclose; fence

tie up in a bundle

bind; fasten; tie up

exhausted; tired

first dream of the New Year

mismatch

sensitive to hot food

attract

suddenly

commence; undertake

frail; weak

compose

brusque; curt

murmuring; noisy

foreword; preface

keep secret; turn downward

disposition; temper

certificate of commendation

disgrace; shame

poisonous drug

on the verge of death

project; protrude

hang down; suspend

hush up

despise; make light of

optimistic

desert; forsake

bias; warped view

crackle

reduction of armaments

condition; sight

plausible

confusion; perplexity

pierce; stab

face down

unselfish