Glossary of Terms

Word Synonym Antonym Collocation Definition Example

Coat Jacket Undress Winter coat A piece of She wore a
clothing thick coat to
worn on the protect
upper body herself from
outside, the cold.
usually for
warmth.
Cotton Fabric Synthetic Cotton shirt A soft white This cotton
fiber fibrous shirt is
substance breathable
used to and
make cloth. comfortable.
Fancy Decorative Plain Fancy dress Elaborate in She wore a
structure or fancy gown
decoration. to the party.
Glottal stop Sound Pronounced Glottal stop A speech The glottal
omission consonant sound sound stop in
produced by 'bottle' is
obstructing common in
airflow in British
the vocal English.
tract.
Kitten Cat (baby) Cat (adult) Newborn A young The kitten
kitten domestic slept curled
cat. up in a
blanket.
Lend Loan Borrow Lend money To give Can you lend
something me your
to someone book for the
for a short weekend?
time,
expecting it
to be
returned.
May Might Cannot May I help Used to You may
you? express leave early
possibility today.
or
permission.
Might May Will not Might Used to It might rain
happen express a later, so
small bring an
possibility of umbrella.
something
 happening.
Rotten Spoiled Fresh Rotten fruit Decayed or The apples
no longer were rotten
good to eat and had to
or use. be thrown
away.
Seer Prophet Non- Ancient seer A person The seer
believer who warned the
predicts the king of the
future based upcoming
on visions or danger.
insight.
Sounds good Agreed Disagreed Sounds good An informal Let’s meet at
to me expression 5? — Sounds
showing good!
agreement
or approval.
Think Believe Ignore Think To have a I think this is
deeply particular a great
opinion, opportunity.
belief, or
idea about
someone or
something.
Tour dawn Morning Evening stay Tour at A trip or We booked a
tour dawn journey that tour dawn to
takes place see the
early in the sunrise from
morning. the
mountains.
Worry Stress Calm Worry too To feel Don’t worry,
much anxious or everything
troubled will be fine.
about actual
or potential
problems.
Wripe Wipe Smear Wripe clean This may be Please wripe
(possible (assumed) a the table
typo) misspelling after eating.
of 'wipe', (If intended
meaning to as 'wipe')
clean or dry
by rubbing.