Vocabulary From My Phone

Front 1

Interfere = to involve yourself in a situation when your involvement is not wanted or is not helpful: , to involve yourself in matters connected with other people without being asked or needed: , If something or someone interferes with a situation or a process, it spoils it or prevents its progress:

Back 1

It's their problem and I'm not going to interfere.

Interfering in other people’s arguments is always a mistake.

Even a little noise interferes with my concentration.

Front 2

Brace = a set of connected wires that is attached to a person's teeth in order to make them straight: , something that is used to support or connect things, or to make something stronger: ,

Back 2

I had to wear a brace for my crooked teeth when I was a teenager.

He was recently fitted with a brace for his bad back

Front 3

Verbal = spoken rather than written: , relating to words , able to use words and talk

Back 3

Do you have it down in writing, or was it just a verbal agreement?

It can sometimes be difficult to give a verbal description of things like colours and sounds.

In cases where the child is verbal, the best way to gather information is to simply ask questions.

Front 4

Paranoid = feeling extremely nervous and worried because you believe that other people do not like you or are trying to harm you:

Back 4

He started feeling paranoid and was convinced his boss was going to fire him. ,

Front 5

Taunt = to intentionally annoy and upset someone by making unkind remarks to them, laughing unkindly at them, etc.:

Back 5

The other kids used to taunt him in the playground because he was fat and wore glasses. ,

He had to endure the nastiest of racist taunts.

Front 6

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Back 6

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Front 7

Picky : Someone who is picky is very careful about choosing only what they like: , liking only a few things and therefore difficult to please:

Back 7

The children are such picky eaters.

A picky eater