Nouns
(noun) someone who is not a professional
What is an amateur?
(verb) suggest; ask someone to marry you
What does "propose" mean?
(adj.) very big
What does "tremendous" mean?
(verb) see
What does "spot" mean?
(adj. + noun) close friends
What is an inner circle?
(noun) a big crisis [not usually used for natural events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions]
What is a catastrophe?
(verb) call to come
What does "summon" mean?
(adj.) eerie, spooky, sad, dismal, gloomy, ghastly
What does "grim" mean?
(adj.) innocent, foolish
What does "naive" mean?
(verb + preposition) to move out from a center in waves
What does "ripple out" mean?
(noun) going down
What is a descent?
(verb) lift up
What does "elevate" mean?
(adj.) willing to believe anything
What does "gullible" mean?
(verb) arrange for a certain outcome, especially in gambling and elections
What does "rig" mean?
(phrasal verb) to rip into pieces
What does "tear up" mean?
(noun) belief that things will end well
What is optimism?
(verb) fall or drop a long way
What does "plummet" mean?
(adj.) unstable
What does "volatile" mean?
(adj. + preposition) used to
(phrasal verb) to become old through repeated use [for things]; to become tired [for people]
What does "wear out" mean?
(noun) size
What is a scale?
(verb) take advantage of; use someone or something for your own good
What does "exploit" mean?
(adj.) making a lot of money [only for things, not for people]
What does "lucrative" mean?
(noun) a new way of doing something
What is an innovation?
What does "rife with" mean?