LEVEL 1
feeling upset, nervous, or confused, usually because you are rushed, stressed, or dealing with too much at once.
FLUSTERED
a person who lives in or helps establish a new settlement or colony in a new country or region
COLONIST
a confused, messy, or random mixture of different things that do not obviously go together
HODGEPODGE
a cooked mixture of equal parts flour and fat used as a thickening agent for soups, sauces, and gravies
ROUX
a roofed, open-air porch or gallery attached to the outside of a building
VERANDA/VERANDAH
an informal noun that means courage, determination, and energetic self-confidence
MOXIE
lasting forever, continuing without stopping, or happening over and over again without end
PERPETUAL
a short connecting piece of music or a brief light entertainment performed between the main acts of a play or opera.
INTERMEZZO
the British and European word for an eggplant—an oval, shiny vegetable with a dark purple skin and white flesh
AUBERGINE
the branch of zoology devoted to the scientific study of fishes, including bony, cartilaginous, and jawless species
ICHTHYOLOGY
a person or organization that gets or takes something
RECIPIENT
an architectural adjective that means having columns at both ends or both sides of a structure, such as a classical temple.
AMPHISTYLAR
a fragrant garden plant with small purple or blue flowers, a light purple color, or a gemstone known as bloodstone
HELIOTROPE
using clever, cunning, and often dishonest methods to gain or keep power, control, or personal advantage, regardless of traditional morality.
using long, many-syllabled words or describing a person who talks or writes that way
SESQUIPEDALIAN
a legendary serpent-like monster from European and classical mythology famous for its ability to kill people with a single glance.
BASILISK
a traditional, extra-hard raw cow's milk cheese from Switzerland that is often called the "grandfather of Parmesan"
SBRINZ
a historical term for a medical professional who mixed and sold medicines, or the shop where those remedies were prepared
APOTHECARY
a severe form of malnutrition caused by a lack of protein in the diet, even when calorie intake is mostly enough.
KWASHIORKOR
a French dessert consisting of choux pastry puffs piled into a cone and bound with threads of caramel.
a medicine, commonly called a blood thinner, that slows down your body's ability to form blood clots
ANTICOAGULANT
an exact copy or reproduction of something, such as a document, historical manuscript, artwork, or signed agreement.
FACSIMILE
a formal or literary word for a sleepwalker, or a person who walks about while asleep
NOCTAMBULIST
the capital and largest city of Iceland
REYKJAVIK
an informal social gathering for drinking coffee and chatting
KAFFEEKLATSCH