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Vocabulary 6 Unit II

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  • silver: a chemical element that is a valuable shiny, white metal, used for making cutlery (= knives, spoons, etc.), jewellery, coins, and decorative objects
    Noun Shall we use the silver (= knives, spoons, plates, etc. made of silver) for dinner tonight?
  • ice: water that has frozen and become solid, or pieces of this.
    Noun The pond was covered in ice all winter.
  • image: a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or something is
    Noun I have an image in my mind of how I want the garden to be.
  • group: a number of people or things that are put together or considered as a unit
    Noun The car was parked near a small group of trees.
  • center: the middle point or part.
    Noun New York is a center for the arts.
  • Giant: an imaginary creature like a man but extremely tall, strong, and usually very cruel, appearing especially in children's stories
    Noun Dad terrified us with stories of a big, bad giant who ate little children.
  • Egg: the oval object with a hard shell that is produced by female birds, especially chickens, eaten as food
    Noun a hard-boiled/soft-boiled egg.
  • found: to bring something into existence
    Verb Boston was founded in 1630 by Puritan colonists from England.
  • circle: a continuous curved line, the points of which are always the same distance away from a fixed central point, or the area inside such a line
    Noun Coloured paper was cut into circles.
  • Coast: the land next to or close to the sea.
    Noun Rimini is a thriving resort on the east coast of Italy.
  • fossil: the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long period
    Noun see the fossil
  • humans: being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed to animals
    Adjective The human body is composed of about 60 percent water.
  • Cave: a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff, or mountain, or one that is underground.
    Noun She was crushed in a freak accident in a cave in France..
  • gold: a chemical element that is a valuable, shiny, yellow metal used to make coins and jewellery
    Noun She wears a gold cross round her neck.
  • Game: an entertaining activity or sport, especially one played by children, or the equipment needed for such an activity
    Noun a board game
  • city: the government of a city
    Noun My father works for the city.
  • pencil: a long, thin object, usually made of wood, for writing or drawing, with a sharp black or coloured point at one end
    Noun a box of coloured pencils
  • page: a side of one of the pieces of paper in a book, newspaper, or magazine, usually with a number printed on it
    Noun For details on how to enter the competition, see page 134.
  • bronze: a brown metal made of copper and tin
    Noun The church bells are made of bronze.
  • age: the period of time someone has been alive or something has existed
    Noun Do you know the age of that building?