1 March 2015

1 March 2015

-raptor ( nouns )

·         Any of numerous carnivorous bird that hunt and kill other animal

-The raptor swooped down its prey

-adventurous ( adjective )

·         Willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises

-that species is such an adventurous pioneer

-stagger ( verb )

·         Walk as if unable to control one’s movement

-The drunken man staggered into the room

·         Walk with great difficulty

-he staggered along in the heavy snow

·         To arrange in a systematic order

-we need to stagger the chairs in the lecture hall

·         Astound, overwhelm, as with shock

-she was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house

-preoccupied ( adjective )

·         Deeply absorbed in thought

-a preoccupied frown

·         Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with

-He got no help from his wife, who was preoccupied with the children

-verge ( noun ) ( verb )

·         The limit beyond which something happen or change

-she was on the verge of tears

·         Border on; come close to

-his behaviour verges on the criminal