Sight Words 17 by Hatice Oncel

slender thin and delicate, often in a way that is attractive He put his hands around her slender waist.

snoop He's such a snoop - he's always going through my mail.

obstinate unreasonably determined, especially to act in a particular way and not to change at all, despite what anyone else says He can be very obstinate at times.

unwavering Never doubted; always steady and on course +

flamboyant very confident in behaviour, or intended to be noticed, especially by being brightly coloured a flamboyant gesture+

gaudy unpleasantly bright in colour or decoration gaudy plastic flowers

seasoned having a lot of experience of doing something and therefore knowing how to do it well a seasoned traveller

antiquated / old-fashioned or unsuitable for modern society / antiquated ideas/attitudes/values / antiquated laws/machinery/technology / old-fashioned or unsuitable for modern society / antiquated ideas/attitudes/values / antiquated laws/machinery/technology

dated old-fashioned Spy thrillers with plots based on the Cold War look particularly dated nowadays.

scrawny unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing He came home after three months at college looking terribly scrawny

svelte attractively thin, graceful and stylish

toady a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them

grovel to behave with too much respect towards someone to show them that you are very eager to please them

benevolently kind and helpful He was a benevolent old man, he wouldn't hurt a fly.

superior higher in rank or social position than others The soldier was reported to his superior officer for failing in his duties

bummer / something that is very annoying or not convenient "I've left my wallet at home." "What a bummer!" / US I locked my keys in the car - bummer! / something that is very annoying or not convenient "I've left my wallet at home." "What a bummer!" / US I locked my keys in the car - bummer!

cheesy / clearly of cheap quality or in bad style cheesy hotel music / cheesy adverts / / UK informal describes a wide smile which is not sincere She gave a cheesy grin to the cameras. / clearly of cheap quality or in bad style cheesy hotel music / cheesy adverts / / UK informal describes a wide smile which is not sincere She gave a cheesy grin to the cameras.

Ego trip something that you do because it makes you feel important and also shows other people how important you are He was on another one of his ego trips, directing and taking the main part in a film.

geek a person, especially a man, who is boring and not fashionable He's such a geek.

hardhead zeki

head honcho argo şef, başkan

humongous extremely large Zesto's restaurant serves humungous burgers

psyched thrilled

rad extremely exciting or good a rad new computer game

to rip off something that is not worth what you pay for it $300 for that shirt? - That's a complete rip-off.

to trash something that is of low quality I can't believe that someone of his intelligence can read such trash!

turkey stupid or silly person What did you do that for, you turkey?

wicked / morally wrong and bad It was a wicked thing to do. / Of course, in the end, the wicked witch gets killed. / morally wrong and bad It was a wicked thing to do. / Of course, in the end, the wicked witch gets killed.

blab to talk carelessly or too much, often telling others something you should keep secret Someone blabbed to the press

Chill out / to relax completely, or not allow things to upset you I'm just chilling out in front of the TV. / Chill out, Dad. The train doesn't leave for another hour! / to relax completely, or not allow things to upset you I'm just chilling out in front of the TV. / Chill out, Dad. The train doesn't leave for another hour!

to eyeball If you are eyeball to eyeball with an enemy or someone you are arguing with, you deal with them in a direct way.

hick a person from the countryside who is considered to be stupid and without experience

snow job an attempt to persuade someone to do something, especially by praising them and using charm My boss did a snow-job on me

street smart Someone who is street smart knows how to deal with difficult or dangerous situations, especially in big cities. He is street smart and is not afraid of this neighbourhood. = streetwise