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English words to expand my vocab
Sam - Updated 09/07/25
I’m Dutch, so I’ve written some translations in my language so I can understand them better. Sorry for that!!
D
Disposition
Aard, aanleg
Duality
Having oppositie qualities (tweevoudig)
Detestable
Afschuwelijk
Disruptive
Verwoestend
Drafty
Tochtig
Deviant
Behaviour outside social norms
Detrimental
Tending to cause harm
Desecrate
Treat something sacred disrespectfully
Docile
Ready to follow instruction
Drought
Droogheid (klimaat)/thirst
Drab
Saai, kleurloos
Digress
Afdwalen
Dazzle
Blind temporarily
Debunk
Ontkrachten
Disdain
The feeling that someone is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect
Divert
Cause to change course or turn from one direction to another/draw (the attention) of someone from something
C
Curate
Select and organize for presentation
Charade
Trying to appear respectable
Crock
Pot
Coarse
Rough/vulgar speech
Contempt
The feeling of someone being beneath consideration or worthless/disregard for something that should be considered
Consummate
Make (a marriage or relationship) complete by having sexual intercourse/complete
Convey
Overbrengen
Cavern
A chamber in a cave
Callus(es)
Eelt
Cerebral
Intellectual rather than emotional
Carnage
Great destruction of life (slaughter)
Consensus
A general agreement
Consecutive
Opeenvolgend
Complacency
Satisfaction with ones achievements
Cynicism
Beliefwpeople are motivated by self-interest
Crux
The decisive or most important point at issue
Conductive
Making a situation or outcome more likely
Conjure
Cause something to appear with magic
Conferred
Have discussions
Coercion
Dwang
Contention
A heated argument
Compel
Force or oblige to do something
Commoner
One of the ordinary people, as opposed to the aristocracy or royalty/a person with a right over another’s land
Cadence
A modulation or inflection of the voice/sequence of notes or chords comprising the close of a musical piece
Chives
Bieslook
I
Intermediate
Tussenliggend
Ignite
Catch on fire/inflame emotions
Inflame
Provoke
Indefinitely
Unspecified period of time
Innate
Aangeboren
Integrated
Formed or united into a whole
Intermittent
Occuring at irregular intervals
Inundate
Overwhelm with things to be dealt with
Incapacitated
Deprived of strength or power
Impose
Force an unwelcome decision or ruling on someone
Impudent
Not showing due respect for another person
Impertinent
Not showing proper respect
Insidious
Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way but with very harmful effects
Instigate
Itinerary
A planned route or journey
Inquest
M
Modest
Bescheiden
Mercurial
Unpredictable changes of mood or mind
Marquee
Large tent for social functions
Mediterranean
Middellands (zee)
Maternal
Moederlijk
Mortgage
Hypotheek
V
Vindicate
Clear (someone) of blame or suspicion
Verbatim
Word for word
Vernacular
Language or dialect spoken in a region
Vacant
Not filled or occupied
Virtue
Behaviour showing moral standards (deugd)
Vigorously
In a way that involves physical strength, effort or energy, strenuously/forcefully
Visceral
Relating to the viscera/relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect
S
Seething
Ziedend
Salient
Most noticable or important
Solace
Troost (consolation by a person)
Syndicate
Businesses working together
Susceptible
Vatbaar
Sentience
The ability to experience feelings
Substancial
Of considerable importance (degelijk)
Scorn
An expression of contempt or disdain for something or someone.
Strenuously
In a way that requires great physical exertion/with great effort and determination
P
Pretention
Try to impress/allegation of doubtful value
Premature
Done before the usual time: too early
Prerogative
An exclusive right, power or privilege
Perpetuate
Make something continue indefinitely
Patronize
Helping but with superiority
Pivotal
Of crucial importance in success
Profane
Not relating to anything sacred
Profound
Very great or intense/diepgaand
Persuasion
Overtuiging
Plausible
Seeming reasonable or probable
Preoccupied
Engrossed in thought, distracted/bezorgd
T
Trepidation
Anxiety about something that may happen
Tawdry
Showy but cheap and of poor quality
Treasury
The funds or revenue of a state, institution or society/a place or building where treasure is stored
Testify
Give evidence as a witness in a law court
E
Exacting
Veeleisend
Enstrangement
No longer being in a social group
Escapade
An act involving adventure
Effusive
Overdreven hartelijk
Encapsulate
Express essential features
Exhilterating
Opwindend
Embark
Aan boord gaan
Eject
Force or throw out in a violent or suffen way/compel someone to leave a place
Engross
Absorb all the attention or interest of
Exertion
Physical or mental effort, inspanning/the application of a force, influence, or quality
Extrapolate
To predict by projecting past experience or known data (voorzien)
G
Glossary
Woordenlijst
Galvanize
Get someone to take action
R
Reap
Cut or gather (crop or harvest)
Rugged
Tough, uneven, stern
Reciprocate
Give back in the same quantity
Retaliation
Counter attack/revenge
Rogue
A dishonest, untrustworthy person
Reception
Receiving something/formal social occasion
Recess
Schoolpauze
Resonance
The quality in sound being deep, full and reverberating
Reverberating
(Of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo
Revenue
Inkomsten
Redundant
Overtollig
A
Altitude
Great height/height of an object in relation to sea or ground level
Admission
Acknowledging the truth of something, admit/the process or fact of entering or being allowed to enter a place or organization
Apparel
Clothing (formal)
Apprehensive
Bezorgd
Affliction
A cause of pain or distress
Appointed
Vastgesteld/aangewezen
Ambiguous
Open to multiple interpretations
Auspicious
Conductive to succes: favourable
Audacious
Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks/showing an impudent lack of respect
Allegiance
Loyalty or commitment to a superior group or cause
Allude
Suggest or call attention to indirectly, hint at/mention without discussing at length
Annunciation
The announcement of something (aankondiging)
Amenities
Voorzieningen
Asinine
Extremely stupid or foolish
H
Haggle
Negotiating a purchase or agreement
Hostile
Vijandig/unfriendly
Hiatus
A break
Hustle
Move quickly
F
Fortified
(Of a place) provided with defensive works as protection against attacks
Flabby/flimsy
Slap
Famine
Extreme scarcity of food
Funnel
Trechter
Faculty
Members of profession/school staff
Fiscal
Relating to government revenue, especially taxes
Frisky
Playful and full of energy
Frisking
Fouilleren
B
Bestow
Schenken
Banish
Send someone away as a punishment
Ballistic
Become extremely angry or upset
Benevolent
Well-meaning and kindly
Berserk
Crazy and out of control
Bane
A cause of great distress or annoyance (esp in the phrase ‘the bane of one’s life’
K
Kindred spirit
Gelijkgestemde geest
O
Obsolete
No longer produced or used
Oscillate
Move back and forth
Obliterate
Destroy utterly: wipe out
N
Nuance
Subtle difference in shade, meaning or sound
J
Jeopardy
Danger of loss, harm or failure
L
Loiter
Rondhangen
W
Welfare
Help given by an organization
Z
Zenith
The time at which something is most powerful or succesful
Q
Quarry
Steengroeve