✍🏻Essential_English_Words

 ✅Essential_English_Words

✍🏻naughty / adj. 

When children are naughty, they behave badly or do not do what they are told.  

👉🏻Ex: The boy had to go to his room because he was being naughty. 

✍🏻norm / noun

A norm is a way of behaving that is considered normal in a particular society. 

👉🏻Ex: Wearing a heavy coat all summer is not considered a norm in the desert. 

✍🏻orangutan / noun

An orangutan is a large ape with red and brown hair and long arms. 

👉🏻Ex: Orangutans use their long arms to swing from trees. 

✍🏻overload / verb

To overload something means to put more things into it than it is meant to hold.  

👉🏻Ex: If you overload the truck, it might crash. 

✍🏻philanthropy / noun

Philanthropy is the act of helping others, without wanting anything in return. 

👉🏻Ex: The wealthy business owner is well known for his acts of philanthropy. 

✍🏻probe / verb

To probe into something means to ask questions to discover facts about it. 

👉🏻Ex: The bank probed into his financial history to see if he qualified for a loan. 

✍🏻recipient / noun

A recipient of something is the person who receives it. 

👉🏻Ex: I was the recipient of four phone calls today. 

✍🏻reptile / noun

A reptile is a cold-blooded animal that lays eggs and has skin covered with scales.  

👉🏻Ex: Lizards are my favorite type of reptile. 

✍🏻thrive / verb

To thrive means to do well and be successful, healthy, or strong. 

👉🏻Ex: He may be an old man, but he continues to thrive. 

✍🏻ultimate / adj. 

When something is ultimate, it is the final result or aim of a long series of events.  

👉🏻Ex: By trying hard in school, I will reach my ultimate goal of becoming a doctor.