Vocabulary List and Definitions from Chapters 1, 2, and 4, Apuntes de Comunicación Audiovisual

¡Descarga Vocabulary List and Definitions from Chapters 1, 2, and 4 y más Apuntes en PDF de Comunicación Audiovisual solo en Docsity! CHAPTER 1 1. thorn a bush or tree that has thorns (sharp points) 2. laburnum a small tree with long hanging stems of yellow flowers and poisonous seeds 3. tremulous shaking slightly, especially because you are nervous 4. sullen angry and silent 5. gilt resembling gold, as in colour or lustre 6. bourdon a bourdon note is an extremely low, droning note 7. easel a wooden frame that you put a painting on while you paint it 8. gracious characterized by tact, propriety, kindness and warm courtesy 9. comely attractive 10. to linger to continue to exist, be noticeable for longer than is usual or desirable 11. lids eyelid; a piece of skin that covers your eye when it is closed 12. to seek to try to achieve or get something 13. He is a Narcissus a self-centered person who is exceedingly fond of his appearance 14. forehead the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair 15. hideous extremely unpleasant or ugly 16. delightful very pleasant 17. don’t flatter yourself used for telling someone that they are not as important, good etc as they think they are CHAPTER 2 1. Unbecoming making you look unattractive [= unflattering] 2. Sovereignty complete freedom and power to govern 3. to wane to become gradually less strong or less important 4. sallow look slightly yellow and unhealthy 5. hollow-cheeked where the skin sinks inwards 6. dull-eyed not bright or shiny 7. Hedonism the belief that pleasure is the most important thing in life 8. to wither to become drier and smaller and start to die 9. to blossom to produce flowers 10. sluggish moving or reacting more slowly than normal 11. puppets a model of a person or animal that you move by pulling wires or strings, or putting your hand inside it 12. to yield to stop fighting and accept defeat , to give in 13. to lay siege to try to get control by surrounding 14. panegyric a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something a lot 15. brevity the quality of expressing something in very few words [↪ brief]: 16. wrinkled has small lines or folds in it 17. wizen shrivelled or wrinkled with age 18. uncouth behaving and speaking in a way that is rude or socially unacceptable 19. to mock to treat with ridicule or contempt 20. to mar to make something less attractive or enjoyable 21. to varnish to paint things with a clear liquid to protect them 22. to frame to put a picture in a structure that will hold it firmly 23. sombre dark and without any bright colours CHAPTER 4 1. to throb to have a feeling of pain that regularly starts and stops 2. Piccadilly a main road in London running from the Haymarket to Hyde Park Corner 3. myriads very many 4. sordid involving immoral or dishonest behaviour 5. grimy covered with dirt 6. vile extremely unpleasant or bad 7. ringlets long curl of hair that hangs down 8. to survey to look at or consider someone or something carefully, especially in order to form an opinion about them 9. tawdry cheaply and badly made 10. cracked having one or more lines on the surface because it is damaged but not completely broken 11. gag a joke or funny story 12. grotesque unpleasant, shocking, and offensive 13. scenery the painted background, furniture etc used on a theatre stage 14. pathos the quality that a person, situation, film, or play has that makes you feel pity and sadness 15. rue regret