Going Places Word Meaning : A.R Barton
Going Places Word Meaning : A.R Barton
Boutique: a small shop
selling fashionable clothes
Earmarked: set aside,
reserved
Melancholy: sad
Sophisticated: worldly,
Cosmopolitan
Decent: adequate
Scooping: here, eating
Grimy: dirty, soiled
Sighed: breathe out
Stooped: shoulder bent
forward
Incongruity:
inappropriate
Crooked: bent
Cluttered: untidy, litter
Kneeling: be in a
position in which body is supported by knees.
Tinkering: repairing
Apprentice: learner
Suspected: guess, think
Outlying: distant place
Fascination: captivation
Perhaps: maybe
Exotic: foreign, nonnative
Longed: wish
Affections: fondness,
love
Forbade: ban, prohibit
Instinctively: without
conscious thought
Cape: wrap, stole
Applause: clapping
Frowning: annoyed
Component: part, piece
Cradled: hold
Abruptly: suddenly
Arcade: Gallery
Chastened: subdue, humble
Grunt: a low rough noise
Wriggled: twist, turn
Disdain: scorn,
disrespect
Reverently: with deep
respect
Distractions: diversion,
disturbance
Grimaced: angry
Inaudible: unheard
Prodigy: a young person
with exceptional qualities
Strings: here, group
Jeered: tease someone
Apparently: seemingly,
evidently
Dragged: pull
Unlikeliest: unexpected,
doubtful
Pilgrimage: religious
journey, but here their devotion towards football match
Mates: friends
Hesitant: undecided
Ecstatic: joyful
excitement
Nosey: curious
Startled: sudden shock
Frowned: angry
Glared: stare angrily
Gawky: graceless
Row: here, so much noise
Chuffed: cheerful
Misery: discomfort
Hushed: quiet
Canal: waterway
Wharf: dock
Muffed: messed up
Solitary elm: single tree
(elm is a tall tree)
Elapsed: pass, go by
Pangs: sharp pain
Despondent: disheartened
Resignation: departure,
leaving
Envisage: predict
Crumbling: broken
Reddening: blush
Freckled: pale/brown spot
on skin
Exposing: uncover
Gazelle: An Asian-African
antelope
Melodious: musical
Lumbering: moving in
awkward way
Hovered: fly
Momentarily: briefly
Thunderous: so strong
like thunder of cloud
Eruption: explosion
Exultant: overjoyed
Approbation: Approval,
acceptance
