assess [ases] v. To assess something means to judge the structure, purpose, or quality of it.
-* She assessed the condition of the toy car before buying it. astonish [astamj] V.
To astonish someone means to greatly surprise them.
—► The amount of people that came to her party astonished her. commence [kamens] v. To commence something means to begin it.
-* His speech commenced with a “thankyou” to all who had helped him succeed. essence [essns] n. The essence of something is its important qualities or basic characteristics.
—► The essence of the argument was that both sides felt they had lost money. e x t r a c t [ikstraekt] v. To extract something means to remove it.
—► The dentist extracted the woman’s damaged tooth and put in a fake one. fabulous [fsebjalas] adj. If something is fabulous, it is extremely good.
—► This strawberry is the best I’ve ever had. It’s fabulous. haste [heist] n. Haste is speed in movement or action.
—► In order to get to the meeting in time, he proceeds with haste. impulse [impAls] n. An impulse is a sudden thoughtless urge to do something.
—► Because of the scary noise, she had an impulse to run somewhere and hide. latter [Isetair] adj. Latter describes something last in a series orthe second choice of two things.
—► In the latter minutes of the game, the visitors scored the winning goal. molecule [malakjuil] n. A molecule is the smallest basic unit that makes up a physical substance.
—► A tiny drop of water is made up of thousands of molecules of water.