Vocabulary lesson 58
Definitions and samples
- timid (adj.) not having courage or confidence
– I was a timid child.
- seldom (adv.) very rarely or almost never
– Karen had seldom seen him so angry.
- resign (v.) if you resign from a job or position, you formally announce that you are leaving it
– Mr Robb resigned his position last month.
- estimate (v.) a calculation of the value, size, amount etc of something made using the information that you have, which may not be complete
– We just need an estimate of the number of people who will come.
- drought (n.) long period of time in during which no rain falls
– drought and famines have killed up to two million people here.