Unit 2 - verbs

11 flashcards · English · by Hanne Leysen

1. to allege

   to believe something to be true

2. to attribute

   to believe or say that a situation or event is caused by something

3. to detain

   to hold and question a person

4. to fashion

   to make something using your hands

5. to hoover

   to clean a floor, carpet etc. using a vacuum cleaner [=to vacuum]

6. to indicate

   to show that a particular situation exists, or that something is likely to be true

7. to obliterate

   to remove all signs of something

8. to proclaim

   to say publicly or officially that something important is true or exists

9. to pursue

   to follow something or sumebody to catch it

10. to rejoice

    to feel great happiness

11. to violate

    to disobey or do something against an official agreement, law, principle, ...