Unit 2 - nouns

10 flashcards · English · by Hanne Leysen

1. an accomplice

   a person who helps someone such as a criminal to do something wrong

2. anomaly

   something different

3. an armistice

   an agreement to stop fighting

4. a bog

   an area of low wet muddy ground, sometimes with bushes or grasses [= marsh, swamp]

5. a cease-fire

   an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially so that a more permanent agreement can be amde [= armistice, truce]

6. a compliance

   the act of obeying the law, an order, a request

7. a conspirator

   someone who is involved in a secret plan to do something illegal

8. a crony

   one of a group of people who spend a lot of time with each other used to show disapproval

9. descretion

   the ability to deal with situations in a way that does not offend, upset or embarrass people or tell any of their secrets

10. an effigy

    a roughly made, usually ugly, model of someone you dislike a statue