vocabulary+bank-Herman

excited strange bizarre surreal dark trouble hollow V illa  (noun) A house where people stay on holiday/vacation Hoaxer  (noun) A person that makes others believe something that is not true, especially something unpleasant Amateur  (noun) A person who takes part in a sport or other activity for enjoyment or interest, not as a job  Strait  (noun) A narrow passage of water that connects two seas or large areas of water  Voyage  (noun) A long journey Flood // –noun // // –verb (used with object) // // –verb (used without object) //
 * 1. || a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usually submerged. ||
 * 2. || any great outpouring or stream: //a flood of tears.// ||
 * 3. || the Flood, the universal deluge recorded as having occurred in the days of Noah. Gen. 7. ||
 * 4. || the rise or flowing in of the tide (opposed to [|ebb] ). ||
 * 5. || a floodlight. ||
 * 6. || //Archaic// . a large body of water. ||
 * 7. || to overflow in or cover with a flood; fill to overflowing: //Don't flood the bathtub.// ||
 * 8. || to cover or fill, as if with a flood: //The road was flooded with cars.// ||
 * 9. || to overwhelm with an abundance of something: //to be flooded with mail.// ||
 * 10. || //Automotive// . to supply too much fuel to (the carburetor), so that the engine fails to start. ||
 * 11. || to floodlight. ||
 * 12. || to flow or pour in or as if in a flood. ||
 * 13. || to rise in a flood; overflow. ||
 * 14. || //Pathology// . || a. || to suffer uterine hemorrhage, esp. in connection with childbirth. ||
 * b. || to have an excessive menstrual flow. || ||

Damage // –noun // // –verb (used with object) // // –verb (used without object) // Individual // –noun // // –adjective // General // –adjective // // –noun // // —Idiom // Approximately // –adjective // // –verb (used with object) // // –verb (used without object) // Despite // preposition // // –noun // // –verb (used with object) // // —Idiom //
 * 1. || injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: //The storm did considerable damage to the crops.// ||
 * 2. || damages, //Law// . the estimated money equivalent for detriment or injury sustained. ||
 * 3. || Often, damages.  //Informal// . cost; expense; charge: //What are the damages for the lubrication job on my car?// ||
 * 4. || to cause damage to; injure or harm; reduce the value or usefulness of: //He damaged the saw on a nail.// ||
 * 5. || to become damaged: //Soft wood damages easily.// ||
 * 1. || a single human being, as distinguished from a group. ||
 * 2. || a person: //a strange individual.// ||
 * 3. || a distinct, indivisible entity; a single thing, being, instance, or item. ||
 * 4. || a group considered as a unit. ||
 * 5. || //Biology// . || a. || a single organism capable of independent existence. ||
 * b. || a member of a compound organism or colony. || ||
 * 6. || //Cards// . a duplicate-bridge tournament in which each player plays the same number of hands in partnership with every other player, individual scores for each player being kept for each hand. ||
 * 7. || single; particular; separate: //to number individual copies of a limited edition.// ||
 * 8. || intended for the use of one person only: //to serve individual portions of a pizza.// ||
 * 9. || of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a particular person or thing: //individual tastes.// ||
 * 10. || distinguished by special, singular, or markedly personal characteristics; exhibiting unique or unusual qualities: //a highly individual style of painting.// ||
 * 11. || existing as a distinct, indivisible entity, or considered as such; discrete: //individual parts of a tea set.// ||
 * 12. || of which each is different or of a different design from the others: //a set of individual coffee cups.// ||
 * 1. || of or pertaining to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: //a general meeting of the employees.// ||
 * 2. || of, pertaining to, or true of such persons or things in the main, with possible exceptions; common to most; prevalent; usual: //the general mood of the people.// ||
 * 3. || not limited to one class, field, product, service, etc.; miscellaneous: //the general public; general science.// ||
 * 4. || considering or dealing with overall characteristics, universal aspects, or important elements, esp. without considering all details or specific aspects: //general instructions; a general description; a general resemblance one to another.// ||
 * 5. || not specific or definite: //I could give them only a general idea of what was going on.// ||
 * 6. || (of anesthesia or an anesthetic) causing loss of consciousness and abolishing sensitivity to pain throughout the body. ||
 * 7. || having extended command or superior or chief rank: //the secretary general of the United Nations; the attorney general.// ||
 * 8. || //Military// . || a. ||  //U.S. Army// // and Air Force //. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force. ||
 * b. || //U.S. Army// . an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army. ||
 * c. || //U.S. Marine Corps// . an officer holding the highest rank in the corps. ||
 * d. || (in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army. || ||
 * 9. || //Ecclesiastical// . the chief official of a religious order. ||
 * 10. || something that is general; generality. ||
 * 11. || //Archaic// . the general public. ||
 * 12. || **in general,** || a. || with respect to the whole class referred to; as a whole: //He likes people in general.// ||
 * b. || as a rule; usually: //In general, the bus is here by 9 a.m.// || ||
 * 1. || near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard. ||
 * 2. || nearly exact; not perfectly accurate or correct: //The approximate time was 10 o'clock.// ||
 * 3. || near; close together. ||
 * 4. || very similar; nearly identical. ||
 * 5. || to come near to; approach closely to: //to approximate an ideal.// ||
 * 6. || to estimate: //We approximated the distance at three miles.// ||
 * 7. || to simulate; imitate closely: //The motions of the stars can be approximated in a planetarium.// ||
 * 8. || to bring near. ||
 * 9. || to come near in position, character, amount, etc. ||
 * 1. || in spite of; notwithstanding. ||
 * 2. || contemptuous treatment; insult. ||
 * 3. || malice, hatred, or spite. ||
 * 4. || //Obsolete// . to anger or annoy (someone) out of spite. ||
 * 5. || **in despite of,** in spite of; notwithstanding: //He was tolerant in despite of his background and education.// ||