Edexcel Non-Fiction: Vocabulary Week 3

Being wealthy and associated with successful businesses

Being noble and associated with upper class and well bred

A way of describing a person's appearance

Extremely tall, muscular and proficient and sports

Being wealthy and associated with successful businesses

Constantly finding yourself in difficult scenarios or accidents

Lucky or fortunate

Extremely tall, muscular and proficient and sports

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat

Explorers or Boys Messing About

Beyond the Sky and Earth

To be incredibly unlucky and find yourself in difficult situations

Hoping that there may be an easier way to solve a problem

Complete loss or absence of hope. Feeling despondent and demoralised

Destroying something out of anger or frustration

Division or contrast between two things that are opposite or entirely different

Placing two things side by side for an accurate comparison

Complete loss or absence of hope. Feeling despondent and demoralised

To be alike and similar to others around you

The way in which you look and style your appearance

Placing two things side by side for an accurate comparison

Outward behaviour or bearing towards others. How you conduct yourself

To behave in an unexpected and rash way

Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement

Constantly finding yourself in difficult scenarios or accidents

Lucky or fortunate

Electrified and full of energy

An event or situation that is so absurd or disorganized it is comical

Constantly finding yourself in difficult scenarios or accidents

Driving too quickly, out of control and without a license

When people do not follow rules or instructions and a situation becomes dangerous

Game of Polo with a Headless Goat

Explorers or Boy Messing About?

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Chinese Cinderella

Being wealthy and associated with successful businesses

Extreme difficulty, challenge and trauma to overcome

When there are lots of different types of ethnicities all living and working closely together

Understanding people's experiences from different cultures