Year 7 Vocabulary check Unit 9

a person who rides in horse races, especially as a profession

• jockey

• carriage

• replace

• cockney

money in coins or notes

• cash

• card

• pay

• bet

a musical performance given in public

• concert

• accent

• discount

• change

having a beauty or charm that is attractive.

• ugly

• summary

• glamorous

• genre

accent

• put (something) back in a previous place or position

• a distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country

• the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way

• following rules or beliefs exactly

playwright

• a person who writes plays

• a person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organization

• the script of a film, including acting instructions and scene directions

• a person employed to take an actor's place in performing dangerous stunts

suit

• an undergarment worn on the upper part of the body, typically having no sleeves

• a long elegant dress worn on formal occasions

• a set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together

• a strip of leather or other material worn, typically round the waist

rhyme

• correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry

• a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists

• the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds

• succeed in surviving or in achieving something despite difficult circumstances

royal

• the social group that has the lowest status in society

• the social group between the upper and working classes

• having the status of a king or queen or a member of their family

• made of or coloured like gold

release

• allow (something) to move, act, or flow freely

• keep or detain (someone)

• performer in a film, play, or other show

• accept the truth of