English Quiz (Part 155)

'appeal' Meaning

• a person who owns or rents a small piece of land and grows crops, keeps animals, etc. on it, especially one who has a low income, very little education, and a low social position. This is usually used of someone who lived in the past or of someone in a poor country; a person who is not well educated or is rude and does not behave well; a member of a low social class of farm workers and owners of small farms

• a request to the public for money, information, or help; a request made to a court of law or to someone in authority to change a previous decision; the quality in someone or something that makes him, her, or it attractive or interesting; to make a serious or formal request, especially to the public, for money, information, or help; to request a higher court of law to consider again a decision made by a lower court, especially in order to reduce or prevent a punishment; to formally request that a legal or official decision be changed

• to try very hard to persuade someone to do something

'peasant' Meaning

• a person who owns or rents a small piece of land and grows crops, keeps animals, etc. on it, especially one who has a low income, very little education, and a low social position. This is usually used of someone who lived in the past or of someone in a poor country; a person who is not well educated or is rude and does not behave well; a member of a low social class of farm workers and owners of small farms

• to try very hard to persuade someone to do something

• a request to the public for money, information, or help; a request made to a court of law or to someone in authority to change a previous decision; the quality in someone or something that makes him, her, or it attractive or interesting; to make a serious or formal request, especially to the public, for money, information, or help; to request a higher court of law to consider again a decision made by a lower court, especially in order to reduce or prevent a punishment; to formally request that a legal or official decision be changed

'entreated' Meaning

• unsuccessful; of no value; (in vain)unsuccessfully; too interested in your own appearance or achievements; unsuccessful or useless; failing to achieve a purpose; too proud of yourself, esp. in your appearance or achievements

• grass or similar plants suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, or an area of land covered in this; land covered with grass or similar plants suitable for animals, such as cows and sheep, to eat

• to try very hard to persuade someone to do something

'vain' Meaning

• unsuccessful; of no value; (in vain)unsuccessfully; too interested in your own appearance or achievements; unsuccessful or useless; failing to achieve a purpose; too proud of yourself, esp. in your appearance or achievements

• grass or similar plants suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, or an area of land covered in this; land covered with grass or similar plants suitable for animals, such as cows and sheep, to eat

• to cut and collect a grain crop; to get something, usually something good, as a result of your actions or other people's actions; If you reap a crop, you cut and collect it.; to make a large amount of money or a big profit; to get the advantages of a particular situation

'pasture' Meaning

• to cut and collect a grain crop; to get something, usually something good, as a result of your actions or other people's actions; If you reap a crop, you cut and collect it.; to make a large amount of money or a big profit; to get the advantages of a particular situation

• grass or similar plants suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, or an area of land covered in this; land covered with grass or similar plants suitable for animals, such as cows and sheep, to eat

• unsuccessful; of no value; (in vain)unsuccessfully; too interested in your own appearance or achievements; unsuccessful or useless; failing to achieve a purpose; too proud of yourself, esp. in your appearance or achievements

'reap' Meaning

• (a length of) rope or string made of twisted threads; a piece of wire covered in plastic, used to connect electrical equipment to a power supply;  (cords)trousers made of corduroy material; a long structure in the body similar to a rope

• (the merest)used to emphasize the surprising or strong effect of a very small action or event

• to cut and collect a grain crop; to get something, usually something good, as a result of your actions or other people's actions; If you reap a crop, you cut and collect it.; to make a large amount of money or a big profit; to get the advantages of a particular situation