Kaoyan Vocabulary

A variant spelling of cigarette

To treat cruelly or roughly; to abuse

To manage or oversee an organization or system

A colour between black and white; dull or overcast

A farewell expression; variant of goodbye

Doubtful, not easily convinced

A deep red precious gemstone; deep red in colour

Mathematics

To send off quickly; an urgent official message

To move or guide carefully; a planned tactical movement or clever strategy

The act of thinking about or reviewing past events

A female monarch or a king's wife; to promote to queen

A lustrous gem from an oyster shell; something precious

A large bird of prey; in golf, two under par

A unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards

To say sorry for a fault or offense

A single-celled microscopic organism, some of which cause disease

A container for storage or waste; to throw away

A unit of energy used to measure the energy content of food

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢

A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre

The middle point or place; to place at the middle

Documents or qualifications proving identity, authority, or competence

A standard or rule used to judge or evaluate something

More distant in space or time; to a greater distance

A unit of liquid volume equal to 4 quarts

Merchandise or products for sale; moral benefit or goodness

British spelling of gram; a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram

A unit of mass equal to one thousand grams

A metric unit of volume equal to one cubic decimetre

A method to achieve a result; financial resources

The basic unit of length in the metric system; rhythmic pattern in poetry

a unit of distance of 1,760 yards

A unit of weight equal to 1/16 of a pound, about 28.35 grams

An adult castrated male bovine used as a draft animal

Trousers or underpants; of poor quality (informal)

A person who happens to be walking past a place

A low-value coin worth one hundredth of a pound or dollar

a rate or proportion per hundred

A course of action or event; legal action; published conference papers

A planned series of events or a broadcast; to schedule or write computer code

A unit of liquid capacity equal to a quarter of a gallon

To become aware of something; to make real or convert to cash

Strictness and precision; harshness

Wasteful and careless with money or resources

A unit of weight; informally, a very large amount

Mist, steam, or fumes suspended in the air; to evaporate

The SI unit of electrical potential, symbol V