Beginner English Daily Reading: Favorite Summer Watermelon and Juice

noun

1. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

e.g. drink was his downfall

Synonym: drinkingboozingdrunkennesscrapulence

2. the act of swallowing

e.g. one swallow of the liquid was enough
he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips

Synonym: swallowdeglutition

3. any liquid suitable for drinking

e.g. may I take your beverage order?

Synonym: beveragedrinkablepotable

4. a single serving of a beverage

e.g. I asked for a hot drink
likes a drink before dinner

5. any large deep body of water

e.g. he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued

verb

1. take delight in

e.g. he delights in his granddaughter

Synonym: delightrevel

2. have benefit from

e.g. enjoy privileges

3. derive or receive pleasure from
get enjoyment from
take pleasure in

e.g. She relished her fame and basked in her glory

Synonym: baskrelishsavorsavour

4. get pleasure from

e.g. I love cooking

Synonym: love

5. have for one's benefit

e.g. The industry enjoyed a boom

adv

1. to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

e.g. he was particularly fussy about spelling
a particularly gruesome attack
under peculiarly tragic circumstances
an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger

Synonym: particularlypeculiarlyspecially

2. in a special manner

e.g. a specially arranged dinner

Synonym: specially

adj

1. full of juice

2. lucrative

e.g. a juicy contract
a nice fat job

Synonym: fat

3. suggestive of sexual impropriety

e.g. a blue movie
blue jokes
he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
a juicy scandal
a naughty wink
naughty words
racy anecdotes
a risque story
spicy gossip

Synonym: bluegamygameynaughtyracyrisquespicy

4. having strong sexual appeal

e.g. juicy barmaids
a red-hot mama
a voluptuous woman
a toothsome blonde in a tight dress

Synonym: lusciousred-hottoothsomevoluptuous