| Term | Definition |
| irritate | Some drugs can irritate the lining of the stomach. (to make your skin or a part of your body sore or painful:) |
| reassure | set sb's mind at rest: |
| humiliate | I didn't want to __ her in front of her colleagues |
| intrigued | [vn] You've really__ me—tell me more! |
| morsel | a tasty morsel of food Ç He ate it all, down to the last morsel (a small amount or a piece of sth, especially food:) |
| cliff | a castle perched high on the cliffs above the river (a high area of rock with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or ocean:) |
| avalanche | alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche Ç (a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain:) |
| tran·quil | (formal) quiet and peaceful (a tranquil scene) |