English vocabulary lesson with words connected to the death. This lesson will help you define dead, bury, grave, suicide, corpse, cemetery, terminal, extinct, afterlife and posthumous.
dead ADJECTIVE not alive
‘The firemen found three dead bodies in the house.’
bury VERB to put a dead body into the ground
‘He was buried next to his wife.’
(A) grave NOUN a place in the ground where a dead person is buried
‘He visits his mother’s grave every year.’
(A) suicide NOUN the act of killing yourself deliberately
‘Life is so bad here that there is one suicide every week.’
(A) corpse NOUN the body of a dead person
‘His corpse lay undiscovered for three weeks.’
(A) cemetery NOUN an area of land where dead people are buried
‘All the family are buried in the same cemetery.’
terminal ADJECTIVE a terminal illness will not get better and will cause someone to die
‘She has terminal cancer.’
extinct ADJECTIVE if an animal is extinct all of them are dead
‘The dodo became extinct in 1662.’
(The) afterlife SINGULAR NOUN life after death
‘The Terracotta Army was built to protect the emperor in his afterlife.’
posthumous ADJECTIVE something happening after a person’s death
‘He was given a posthumous award for his work with computers.’
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
Dead
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Dead – not alive.
‘The firemen found three dead bodies in the house.’
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Dead – not alive.
‘The firemen found three dead bodies in the house.’
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
Bury
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Bury – to put a dead body into the ground.
‘He was buried next to his wife.’
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Bury – to put a dead body into the ground.
‘He was buried next to his wife.’
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
A grave
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A grave – a place in the ground where a dead person is buried.
‘He visits his mother’s grave every year.’
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A grave – a place in the ground where a dead person is buried.
‘He visits his mother’s grave every year.’
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
A suicide
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A suicide – the act of killing yourself deliberately.
‘Life is so bad here that there is one suicide every week.’
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A suicide – the act of killing yourself deliberately.
‘Life is so bad here that there is one suicide every week.’
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
A corpse
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A corpse – the body of a dead person.
‘His corpse lay undiscovered for three weeks.’
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A corpse – the body of a dead person.
‘His corpse lay undiscovered for three weeks.’
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
A cemetery
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A cemetery – an area of land where dead people are buried.
‘All the family are buried in the same cemetery.’
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A cemetery – an area of land where dead people are buried.
‘All the family are buried in the same cemetery.’
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
Terminal
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Terminal – a terminal illness will not get better and will cause someone to die.
‘She has terminal cancer.’
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Terminal – a terminal illness will not get better and will cause someone to die.
‘She has terminal cancer.’
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
Extinct
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Extinct – if an animal is extinct all of them are dead.
‘The dodo became extinct in 1662.’
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Extinct – if an animal is extinct all of them are dead.
‘The dodo became extinct in 1662.’
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
The afterlife
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The afterlife – life after death.
‘The Terracotta Army was built to protect the emperor in his afterlife.’
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The afterlife – life after death.
‘The Terracotta Army was built to protect the emperor in his afterlife.’
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
Posthumous
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Posthumous – something happening after a person’s death.
‘He was given a posthumous award for his work with computers.’
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Posthumous – something happening after a person’s death.
‘He was given a posthumous award for his work with computers.’
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