EXTINCT

The numbers of these animals have been falling steadily and they are now almost extinct.

SPELLBOUND

The kids watched and listened spellbound to the performance.

BLEAK

1. a bleak landscape/hillside/moor

2. a bleak winter’s day

3. The future looks bleak for the manufacturing industry.

MAKESHIFT

The hall had been turned into a makeshift hospital.

TORRENTIAL

Sadly, 29 people lost their lives in the floods and landslides caused by the torrential rain.

TOUCH AND GO

It had been touch-and-go for him in the hospital, but he had eventually recovered.

SEEDY

a seedy hotel

He didn't like the look of the seedy characters who were hanging around outside the bar.

GRIM

The house was lonely and rather grim.

HOARSE

She sounded a bit hoarse.

You'll make yourself hoarse if you keep shouting like that!

PREMEDITATED
/ˌpriːˈmed.ɪ.teɪ.tɪd/

premeditated murder

The police believe the crime was premeditated.

JADED
/ˈdʒeɪ.dɪd/

After working in Hollywood for 30 years, Fred was jaded about working with celebrities.

FLAWED
/flɔːd/

Diamonds are still valuable, even when they are flawed.

OUTRAGEOUS
/ˌaʊtˈreɪ.dʒəs/

1. Most of people expected the principal to suspend him for his outrageous behaviour.

2. He also became famous for his theatrical stage presence, dressing in outrageous costumes.

WOULD - BE

Would-be terrorists use the internet to plan their attacks.
It's a fashionable bar full of would-be musicians and artists.
would-be investor

INSATIABLE
/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃə.bəl/

Like so many politicians, he had an insatiable appetite/desire/hunger for power.
Nothing, it seemed, would satisfy his insatiable curiosity.