vocab words 1
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clayborneo on April 19, 2012
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55 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mattock | pickax for digging |
| trephine | surgical saw |
| poteen | bootleg whiskey |
| decussate | intersect |
| caracal | wildcat |
| gelada | baboon |
| argol | crude tartar deposited in wine casks during aging |
| pruritus | itching |
| wimble | hole-borer |
| miniver | fur trim |
| recusant | nonconformist |
| anemophilous | wind-pollinated |
| degust | savor |
| levaliere | pendant |
| descry | discover |
| kittiwake | cliff-nesting gull |
| orris | fragrant rootstock |
| mandrel | spindle |
| gnathic | pertaining to the jaw |
| hidebound | narrow-minded |
| convivial | festive |
| celiac | abdominal |
| autochthonous | native |
| aliment | food |
| tractable | docile |
| forfend | avert |
| diacritical | distinguishing |
| exigent | pressing |
| orangery | greenhouse |
| paseo | stroll |
| arhat | highest enlightenment |
| claro | kind of cigar |
| inure | habituate |
| toper | drunkard |
| smoothbore | unrifled |
| insipience | wisdom |
| pullulate | swarm |
| importunate | persistant |
| advert | refer |
| acto | spanish play |
| serge | twilled fabric |
| penetralia | recesses |
| chiliad | thousand |
| radix | root |
| grimalkin | elderly female cat |
| colligation | binding together |
| barcarole | gondolier's song |
| manikin | small person |
| mulct | swindle |
| virid | green |
| polydipsia | excessive thirst |
| propitious | favorable |
| rallentando | slowing gradually |
| paduasoy | heavy silk fabric |
| sortilege | divination |
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