| Term | Definition |
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| quarry | (n) animal hunted or caught for food; a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; (n) a place from which stone is taken; something that is hunted or pursued; (v) to cut or take from Syn: (n) prey, game, excavation, victim, pit, mine; Ant: (n) hunter, predator, pursuer Syn (v) extract, excavate; Ant. (v) fill in or up |
| vex | (v) be a mystery or bewildering to; cause annoyance in |
| happy-go-lucky | (adj) trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned. |
| portal | (n) a grand and imposing entrance or door (often extended metaphorically); a grand or fancy door or gate |
| dredge | (n) a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed; (v) remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water; cover before cooking - dredge the chicken in flour before frying |
| potable | (adj) any liquid suitable for drinking; |
| chasm | (n) a deep opening in the earth's surface; abyss; very deep crack |
| excavate | (v) remove the inner part or the core of; find by digging in the ground; to remove by digging or scooping out. |
| corrosive | (adj) eating away by chemicals or disease; that which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration; |
| decade | (n) a period of 10 years |
| hail | (n) enthusiastic greeting; (v) to shower with praise and approval; precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents |
| furtive | (adj) secretive and sly ; marked by quiet and caution and secrecy - like a thief; hidden |
| recess | (n) a pause from doing something (such as work); an enclosure that is set back or indented; an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands); (v) close at the end of a session, to bring to an end |
| acclaim | (v) to praise strongly or applaud loudly; strong praise or approval; clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval; (n) enthusiastic approval Ex.: ""His most recent book was received with great acclaim." |
| caustic | (adj) any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue; harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic and severe |
| trend | (n) the popular taste at a given time; a general direction in which something tends to move, a movement in one direction; widespread change in fashion |
| plod | (v) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; continue doing something without resting |
| current | (n) a steady flow (usually from natural causes); dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; a flow or stream of water or electricity (adj) occurring in or belonging to the present time, |
| nourish | (v) to feed; to support or make grow; to supply what is necessary for growth or life; to stengthen, build up, or keep alive. |
| stride | (n) significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); a step in walking or running; (v) to take a long step; to straddle;a regular or steady course; the distance covered by your footstep; to achive a regular or steady step |
| resolute | (adj) having or showing a fixed, firm purpose; determined, bold, firm, steady, resolved, unwavering; characterized by quickness and firmness; determined not to give in; unyielding |
| cavity | (n) a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); soft decayed area in a tooth; an empty space within a solid object, in particular the human body |
| harry | (v) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes; annoy continually or chronically; to make a destructive raid on; to tormant, harass; Syn: badger, pester, hound, pillage, ravage |
| bygone | (n) past events to be put aside;a grievance that is past (adj) past, gone by, earlier, former; |
| century | (n) ten 10s; , 100 years |
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