The Road Vocabulary List 2012
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llamarquemain on October 19, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 corrugate | (v) to form or shape into wrinkles or folds or ridges; furrow |
| cheroot | (n) stogie, smokable matter |
| alabaster | (n) a translucent form of gypsum |
| facade | (n) the face or front of a building |
| gambreled | (v) the hock of a horse or some other animal; also means: hung by the legs from a frame, usually the frame of a barn |
| gryke | (n) a vertical crack in limestone |
| whittle | (v) to carve from wood |
| thespian | (n) an actor or actress |
| sumptuous | (adj) rich and superior in quality |
| impenetrable | (adj) impossible to pass through |
| kudzu | (n) a fast growing vine found throughout the southeast United States |
| catamites | (n) a boy kept as a slave for sexual purposes |
| mendicant | (n) a person who lives by begging |
| foyer | (n) a large entrance or reception room or area |
| myriad | (n) a countless number, a large indefinite number |
| abutment | (n) a structure built to support a span |
| sullen | (adj) bad-tempered and sulky |
| bludgeon | (n) a short, heavy club |
| incandescent | (adj) emitting light as a result of being heated |
| creosote | (n) a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar |
| piedmont | (n) a gentle slope leading from the base of the mountain to a region of flat land |
| vestibular | (adj)relating to the sense of equilibrium; small- like entrance |
| verdigris | (n) a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time |
| jetty | (n), a protective structure of stone or concrete |
| macadam | (n) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar |
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