RBC Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Purl | flow with a swirling motion and babbling sound |
| Extricate | to free from difficulty |
| Formidable | inspiring fear |
| Convulse | suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles |
| Ruefully | expressing sorrow or regret |
| Melancholy | a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed |
| Trundle | move or cause to move slowly and heavily |
| Rite | a body of customary observances |
| Cowl | a large loose hood |
| Blanch | make white of pale by extracting color |
| Languid | weak or faint from illness or fatigue |
| Pallid | pale,typically because of poor health |
| Career | move swiftly and in an uncontrollable way in a specified direction |
| Writhe | make continual twisting,squirming |
| Gyrate | move or cause to move in a circle or spiral |
| Wrench | a sudden violent twist or pull |
| Harangue | a lengthy or aggressive speech |
| Waft | pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air |
| Glower | have an angry or sullen look on one's face |
| Quail | feel or show fear or apprehension |
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