1 -2 syllables old words Flashcards
snappy adj.
short-tempered , snappy & nervous
lame adj.
- unable to walk
2. uninspiring & dull
retard v.
retard n.
v. delay, hold back
n. a person with mental disability
Damn 1. Dam Damp 3. Lamp Clamp 5. Clam Claim 7. slam lamb 9.
- condemn, disapproval
- a barrier hold back water
- slightly wet
- giving light
- a brace to hold things together
- shell
- v. assert something n. declaration
- shut loudly
- young sheep
Hassle n. Hustle v. Hectic adj. hostile adj. hostage n. hospitality n.
n. inconvenience, nuisance
v. force s.o to move hurriedly
adj. restless, very busy
adj. unfriendly, opposed
n. a person seized
n. friendliness
stripes–strip
tribe
strike v. n.
long narrow band
ethnic group
v. hit forcibly– n. walkout, refuses to walk, attack
Sleazy adj.
queasy adj.
lazy
- corrupt, immoral
- nauseated, sick
droning
low humming sound
crutch n.
clutch n.
n. assist to walk
n. grasp
per se
vice versa
ect.
and so on (so fort)
- by itself
- the opposite order ( he doesn’t trust her, and vice versa)
- et cetera, a list will not complete
Flair
Flake
Flare
- ability to do something well
- n. thin spiece
- bright flame
cringe tinge tingle binge bingle ?
v. feel disgusted or embarrassment
- color slightly
- a slight prickling or stinging sensation
- binge drinking
slump v. lump dump 3. dumb dumpster
- sit, lean heavily
- a compact mass
- a site for depositing garbage 3.
- lacking intelligence
- a large trash
girdle
diddle
undergarment
-pass time aimlessly
pinch
punch
bunch
v. grip tightly
- a blow with the fist
- a bunch of grapes
vanish v.
banish
lavish
pleading for mercy/forgiveness
- disappear
- to send someone away, especially from their country
- luxurious
- make an urgent request, emotional statement
distort v.
extort
depicted
dictate
- pull or twist out of shape
- to get something by force or threats
- to represent or show something in a picture, story
- give order to, boss around
Fume n. blaze haze 3. Flame blame 5. Fame
- gas, smoke
- fiercely burning fire
3. fine dust, smoke - fire
5. responsibility for wrong - being known
desert v. n.
dessert
v. leave – n. dry area
Fluff
buff
stuffing
soft fibers
v. polish,
fill tightly with something