lt word catcher Flashcards
confound
to confuse someone
fetlock
back of a horse leg
upscale
more appealing to affluent consumers
studded
a group of animals and especially horses kept primarily for breeding
drachmas
coin
accosted
to approach or talk to someone in an aggressive way
Revved
start (start an engine)
Bray
to utter the characteristic loud harsh cry of a donkey
Glumly
broodingly morose
Marval
one that causes wonder or astonishment
Chasm
a marked division, separation, or difference
hither
payment for the temporary use of something
oblige
to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the exigencies of circumstance
vagrance
someone who wonders place to place.
scorn
look down upon it
dayois
a raised platform
Pavillion
bell of a wind instrument
Elysium
he abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology
asphodel
any of various Old World herbs (especially genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline) of the lily family with flowers in usually long erect racemes
parapets
a low wall or railing to protect the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge
called also parapet wall
bobsled
short sled usually used as one of a pair joined by a coupling
veered
to shift in a clockwise direction
sprawl
to creep or clamber awkwardly