Vocabulary Flashcards
Another word for antennae on an insect’s head.
Feelers
The skin which descends to cover your eye when you close it.
Eyelid
The soft, cushioned part of a tiger’s paw.
Pad
To fall out or fall over gently, like the cockroach coming out of the box.
Tumble
Growling and showing teeth.
Snarl
Dry and scaly, like onion skin.
Flaky
Soft and light and feathery, like the pigeon’s chest.
Fluffy
To run with quick, short steps.
Scurry
To wait and watch, usually in secret.
Lurk
The orange, white and black lines on a tiger
Stripes
Looking careful
Peered
Light reducing
Dying
Enormous
Huge
A person who is not yet old
Youth
Incapable of being turned around
Irreversible
Covered with beads or jewels or sequins
Jewelled
A continuous portion of a circle
Arc
A brief or incomplete view
Glimpse
A momentary flash or light
Glint
Large coarse fern often several feet high
Bracken
Tiny leafy stemmed flowerless plants
Moss
Acidic or bitter in taste or smell
Astringent
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Shrewd
Inclined to believe or confide in readily; full of trust
Trustful
Restrain
Chasten
Humble in spirit
Mild
Having a cheerful and self confidence air
Jaunty
A band of tissue connection muscle to its bony attachment
Sinew
Completely still
Motionless
Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen
Dist
A small indefinite quantity, especially of a liquid
Drop
pass slowly (of time)
wear on
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
brushed
He act of searching something
Quest
