vocabulary #12 Flashcards
agile
able to move quickly and easily.
allusive
making implied or indirect references
amputated
medical to remove (part of a person’s body)
arthritic
the swelling and tenderness of one or more of your joints.
articulated
having two or more sections connected by a flexible joint.
battered
injured by repeated blows or punishment.
bearish
resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy.
bionic
having or denoting an artificial, typically electromechanical, body part or parts.
blighted
have a severely detrimental effect on.
cloistered
a covered stone passage around the four sides of a courtyard (= a square or rectangular space) especially in a religious building such as a church or monastery
estuary
he tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
tuft
a bunch or collection of threads, grass, hair, etc., held or growing together at the base.
stave
break something by forcing it inwards or piercing it roughly.
avert or delay something bad or dangerous.
strepitous
noisy boisterious
boisterous
noisy cheerful
ambvialent
habing mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about someone or something
fabulist
liar
choleric
bad-tempered
didactic
to teach
ectopic
abnormal place or position
obstreperous
noisy and too difficult to control
perspicacious
having a hindsight into a situation and understanding things
cunctation
delay
incondite
crude, rough, and unmannerly
