Week 2 Flashcards
Boredom
: the state of being bored
she spent that whole meeting in a state of complete boredom, waiting for lunch
To razz / razzed / razzed
to make playful or unkind comments about (someone)
To harbor / harbored / harbored
: to have (something, such as a thought or feeling) in your mind for a long time
Gait
Noun
: a particular way of walking
Sliver
Noun
: a small, thin piece that has been cut, torn, or broken from something larger
Queasy
ADJECTIVE
having a sick feeling in the stomach : suffering from nausea
: having an unpleasantly nervous or doubtful feeling
To puke / puked / puked
Verb / Noun: Puke
to empty what is in your stomach through your mouth
Stench
Noun
: a very bad smell
To tug / tugged / tugged
to pull something with a quick, forceful movement
2 : to struggle in opposition : contend
3 : to exert oneself laboriously : labor
To squint / squinted / squinted
to look at something with your eyes partly closed
to cause (your eyes) to partly close
to have a medical condition that makes your eyes unable to look in the same direction
Chunk
: a thick piece of something
: a large amount or part of something
To sag / sagged / sagged
to bend or hang down in the middle especially because of weight or weakness
Bottleneck
noun: a section of road or highway where the traffic moves very slowly
something that slows down a process
To lack / lacked / lacked
to not have (something) : to not have enough of (something) ( chiefly US)
To curse / Cursed / Cursed
to use offensive words when you speak / to say offensive words to (someone)
Noun: Curse - an offensive word that people say when they are angry
