AF Flashcards
Swindle, gerund or present participle of swindling
Use deception to deprive someone of money or possessions
Rorter (informal Australian term)
A small scale trickster, election rigged, embezzlement
Slew
Turn or slide violently
Netted
To subtract a cost from an amount of money
Ambling
Walk or move slow in a relaxed way
Cajoled
Persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery
Glean
Obtain information from various sources, often with difficulty
Nuance
Subtle differences in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound, vb give nuances to
Scrunching
Make a loud crunching noise, crush or squeeze something to a smaller mass
Scrounge
Seek to obtain something typically food or money through the expense or generosity or stealth
Stealth
Caution and surreptitious action or movement
Yarn
Tell a long or implausible story
Scrape
Drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter.
“remove the green tops from the carrots and scrape them” (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter.
“remove the green tops from the carrots and scrape them”
Flustered
Agitated or confused.
“a flustered commuter”
Shun
Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.
“he shunned fashionable society”
Bereft
deprived of or lacking (something).
“her room was stark and bereft of colour”
Bough
a main branch of a tree.
“apple boughs laden with blossom”
Lush
(of vegetation, especially grass) growing luxuriantly.
