Fugitive pieces Flashcards
Miry
adjective
very muddy or boggy.
“the roads were miry in winter”
Jagged
adjective
having rough, sharp points protruding.
“the jagged edges gashed their fingers”
Spangle
adjective
covered with spangles or other small sparkling objects or lights.
“she arrived alone wearing a red spangled dress”
Frond
noun
plural noun: fronds
the leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant.
“fronds of bracken”
Subaqueous
adjective
existing, formed, or taking place underwater.
“their larvae have to pass through a wholly subaqueous phase”
lacking in substance or strength.
“the light that filtered through the leaves was pale, subaqueous”
Squirm
verb
wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort.
“all my efforts to squirm out of his grasp were useless”
Similar:
wriggle
wiggle
writhe
twist
slide
slither
turn
shift
fidget
jiggle
twitch
thresh
flounder
flail
toss and turn
agonize
noun
a wriggling movement.
“the toddler gave a sudden squirm”
Causeway
noun
a raised road or track across low or wet ground.
“an island reached at low tide by a causeway”
Rampart
noun
a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.
“a castle with ramparts and a moat”
Similar:
defensive wall
embankment
earthwork
parapet
breastwork
battlement
stockade
palisade
bulwark
bastion
barbican
outwork
fortification
vallum
bartizan
circumvallation
verb
fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart.
“the town’s streets were ramparted with tall mounds of rubble”
Smother
verb
kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate.
Similar:
suffocate
stifle
asphyxiate
choke
throttle
strangle
strangulate
noun
a mass of something that stifles or obscures.
“all this vanished in a smother of foam”
Clammy
adjective
unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy to touch.
“his skin felt cold and clammy”
Similar:
moist
damp
sweaty
perspiring
sweating
sticky
slimy
slippery
slick
Opposite:
dry
(of air or atmosphere) damp and unpleasant.
“the clammy atmosphere of the cave”
Sinew
noun
plural noun: sinews
a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone; a tendon or ligament.
“the sinews in her neck”
the parts of a structure, system, or thing that give it strength or bind it together.
“the sinews of government”
Rattle
verb
1.
make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds, typically as a result of shaking and striking repeatedly against a hard surface or object.
“he rattled some change in his pocket”
Similar:
clatter
bang
clang
clank
clink
clunk
jingle
jangle
tinkle
2.
INFORMAL
cause (someone) to feel nervous, worried, or irritated.
“she turned quickly, rattled by his presence”
Similar:
unnerve
disconcert
disturb
fluster
shake
perturb
discompose
discomfit
discountenance
make nervous
put off
throw off balance
ruffle
agitate
put off one’s stroke
upset
frighten
scare
faze
throw
get to
noun
1.
a rapid succession of short, sharp, hard sounds.
“the rattle of teacups on the tray”
Similar:
clatter
clattering
clank
clanking
clink
clinking
clanging
jingle
jingling
jangle
jangling
2.
a thing used to make a rattling sound.
Muck
noun
dirt, rubbish, or waste matter.
“I’ll just clean the muck off the windshield”
Similar:
dirt
grime
filth
mud
slime
sludge
scum
mire
mess
rubbish
crud
gunk
grunge
gloop
gook
goo
yuck
gunge
grot
guck
glop
clag
verb
DIALECT•BRITISH
spread manure on (land).
“half the farm is mucked every year”
