LT word catcher Flashcards
(25 cards)
Probation
To forbid the law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors except for medicinal and sacramental purposes.
pinochle
a card game played with a 48-card pack containing two each of A, K, Q, J, 10, 9 in each suit with the object to score points by melding certain combinations of cards or by winning tricks that contain scoring cards.
nymph
nymph, in Greek mythology, is any of a large class of inferior female divinities. The nymphs were usually associated with fertile, growing things, such as trees, or with water. They were not immortal but were extremely long-lived and were on the whole kindly disposed toward men.
pudgy
(of a person or part of their body) slightly fat.
shrill
(of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing.
gauze
a thin translucent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton.
solicitors
a person who tries to obtain business orders, advertising, etc.; a canvasser.
drachmas
a former monetary unit of Greece, notionally equal to 100 lepta, was replaced in 2002 by the euro.
a silver coin from ancient Greece.
freeloader
a person who takes advantage of others’ generosity without giving anything in return.
carnation
carnation, (Dianthus caryophyllus), also called grenadine or clove pink or carnation, family (Caryophyllaceae). It is widely cultivated for its fringe-petaled flowers and is used extensively in the floral industry.
preacher
a person who preaches, especially a minister of religion.
portcullis
a strong, heavy grating that can be lowered down grooves on each side of a gateway to block it.
keening
grieving
trireme
an ancient Greek or Roman warship with three banks of oars
Metamorphosis
The process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more direct stages
Nylon
A tough, lightweight, elastic synthetic polyer with a protein-like chemical structure, able to be produced as filament sheets or molded objects.
Tweed
a woolen rough fabric
tentatively
with uncertainty
albino
white
dais
a raised platform
savagery
being savage
trundled
to move forward
primal
essential
adolescent
a young adult
