The Dead Vocabulary Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
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to scamper
A
to walk quickly/run with short/quick steps like a child or an animal
2
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fussing
A
making a fuss
3
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peering
A
looking attentively
4
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screwed
A
drunk
5
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crevices
A
narrow cracks
6
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flicked
A
removed by hitting or pushing quickly
7
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muffler
A
scarf
8
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flaccid
A
soft and weak
9
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stout
A
fairly fat and heavy
10
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erect
A
straight
11
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vivacious
A
full of energy; is fun to be with
12
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creases
A
wrinkles
13
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shrivel(l)ed
A
shrunk; that has become smaller; covered with lines
14
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wizen
A
dried up, withered, shrivel(l)ed
15
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grizzled
A
streaked with gray
16
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swarthy
A
dark in complexion
17
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pallid
A
pale; lacking color, brightness, intensity
18
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blunt
A
having a thick edge
19
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convex
A
arched up; curved outwards
20
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tumid
A
marked by swelling
21
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scanty
A
insufficient; meager
22
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perplexity
A
confusion; worry
23
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wringing
A
rubbing and pressing
24
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exertions
A
efforts
25
plaintive
lamenting, afflicted with grief or sadness
26
cadence
a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds
27
valorous
brave, courageous
28
to girt
to encircle
29
to seize
to grab (and hold)
30
palm
the interior surface of one's hand
31
halted
stopped
32
thumping
beating
33
ardour
passion
34
brimming
become full of
35
impetuous
furious, marked by force or violence
36
diffident
distrustful
37
assailed
attacked
38
fatuous
innately foolish, insane
39
mutinous
rebellious, turbulent
40
swooned
that suffered a partial or total loss of consciousness; faded; died
