mcmanus whirligig vocabulary
Terms
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- caustic
- very sarcastic
- inopportune
- happening at a bad moment or time
- tirade
- a long angry speech
- conspicuous
- very noticeable
- sullen
- showing bad temper by refusing to cooperate or behave sociably
- embolden
- to give someone courage or boldness
- mesmerize
- to fascinate
- harem
- any group of women admirers
- avert
- to turn your eyes away from something or to prevent something bad from happening
- turmoil
- a state of great confusion or disturbance
- tolling
- the sound made by ringing a bell slowly and repeatedly
- detrimental
- causing harm or damage
- restitution
- compensation for a loss, damage, or injury
- exuberant
- full of happy high spirits and vitality
- scrutinize
- to examine something closely and carefully
- disparate
- very different; used to describe things or people so completely unlike each other that they cannot be compared
- gesticulate
- to move arms or hands while speaking
- adept
- expert
- parka
- a warm, fur-lined knee or thigh-length jacket
- contraption
- a strange or improvised device or machine
- urchin
- a mischievous child
- atone
- to compensate for a mistake
- penance
- self-punishment performed to show sorrow for having committed a terrible wrong
- interim
- meanwhile; serving as a temporary measure until something more complete and permanent can be established
- labyrinth
- a place with complicated passages; a maze
- retribution
- Something done as punishment or vengeance for something bad he has done- Mrs. Zamora does not seek retribution. She seeks restitution.
- metamorphosis
- a complete or marked change of physical form, structure, or substance
- calligraphy
- the art or skill of producing beautiful or artistic handwriting
- indecipherable
- impossible or very difficult to read or understand
- contemplate
- to think about something seriously and at length
- rendition
- an interpretation or performance of a piece of music or drama
- gangling
- tall and thin, with a loose awkward walk
- resound
- to be filled with sound; reverberate
- catapult
- to hurl or launch
- stealthily
- done in a quiet, slow, cautious way to escape notice; furtively
- wince
- to make an involuntary movement away from something because of pain or fear
- dubious
- not sure about an outcome or conclusion
- obliviously
- unaware of or paying no attention to somebody or something
- hostel
- an inexpnsive inn or place of lodging
- instictively
- based on a strong natural impulse
- predator
- a person, group, company, or state that steals from others or destroys others for gain
- abruptly
- sudden and unexpected
- emboiden
- to give someone courage or boldness
- toll
- the sound made by ringing a bell slowly and repeatedly