english vocab lists 6-10
Terms
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- clad
- To sheathe or cover (a metal) with a metal
- detain
- To keep from proceeding; delay or retard
- drab
- dull or boring
- emigrate
- To leave one country or region to settle in another
- endure
- To carry on through, despite hardships
- ode
- A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure.
- outwit
- To surpass in cleverness or cunning; outsmart
- recite
- To repeat or utter aloud (something rehearsed or memorized), especially before an audience.
- taint
- to mess something up
- yoke
- A crossbar with two U-shaped pieces that encircle the necks of a pair of oxen or other draft animals working together
- barter
- To trade (goods or services) without the exchange of money.
- bay
-
color of a horse
a bark
a horse
a body of water - crude
- being in an unrefined or natural state or characterized by a lack of refinement or lack tact or sophistication as in a person or an act
- elaborate
- Planned or executed with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details
- pathetic
- Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion or arousing pitty
- puny
- Of inferior size strength or significance
- reproach
- To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone) or a disgrace
- treachery
- Willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust; perfidy
- trophy
- A prize or memento, such as a cup or plaque, received as a symbol of victory, especially in sports.
- uncanny
- weird or mysterious
- pram
- a baby carriage
- haphazard
- Dependent upon or characterized by mere chance or Mere chance; fortuity.
- furrow
- A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow or to make a groove or a line
- decorum
- the exhibiting appreciate behavior
- crevice
- A narrow crack or opening; a fissure or cleft.
- exploit
- An act or deed, especially a brilliant or heroic one
- trowel
- A flat-bladed hand tool for leveling, spreading, or shaping substances such as cement or mortar.
- homestead
- A house, especially a farmhouse, with adjoining buildings and land.
- loom
- An apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles
- acquire
- to gain possession of
- antidote
- A remedy counteract the effects of a poison.
- fetter
- A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet or to put the shackles on
- grim
- gloomy, sinister,stern or unyielding, rigid (non flexable or unwilling to bend), or fierce, savage
- lacerate
- To rip, cut, or tear or torn or wounded
- notion
- A belief or opinion or a vague understanding
- orbit
- the path of a celestial(Of or relating to the sky or the heavens) body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body or the whole where your eye is
- rein
- A long narrow leather strap attached to each end of the bit of a bridle and used by a rider or driver to control a horse or other animal
- scald
- To burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam
- subside
- to lower or normal level.
- allege
- to state as a fact without proof
- drone
- A continuous low humming or buzzing sound or to make A continuous low humming or buzzing sound
- elect
-
v-To select by vote for an office or for membership.
N-One that is chosen or selected but had not yet been sworn into office
Adj-Chosen deliberately; singled out. - feline
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n-A cat
Adj- cat like - havoc
- Widespread destruction; devastation or chaos
- hover
- To remain floating or sustained in the air
- lair
-
n-The den or dwelling of a wild animal.
n- a hideout or a secret headquarters - onerous
- Troublesome or oppressive;
- pliable
- Easily bent or shaped
- prohibit
- To forbid by authority