Embroidered-Fusty

Cards (22)

  • Def (adj.): (of cloth) decorated with patterns sewn on with thread.
    • “She bought an ___ dress at the store.”
    Embroidered
  • Def (adj.): (of a design) sewn on cloth with thread.
    • “A floral pattern was ___ on the jeans.”
    Embroidered
  • Def (n.): brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence
    • “She had the ___ to ask if he was okay.”
    Gall
  • Def (v.): publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm; to mock
    • “The business owner ___ his workers. No wonder people keep leaving.”
    Lampoon
  • Def (v.): (of the soul) pass into a different body after death; to cause to go from one state of existence or place to another
    • “According to my grandma, after death, our souls ___ to another body.”
    Transmigrate
  • Def (adj.): introduced but not fully naturalized
    • “The ___ weeds began to adapt to the environment slowly.”
    Adventive
  • Def (adj.): having limbs adapted for running; adapted to or involving running
    • “We saw ___ animals at the zoo.”
    Cursorial
  • Def (v.): to be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future
    • “The extra essay ___ well for your chances of admission.”
    Augur
  • Def (n.): great wisdom or sound judgment
    • “My math teacher had an air of ___.”
    Sapience
  • Def (n.): the act of proving that a person or an argument is wrong 
    • “The debate team prepared a ___.”
    Confutation
  • Def (n.): an intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding.
    • “As we stepped in the room, we had a ___ about what was about to happen.”
    Presentiment
  • Def (n.): a blank page at the beginning or end of a book.
    • “The superstar wrote a message on the admirer’s book’s ___.”
    Flyleaf
  • Def (n.): a reflective looking inward : an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings 
    • “I spent an afternoon of ___.”
    Introspection
  • Def (adj.):  relating to, having the character of, or constituting precedent
    • “This case has no ___ value.”
    Precedential
  • Def (adj.): having a changeable luster or color with an undulating narrow band of white light
    • “I admired the cat’s ___ eyes.”
    Chatoyant
  • Def (adj.): impossible to understand or interpret; not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood; mysterious 
    • “We analyzed the ___ documents.”
    Inscrutable
  • Def (v.): make (something abstract) more concrete or real; to consider or represent (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing : to give definite content and form to (a concept or idea)
    • “The teacher ___ this field into concrete ideas.”
    Reify
  • Def (adj.): (of a person) having a good understanding of things; perceptive; astute 
    • “She was a ___ woman who always understood others’ emotions.”
    Percipient
  • Def (n.): someone employed to do unskilled jobs in a kitchen in the past.
    • Anaïs worked as an ___ for five years.”
    Scullion
  • Def (v.):  instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action); to incite, to provoke 
    • “Kai ___ Jennie to do the crazy things she did.”
    Forment
  • Def (adj.): smelling stale, damp, or stuffy.
    • “The ___ smell strangled us.”
    Fusty
  • Def (adj.): old-fashioned in attitude or style; outdated, out of date 
    • “He wore a ___ outfit to the party, so the invitees derided him.”
    Fusty