Mrs Bixby and the Colonels

Martin T.
79 words 16 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. lucrative
    producing a sizeable profit
  2. unduly
    to an unnecessary degree
  3. protracted
    relatively long in duration
  4. tranquilliser
    a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity
  5. deter
    turn away from as by fear or persuasion
  6. manner
    how something is done or how it happens
  7. accustomed
    commonly used or practiced; usual
  8. precisely
    in a sharply exact manner
  9. disillusionment
    freeing from false belief
  10. cunning
    showing inventiveness and skill
  11. decent
    socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
  12. deceitful
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  13. lacrosse
    a two-team game played with long-handled rackets
  14. invariably
    without change, in every case
  15. jiggery-pokery
    dishonest or underhanded behavior
  16. cuckold
    a man whose wife committed adultery
  17. monstrous
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  18. spouse
    a person's partner in marriage
  19. flabbergasted
    as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
  20. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  21. merit
    the quality of being deserving
  22. vigorous
    characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
  23. supper
    the evening meal
  24. lurk
    lie in wait or behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
  25. colonel
    a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
  26. slyly
    in an artful manner
  27. encumbered
    loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
  28. seldom
    not often
  29. founder
    a person who establishes some institution
  30. ravishing
    stunningly beautiful
  31. dwell on
    delay
  32. tissue paper
    a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
  33. rustling
    a light noise, like leaves blowing in the wind
  34. envelope
    a flat container for a letter or thin package
  35. tendril
    slender structure by which some plants attach to an object
  36. pounce
    move down on as if in an attack
  37. furtive
    secret and sly
  38. mink
    slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal valued for its fur
  39. cobalt
    a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition
  40. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  41. darn
    repair a garment by weaving thread across a hole
  42. fur
    dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals
  43. sleeve
    the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
  44. mink coat
    fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks
  45. queer
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  46. dazzling
    amazingly impressive
  47. radiant
    emanating or as if emanating light
  48. voluptuous
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  49. scurrying
    moving with great haste
  50. envelope
    a flat container for a letter or thin package
  51. roundabout
    a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
  52. dwelling
    housing that someone is living in
  53. probe
    an exploratory action or expedition
  54. pawnbroker
    a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
  55. redeem
    exchange or buy back for money; under threat
  56. drawer
    a boxlike container in a piece of furniture
  57. fetch
    go or come after and bring or take back
  58. nib
    the writing point of a pen
  59. dreadful
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  60. bristly
    having or covered with protective barbs or spines
  61. horseradish
    coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root
  62. stovepipe
    chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
  63. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  64. inlay
    decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
  65. pawn
    leave as a guarantee in return for money
  66. redeem
    exchange or buy back for money; under threat
  67. waistcoat
    a sleeveless garment worn under a jacket and over a shirt
  68. swoon
    pass out from weakness or physical or emotional distress
  69. garment
    an article of clothing
  70. peek
    throw a glance at; take a brief look at
  71. clasp
    hold firmly and tightly
  72. fur
    dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals
  73. reckon
    expect, believe, or suppose
  74. mangy
    affected with a skin disease causing itching and hair loss
  75. denture
    a medical appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
  76. sailing
    the work of a sailor
  77. lilt
    a jaunty rhythm in music or speech
  78. whiff
    a short light gust of air
  79. lilt
    a jaunty rhythm in music or speech
Created on Wed May 02 08:19:53 EDT 2012 (updated Wed May 02 10:56:45 EDT 2012)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.