A Big List of Words - Part 2

Julie G. (United Kingdom)
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  1. attack
    an offensive against an enemy
  2. buffalo
    a ruminant mammal resembling an ox
  3. base
    lowest support of a structure
  4. yoke
    a wooden frame across the shoulders for carrying buckets
  5. crow
    a black bird having a raucous call
  6. quarter
    one of four equal parts
  7. deposition
    the act of putting something somewhere
  8. grave
    a place for the burial of a corpse
  9. cricket
    leaping insect with long antennae
  10. portmanteau
    a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
  11. iris
    colored part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil
  12. cram
    crowd or pack to capacity
  13. acquit
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  14. buckle
    fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap
  15. rationalization
    the process of making something seem consistent with reason
  16. earmark
    give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  17. barge
    a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads
  18. bark
    the sound made by a dog
  19. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  20. cuckoo
    a bird with pointed wings and a long tail
  21. concord
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
  22. orthogonal
    meeting at right angles
  23. circulate
    move through a system and return to the starting point
  24. jockey
    someone employed to ride horses in horse races
  25. dory
    a marine fish with an oval body and spiny fins
Created on Thu Sep 17 23:21:38 EDT 2015

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