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Daily "5" List 5
list 5 of the 6 vocab
Question | Answer |
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mahogany | noun tropical American tree or its hard red-brown wood |
toboggan | noun long, narrow, flat-bottomed sled verb (used without object) to coast on a toboggan |
navigable | adjective deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships capable of being steered or guided, as a ship, aircraft, or missile |
garrison | noun body of troops defending a fort military post verb (used with object) to station (troops) in a fort |
citation | noun official recognition of a soldier or a unit any award or commendation summons or document containing a summons the act of citing or quoting a reference to an authority or a precedent passage cited; quotation mention or enumeration |
hearse | noun vehicle used to carry a coffin |
maniac | noun lunatic |
toil | noun hard, exhausting work verb (used without object) to work hard |
nominee | noun person nominated |
heirloom | noun family possession handed down from one generation to another |
gaunt | adjective extremely thin and bony; emaciated |
collateral | noun security pledged on a loan adjective additional secondary |
manuscript | noun handwritten or typed text |
torrent | noun rapid, violent stream |
notorious | adjective widely known, esp. unfavorably |
hideous | adjective very ugly |
genteel | adjective affectedly refined and polite |
colloquial | adjective 1. characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. 2. involving or using conversation. |
margin | noun edge the space around text on a page amount beyond what is necessary |
taper | verb (used with or without object) to make or become narrower toward one end noun gradual decrease slender candle verb phrase to decrease gradually |
orator | noun eloquent public speaker |
hilt | noun the handle of a sword or tool idiom to the maximum extent or degree; completely; fully |
germinate | verb (used with or without object) to begin or cause to grow; sprout |
commodity | noun article of trade any unprocessed good |