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BNB vocab
the words with their definitions and synonyms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brute | a savagely violent person or animal. "he was a cold-blooded brute" synonyms: savage, beast, monster |
| commence | begin; start. "his design team commenced work" synonyms: begin, start; |
| glum | looking or feeling dejected; morose. "they looked glum but later cheered up" synonyms: gloomy, downcast, downhearted |
| ilk | a type of people or things similar to those already referred to. "the veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at" synonyms: type, sort, class, category, group |
| ingratitude | a discreditable lack of gratitude. "she returned her daughter's care with ingratitude and unkindness" synonyms: ungratefulness, thanklessness, lack of appreciation, |
| lavatory | a room or compartment with a toilet and washbasin; a bathroom. " i went to the lavatory" synonyms: toilet |
| provoked | deliberately make (someone) annoyed or angry. "Rachel refused to be provoked" synonyms: annoy, anger, incense |
| urchins | a mischievous young child, especially one who is poorly or raggedly dressed. "i saw a urchin in the ally synonyms: ragamuffin, waif, stray |
| vermin | wild mammals and birds that are believed to be harmful to crops, farm animals, or game, or that carry disease, e.g., foxes, rodents, and insect pests. "there was a vermin in my house synonyms: pests, parasites |
| welted | strike (someone or something) hard and heavily. "I could have welted her" synonyms: hit |
| crouched | adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, sometimes to avoid detection or to defend oneself. "we crouched down in the trench" synonyms: squat, bend (down) |
| lam | hit (someone) hard. "I'll come over and lam you in the mouth in a minute" synonyms: hit, punch |
| reggedy | scruffy, shabby "his shirt was reggedy" |
| spigots | a faucet (a device for controlling the flow of liquid in a faucet) "they had warm water running through there spigots |
| swopped | take part in an exchange of. "we swapped phone numbers" synonyms: bandy, exchange, trade |
| briches | another way to say pants "put on your briches" synonyms: pants |
| crawdad | a freshwater crayfish "i am allergic to crawdads" synonyms: crayfish, lobster |
| gait | a person's manner of walking. "the easy gait of an athlete" synonyms: walk, step, stride, pace "there was a new liveliness to her gait" |
| hypnotizing | produce a state of hypnosis in (someone). "a witness had been hypnotized to enhance his memory" synonyms: mesmerize, put into a trance |
| kin | one family and relations "he is expected to make a payment to his wife's kin" synonyms: relatives, relations, family (members) |
| muskrat | a large semi aquatic North American rodent with a musky smell, valued for its fur "i saw a muskrat in my house" synonyms: nudson seal |
| wiry | resembling wire in form and texture. "his wiry black hair" synonyms: coarse, rough, stiff |
| conscience | an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior. "he had a guilty conscience about his desires" synonyms: sense of right and wrong |
| knickers | loose-fitting trousers gathered at the knee or calf. "put on your knickers" synonyms: pants |
| paltry | (of an amount) small or meager. "she would earn a paltry $33 more each month" synonyms: small, meager |
| puny | small and weak. "skeletal, white-faced, puny children" synonyms: undersized |
| scooted | go or leave somewhere quickly. "I'd better scoot" synonyms: run |
| trousers | an outer garment covering the body from the waist to the ankles "put on your trousers" synonyms: pants |
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