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Vocab List #7
Term | Definition |
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Ebb | the flowing of the tide away from the land to the sea; to fall from a higher level or better state. |
Sporadic | something occurring irregularly or in a thinly scattered manner in time or space |
Toehold | a small surface or ledge that will support or hold no more than the toes in hiking, rock climbing; a position of advantage where further progress can be made |
Slur | to pronounce words or sounds wrong; to run notes together without a pause between them; an unpleasant hint or claim that they did something illegal about someone that is likely to insult them |
Slur | an act of speaking wrongly so that sounds or words run into one another or a tendency to speak in such a way |
Erratic | not expected or predicted; not usual or accepted |
Etch | to create a picture, design or lettering on a hard surface; to produce a pattern or design |
Disheveled | not neat; to make untidy |
Lummox | a person who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
Surge | to move or swell in or like a wave; a rise, increase, or rush of something |
Traipse | to wander or tramp about with no definite goal or without reaching one |
Immaculate | completely clean |
Enticement | something that lures or tempts or is intended to |
Precarious | so unstable or insecure; depending on unknown conditions or chance events |