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DIGITAL FORTRESS
DIGITAL FORTRESS VOCABULARY
| DIGITAL FORTRESS | MEANING | EXAMPLE |
|---|---|---|
| communal | belonging to a community; pertaining to a community; public | "a XXX settlement in which all earnings and food were shared" |
| coy | shy, bashful; modest; coquettish, flirtatious | "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very XXX and not to be easily cajoled" |
| crisp | brittle, easily broken; sharp and clear (manner of speaking, tone of voice); lively | It was a XXX morning during fall break. |
| dejected | depressed, sad | He is XXX but trying to look cheerful. |
| eidetic | pertaining to visual images (seen recently or long before) which can be recalled vividly and with great detail | He has an XXX memory. |
| enthralled | captivate, fascinate; charm, enchant; enslave, subjugate | The magic show XXX the audience. |
| fiend | devil; demon; evil; mischief maker; one who is crazy about, one who is addicted to (Slang) | He's a XXX with computers. He's a soccer XXX. |
| lanky | ungracefully tall and thin;tall and thin and having long slender limbs | A XXX kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man. |
| mesmerized | hypnotize, induce a trance-like state; subject to mesmerism; fascinate, rivet, spellbind | She XXX the audience with her tricks. He was XXX by her stories. |
| mind-boggling | intellectually or emotionally overwhelming | She was confused by a XXX puzzle |
| plush | characterized by extravagance and profusion | a XXX buffet |
| riveted | fascinated, captivated, engrossed | The discovery of the skull XXX the paleontologists |
| rugged | sturdy and strong in constitution or construction | those that survive are stalwart XXX men |
| spellbound | having your attention fixated as though by a spell | She was XXX by his stories as if he was a wizard. |
| standing | not created for a particular occasion | a XXX committee. |
| stocky | heavy and compact in form or stature | She has XXX legs. |
| taut | subjected to great tension | her nerves were XXX as the strings of a bow |
| towering | of imposing height; especially standing out above others | XXX icebergs |
| willowy | flexible, elastic; tall, erect; very fine, slender, lithe; shaded by willow trees; similar to a willow | She was a XXX lady. |
| downhill | toward a lower or inferior state | your performance has been going XXX for a long time now |