tuque
noun
poppy
noun
silo
noun
push-up
noun
crunch
noun
Plank
noun
sit-up
noun
squat
noun
handstand
noun
thigh
noun
calf
noun
hurdle
noun
won a medal in the high hurdles
flurry
noun
- a brief light snowfall
nerve-racking
adjective
The job interview was a nerve-racking experience.
stigma
noun
There’s a social stigma attached to receiving welfare.
grief
noun
his grief over his son’s death
the joys and griefs of our lives
relief
noun
Exercise is an excellent source of stress relief.
Much to everyone’s relief, the airplane took off without any problems.
index
transitive verb
under the contract wages were indexed to inflation
telos
noun
- an ultimate end
liturgy
noun
studying the liturgies of different religions
He was studying Christian liturgy.
dour
adjective
an insistent hunger for learning and a dour … determination to achieve it — Walter Moberly
nomadic
adjective
a nomadic tribe
renaissance
noun
chump
noun
the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump
squat
verb
He squatted behind the bush to avoid being seen.
a hare squatting in the grass
revelation
noun
Revelations by the newspaper caused a scandal.
Barbie
trademark
snap
verb
fish snapping at the bait
upbeat
adjective
I’m feeling upbeat today
I like a story with an upbeat ending.
beacon
noun
Our nation should be a beacon of peace to people around the world.
These countries are beacons of democracy.
whip
verb
The riders were getting whipped around on the roller coaster.
The flag was whipping in the strong wind.
presumably
adverb
presumably he’s going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts
twirl
verb
The kite twisted and twirled in the wind.
The chef twirled the noodles around his fork.
altar
noun
She left him at the altar.
chubby
adjective
a chubby baby
baby with chubby cheeks
intervene
verb
only six months intervened between their marriage and divorce
blow
verb
The wind was blowing.
nuance
noun
a poem of little depth and nuance
typo
noun
I spotted three typos on the menu.
resonate
verb
The siren resonated throughout the city.
caveat
noun
The driving instructor gave his students this caveat: if you are driving under the speed limit, stay in the far right lane.
baseline
noun
the baseline of this discussion
The experiment is meant only to provide a baseline for other studies.
assimilate
verb
What is best in mathematics deserves not merely to be learnt as a task, but to be assimilated as a part of daily thought, not brought again and again before mind with ever-renewed encouragement. - Bertrand Russel, The Study of Mathematics, 1902
skim
verb
She only skimmed through the reading assignment.
scan
verb
scan the want ads looking for a job
She quickly scanned the pages of the newspaper.
She scanned through the list to find her name.
prairie
noun
Millions of buffalo once roamed the prairies.
inhale
verb
She inhaled the fresh country air.
exhale
verb
She inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, trying to relax.