Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Tough Stuff


Tough Stuff
25 Words and their meaning
*Cloven - Split; divided.
*Vicar - The priest of a parish in the Church of England who receives a stipend or salary but does not receive the tithes of a parish.
*Lichen - A fungus
*Melpomene - The Muse of tragedy.
*Billet - A position of employment; a job.
*Mould - Variant of mold (n. & v. Chiefly British)
*Viscous - Having relatively high resistance to flow.
*Croquet - An outdoor game in which the players drive wooden balls through a series of wickets using long-handled mallets.
*Grieve - To cause to be sorrowful; distress:
*Sieve - A utensil of wire mesh or closely perforated metal, used for straining, sifting, ricing, or puréeing.
*Fiend - An evil spirit; a demon.
*Clamour - a loud and persistent noise the clamour of traffic.
*Enamour - attract; cause to be enamored.
*Clangour - a loud resonant often-repeated noise.
*Mauve - A moderate grayish violet to moderate reddish purple.
*Gauze - A thin plastic or metal woven mesh.
*Gouge - A chisel with a rounded, troughlike blade.
*Foliage - Plant leaves, especially tree leaves, considered as a group.
*Query - A question; an inquiry.
*Zephyr - A light or west wind.
*Heifer - A young cow before she has had her first calf.
*Breeches - are an item of clothing covering the body from the waist down, with separate coverings for each leg,
*Chaise - is a light two - or four-wheeled traveling or pleasure carriage, with a folding hood or calash top for one or two people.
*Phlegm - inflammation, humour caused by heat") is a viscous liquid secreted by the mucous membranes of mammalians.
*Skein - A loosely-wound, oblong ball of yarn
Submitted by: Ronillo Villeran Jr. BSED 1
Submitted to: Mrs. Cookie Sanicas
English 3

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