Vocabulary - Odd Corner

Vocabulary - Odd Corner

• Abide/Abode/Abided: To live somewhere
• Wight: A spirit, ghost
• Sojourn: To dwell, stay temporarily
• Tarry: To stay longer than expected, delay leaving
• Cognomen: A name, nickname
• Lank: Thin, limp
• Dangle: To hang loosely
• Snipe: A bird with a long, straight beak
• Spindle: A pointed rod
• Genius: Spirit of a person or place
• Elope: Run away, escape
• Glaze: To furnish with glass
• Ingeniously: Skillfully, aptly
• Withe: A flexible twig
• Formidable: Awesome, imposing
• Birch Tree: A tree with smooth, often white bark
• Brook: Creek, stream
• Con: Study
• Peradventure: Perhaps
• Appalling: Horrific, dreadful
• Tardy: Late, slow
• Loiterer: Someone who stands around without a reason
• Conscientious: Dedicated, industrious
• Vocation: A suitable type of work
• Psalmody: Singing psalms
• Station: Place
• Congregation: Gathering, assembly
• Quaver: Musical note
• Millpond: Water for mill wheel
• Diverse: Various, multiple
• Makeshift: Temporary, impromptu
• Denominate: Dub, label
• Tolerably: Passably
• Supernumerary: Extra
• Bevy: Large group of similar items
• Bashful: Shy, reserved
• Sheepishly: Embarrassedly
• Shrewdness: Good judgment
• Gross: Extremely unpleasant
• Clover: Plant with three leaves
• Whimper: Sob, cry
• Direful: Horrific, appalling
• Wend: To move slowly
• Quarter: To house, accommodate
• Boding: Warning
• Harbinger: Sign of something coming
• Thicket: Area of closely growing trees and bushes
• Blundering: Clumsy
• Dusky: Dark in color
• Spin: To make thread
• Splutter: Series of short explosive sounds
• Portentous: Ominous
• Woefully: Unhappily, miserably
• Topsy-turvy: Confused, disorganized
• Snugly: Warm, comfortable, protected
• Cuddle: Embrace
• Beset: Having a lot of trouble
• Specter: Ghost
• Shrink: To become smaller
• Curdling: Thickening, spoiling
• Uncouth: Rude
• Scouring: Searching, hunting