Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Vocabulary...

Gully: Deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
Brisk: Quick and energetic.
Slippery: Being such as to cause things to slip or slide.
Launch: To throw or propel with force; hurl.
Bounce: To rebound after having struck an object or a surface.
Refurbishment: To make new or as if new again
Stretch: To lengthen, widen, or distend.
Nemesis: A source of harm or ruin.
Headpiece: A typically thin metallic crown or headband worn around the forehead.
Swashbuckling: Is a term that developed in the 16th century to describe rough, noisy and boastful swordsmen.
Steer: Mechanisms used to turn while controlling the operation of a vehicle.
Raft: Is any flat floating structure for travel over water. It is the most basic of boat
Plunge: (or "dive") is a type of play in American Football in which the ball carrier (usually a running back or a fullback) attempts to rush through one of the gaps immediately to the left or right of center.
Carrier: A group of molecules that facilitates the transport of dyes into a fiber.
Stunts: Is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre or cinema.

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