Vocabulary Words

adjective

Dangerous, involving risks.

adjective, adverb, interjection, noun

(by extension) A prescribed behavior. (+46 more)

adjective, noun

Related to a rite or repeated set of actions. (+2 more)

adjective, noun, verb

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor. (+9 more)

noun, verb

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea. (+5 more)

adjective, noun

(often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor (+16 more)

adjective, noun

Located beside a road. (+1 more)

verb

To range or wander over. (+3 more)

noun, verb

(North Midlands) to cry (+15 more)

adjective, noun, verb

A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes. (+14 more)

noun, verb

(used with "of") To deprive (of). (+8 more)

noun

The act or practice of robbing. (+1 more)

noun

A trimming in front of a dress. (+1 more)

noun

A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed. (+5 more)

noun, verb

(of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker. (+39 more)

noun, verb

A blunt lance head used in jousting. (+15 more)

adjective

Full of, or abounding in, rocks (+12 more)

noun

(grammar) The function of a word in a phrase. (+6 more)

noun, verb

(in folk songs) To travel by sailing. (+84 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(in folk songs) To travel by sailing. (+60 more)

noun, verb

A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind (+18 more)

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