Vocabulary Words
corpse
C2noun, verb
(of an actor) To lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably. (+2 more)
eccentricity
C2noun
The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun). (+3 more)
locomotive
C2adjective, noun
A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed (+5 more)
locomotion
C2noun
(often preceded by definite article) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive. (+2 more)
noun
The doctrine that nothing exists but the individual self. (+3 more)
metalled
C2adjective, verb
(of a road) Surfaced, tarred, covered in stone or crushed rock (usually tar-coated). (+2 more)
oblique
C2adjective, noun, verb
(grammar) Of speech or narration, indirect, employing the actual words of the speaker, but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person, adverbs of present time into the past, etc. (+40 more)