Vocabulary part 3

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• flurried in a sudden, quick way, confused manner
• bulging sticking out in a rounded shape
• lanky tall and thin and often moving awkwardly as a result
• truss to tie the arms and legs of someone together tightly and roughly with rope to prevent them from moving or escaping:
• rummaging searching for something that is difficult to find among other things
• mimeograph a machine that produces copies of a document using a stencil
• jeering the action of laughing or shouting insults at someone to show you have no respect for them
• shaggy having or covered with long, rough, and untidy hair, or (of hair) long, rough, and untidy
• treacherous dangerous/unsafe/hazardous
• obscurity the state of not being known to many people
• resembled with to look like, act like, or share a strong similarity with someone or something
• sensitized to be made more sensitive to something
• compelled having to do something, because you are forced to or feel it is necessary
• nonplussed surprised, confused, and not certain how to react
• dungarees a pair of trousers with an extra piece of cloth that covers the chest and is held in place by a strap over each shoulder
• burly large/big/well built
• snarl (especially of dogs) to make a deep, rough sound while showing the teeth, usually in anger or (of people) to speak or say something angrily and forcefully
• coarse rough and not smooth or soft, or not in very small pieces
• unappeasable impossible to satisfy, calm, or pacify
• prevail on to persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do
• flair natural ability to do something well
• eaves the edge of a roof that sticks out over the walls
• uneducable not able to be educated or to learn
• covertly secretly, or in a hidden way
• leached (from) a soluble chemical, mineral, or substance has been slowly washed out, dissolved, or extracted from a solid material (like soil, rock, or plastic) by water or another liquid passing
• apex the highest point or top of a shape or object
• derelict broken down/run down/decrepit
• cudgel a short, heavy stick used for hitting people

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