vocab 3

Tuppence

A trivial sum; the sum of two pennies.

Confusticate

To make something obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.

Vexed

Irritated, distressed, or annoyed.

Abominable

Very bad or unpleasant.

Quoits

A ring of iron, rope, or rubber thrown in a game to encircle or land as near as possible to an upright peg.

Stifling

Making one feel constrained or oppressed.

Lichen

A plantlike organism that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees.

Frantically

In a distraught way owing to fear, anxiety, or other emotion.

Lamenting

To mourn a person’s loss or death.

Parchingly

To make extremely, excessively, or completely dry.

Gloaming

Twilight or dusk.

Gnarled

Knobby, rough, and twisted, especially with age.

Downcast

Sad or dejected.

Portcullis

A strong, heavy grating that can be lowered down grooves on each side of a gateway to block it.

Toppled

To overbalance or become unsteady and fall slowly.

Uncanny

Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way.

Bough

A main branch of a tree.