Walk Two Moons

Walk Two Moons Glossary

agenda

(noun) a plan of things to be done or problems to be addressed

agitated

(adjective) feeling or appearing troubled or nervous

amnesia

(noun) a partial or total loss of memory

cadaver

(noun) [Medicine] ‹literary› a corpse

crotchety

(adjective) irritable

dignified

(adjective) having or showing a composed or serious manner that is worthy of respect

duplicate

(adjective) exactly like something else, especially through having been copied

(noun) one of two or more identical things

(verb) make or be an exact copy of

elaborate

(adjective) involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning

(verb) develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in detail

flinch

(verb) make a quick, nervous movement of the face or body as an instinctive reaction to surprise, fear or pain

galllant

(adjective) guilty of or involving betrayal or deception

gullible

(adjective) easily persuaded to believe something; credulous

hankering

(noun) a strong desire to have or do something

knothole

(noun) a hole in a piece of timber where a knot has fallen out, or in a tree trunk where a branch has decayed.

lunatic

(noun)

1. a mentally ill person (not in technical use)

2. an extremely foolish or eccentric person

moccasin

(noun) a soft leather slipper or shoe, strictly one without a separate heel, having the sole turned up on all sides and sewn to the upper in a simple gathered seam, in a style originating among North American Indians.

omnipotent

(adjective) having ultimate power and influence

ornery

(adjective) (N. Amer.) ‹informal› bad-tempered and combative; stubborn

shrapnel

(noun) fragments of a bomb, shell, or other object thrown out by an explosion.

treacherous

(adjective) guilty of or involving betrayal or deception

wicker

(noun) pliable twigs, typically of willow, plaited or woven to make items such as furniture and baskets

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