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Word: crabbed

Definition: sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting


More Vocab Words

::: martial - warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law
::: knave - untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; N. knavery
::: parameter - limit; independent variable; Ex. parameters of the problem; Ex. within the parameters of the budget
::: stygian - unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead
::: impregnable - invulnerable; impossible to capture or enter by force; Ex. impregnable fort/argument; CF. take
::: untenable - (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible; not able to be maintained
::: erratic - odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable
::: frolicsome - prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky
::: resurge - rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again
::: forerunner - predecessor; one that comes before and indicates the approach of another