Vocabulary Word
Word: crevice
Definition: crack; fissure
Definition: crack; fissure
Sentences Containing 'crevice'
With an admonitory gesture to keep them back, he stooped, and looked in through the crevice in the wall.
Why has man just these species of animals for his neighbors; as if nothing but a mouse could have filled this crevice?
Peppino glided first into this crevice; after they got along a few paces the passage widened.
More Vocab Words
::: plebeian - common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; N: common people in ancient Rome; CF. patrician::: pinch - squeeze between the thumb and a finger, or other edges; Ex. I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. N: amount that can be held between the thumb and a finger
::: viable - capable of maintaining life; feasible; practical or workable; Ex. viable scheme
::: alleviate - relieve (pain)
::: anesthetic - substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia
::: imperious - domineering; too commanding; haughty; CF. imperial/emperor
::: pecuniary - pertaining to money
::: generic - characteristic of an entire class or species; of a genus
::: expostulation - protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate
::: edict - decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command
