Vocabulary Word
Word: hackles
Definition: hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise
Definition: hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise
More Vocab Words
::: pretext - excuse::: revert - relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion
::: censorious - severely critical
::: gargoyle - waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building
::: proviso - stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision
::: putrescent - becoming putrid; putrefying
::: peripatetic - walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy
::: residue - remainder; balance
::: intrepid - fearless
::: enormity - hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous
