That Spot Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from That Spot

mushed (verb)

Traveled over snow with a dog sled; to journey by foot or dogsled through a snowy wilderness.

vindictive (adjective)

Having or showing a strong desire for revenge; spitefully vengeful.

iota (noun)

An extremely small amount; the tiniest possible quantity.

forage (verb)

To search widely for food or provisions, often by scavenging.

divining (verb)

Sensing or discovering something by intuition or supernatural insight rather than by reasoning.

reincarnation (noun)

The belief that a soul is reborn into a new body after death; the rebirth of a spirit in another form.

kinship (noun)

A feeling of being closely connected or related to someone or something; a sense of shared identity.

incomprehensible (adjective)

Impossible to understand or grasp mentally; beyond comprehension.

palpitation (noun)

A rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat or trembling sensation caused by anxiety or exertion.

cowered (verb)

Crouched down in fear; shrank back trembling from something threatening.

circumventing (verb)

Finding a way around an obstacle or outsmarting someone; overcoming by cleverness or strategy.

impartial (adjective)

Treating all people and groups equally; not favoring one side over another.

provocation (noun)

An action or statement intended to anger or challenge someone; a deliberate cause for a reaction.

kibosh (noun)

A decisive end or check; to put the kibosh on something means to put a stop to it completely.

brash (adjective)

Self-assertively bold or presumptuous; recklessly confident.

despatches (noun)

An archaic spelling of dispatches; official messages or documents sent with urgency, especially by a government courier.

maroon (verb)

To deliberately abandon someone in an isolated place with little chance of rescue or escape.

surmised (verb)

Supposed or guessed something to be true without firm evidence; formed a conclusion based on incomplete information.

absconders (noun)

People who flee secretly to escape legal punishment or custody; fugitives from the law.

facetious (adjective)

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippantly joking.

perambulating (adjective)

Walking or traveling about from place to place; moving slowly on foot.

boisterous (adjective)

Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdily high-spirited.

Theosophy (noun)

A religious-philosophical movement claiming direct mystical knowledge of God and the spiritual world, popular in the late 1800s.

recuperated (verb)

Recovered health, strength, or composure after illness, exhaustion, or hardship.

peaked (adjective)

Looking pale and sickly; having a drawn, unhealthy appearance.