Word * | Part of Speech | Definition | Audio Available? |
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wolf | Noun | A large wild member of the dog family, closely related to the domestic dog | Yes |
wolf | Verb | To devour; to gobble; to eat something voraciously | Yes |
would | Verb | Simple past tense of will | Yes |
would | Verb | Indicating in action or state that is conditional on another | Yes |
would | Verb | Indicating a possible future action or state | Yes |
would | Verb | Indicating an action in the past that was planned or intended | Yes |
would | Verb | Indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly | Yes |
would | Verb | Used to express a polite request | Yes |
would | Verb | Used to indicate a wish or desire | Yes |
could | Verb | Simple past tense of can | Yes |
could | Verb | Used to express possibility | Yes |
could | Verb | Used to express conditional possibility or ability | Yes |
could | Verb | Used in making polite requests | Yes |
could | Verb | Used in asking for permission | Yes |
could | Verb | Used in offering suggestions or advice | Yes |
should | Verb | Simple past tense of shall | Yes |
should | Verb | Used to express condition | Yes |
should | Verb | Must; ought; used to indicate duty, propriety, or expediency | Yes |
woman | Noun | An adult female human being | Yes |
born | Adjective | Brought forth by birth | Yes |
born | Adjective | Possessing from birth the quality, circumstances, or character stated | Yes |
born | Adjective | Native to the locale stated; immigrated to the present place from the locale stated | Yes |
born | Verb | Past tense of bear; give birth to | Yes |
horn | Noun | One of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain | Yes |
horn | Noun | An article made of the material of an animal horn or similar substance, such as a thimble, spoon, or shoehorn | Yes |
horn | Noun | Something resembling or suggesting an animal horn | Yes |
horn | Noun | A wind instrument, originally formed from the hollow horn of an animal, but now usually made of brass or other metal, or plastic | Yes |
horn | Noun | An instrument for sounding a warning signal, such as an automobile horn | Yes |
horn | Noun | An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others | Yes |
horn | Noun | The high protuberant part at the front and top of certain saddles; a pommel, especially a high one | Yes |
horn | Noun | A telephone | Yes |
horn | Verb | To butt or gore with the horns | Yes |
horn | Adjective | Made of horn | Yes |
torture | Noun | Certain, clearly defined acts perpetrated against helpless prisoners, to force them to suffer excruciating pain and discomfort | Yes |
torture | Noun | Cruel and outrageous acts that terrorize helpless prisoners to force or coerce them to react in a way that satisfies the torturer | Yes |
torture | Noun | Any act committed by an official of a government against a prisoner of war which could cause undue pain, as clearly defined by many international agreements | Yes |
torture | Noun | The suffering of the heart imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships | Yes |
torture | Verb | To perform illegal acts of pain or suffering on helpless prisoners | Yes |
forked | Verb | To split into two or more directions | Yes |
forked | Adjective | Something that splits into two or more directions, or parts | Yes |
former | Adjective | Preceding in time; prior or earlier; previous | Yes |
former | Adjective | Past, long past, or ancient | Yes |
former | Adjective | Preceding in order; being the first of two | Yes |
former | Adjective | Being the first mentioned of two | Yes |
former | Adjective | Having once, or previously, been; erstwhile | Yes |
former | Noun | A person or thing that forms or serves to form; a maker or creator | Yes |
forward | Adjective | Towards the front or at the front | Yes |
forward | Adjective | Without customary restraint | Yes |
forward | Adverb | Towards the front or from the front | Yes |
forward | Adverb | In the usual direction of travel | Yes |
forward | Adverb | Into the future | Yes |
forward | Verb | To send something received to a third party | Yes |
forward | Noun | An umbrella term for a center or winger in ice hockey | Yes |
forward | Noun | The small forward or power forward position | Yes |
forward | Noun | The front part of a vessel | Yes |
corpse | Noun | A dead body | Yes |
thorn | Noun | A sharp protective spine of a plant | Yes |
thorn | Noun | Any of various thorny shrubs or trees | Yes |
thorn | Noun | Something that wounds, annoys, or causes discomfort | Yes |
thorn | Noun | A runic character ?, borrowed into the Latin alphabet and representing the initial th sounds in thin and they | Yes |
scorn | Verb | To feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise | Yes |
scorn | Verb | To scoff, express contempt | Yes |
scorn | Verb | To reject, turn down | Yes |
scorn | Noun | Contempt or disdain towards a despicable or unworthy person | Yes |
scorch | Noun | A slight or surface burn | Yes |
scorch | Noun | A discoloration caused by heat | Yes |
scorch | Noun | Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water, or by fungi | Yes |
scorch | Verb | To burn the surface of something so as to discolor it | Yes |
scorch | Verb | To wither, parch, or destroy something by heat or fire | Yes |
scorch | Verb | To become scorched or slightly burned | Yes |
scorch | Verb | To move at high speed | Yes |
Vocabulary Word Activities
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- What words rhyme with this word?
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