Chapter21

1.plummet

V-I If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount.

2.peckish

ADJ If you say that you are feeling peckish, you mean that you are slightly hungry.

3.dispirited

ADJ If you are dispirited, you have lost your enthusiasm and excitement.

4.strew

V-T To strew things somewhere, or to strew a place with things, means to scatter them there.

5.smolder

V-I If something smoulders, it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames.

6.frivolous

ADJ If you describe an activity as frivolous, you disapprove of it because it is not useful and wastes time or money.

7.sinister

ADJ Something that is sinister seems evil or harmful. 

8.regurgitate

V-T If a person or animal regurgitates food, they bring it back up from their stomach before it has been digested.

9.forage

V-I If someone forages for something, they search for it in a busy way.

10.eclair

a type of long pastry that is filled with whipped cream or a sweet cream filling and usually topped with chocolate

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