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| radius | the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm extending from the elbow to the wrist |
| shamble | to shuffle; to walk or go awkwardly |
| gingerly | with great care or caution; warily |
| caricature | a pictorial, written, or acted representation of a person which exaggerates his characteristic traits for comic effect; a ludicrously inadequate or inaccurate imitation |
| regress | to move backward; go back; ebb or recede |
| animate | to give life to; to make lively or vigorous; to fill with courage or boldness; motivate |
| shambles | any scene of destruction; any scene, place, or thing in disorder |
| spoke | any of the projecting handles of a boat’s steering wheel; a rung of a ladder; one of the rods extending from the hub of a wheel and supporting the rim |
| animated | alive; possessing life |
| fumble | to feel or grope about clumsily; to say or do hesitantly or awkwardly; to make or handle clumsily or inefficiently |
| natty | neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce |
| regression | a return to a previous and less advanced or worse state, condition, or way of behaving |
| animation | liveliness; vivacity; the techniques used in the production of cartoons; the condition of being alive |
| hub | a focus of activity, authority, commerce, or transportation; a device for connecting computers in a network; a steel punch from which a working die for a coin or medal is made |
| decay | decomposition; rot; decline in or loss of strength, health, or intellect |
| unkempt | not combed; uncared-for or neglected; unpolished; rough; crude |
| quack | an unqualified person who claims medical knowledge or other skills |
| hub | the central part of a wheel into which the spokes are inserted |
| quack | the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound |
| radius | a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface |
| gimmick | an ingenious or novel device or scheme, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal |
| knoll | a small rounded hill; a mound |
| foolhardy | brave in a silly way, taking unnecessary risks; rash |
| perforate | to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, or piercing; to penetrate; to punch rows of holes between for ease of separation |
| strew | to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle; to cover a surface with something scattered or sprinkled; to spread widely; disseminate |
| carom | a shot in pool in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession; any strike and rebound, as a ball striking a wall and glancing off. |
| nucleus | a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core; the small bright body in the head of a comet |
| gimmick | a concealed, usually devious aspect of something, such as a plan or deal; a hidden mechanical device by which a magician works a trick or a gambler controls a game of chance |
| burly | large in bodily size; stout; sturdy |
| lance | a long, thin pole with a sharp point that soldiers used in the past as a weapon when riding horses |
| burly | bluff; abrupt in manner; blunt |
| strewn | covered or overspread with something scattered or sprinkled; dropped in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scattered |
| rotund | marked by roundness; marked by fullness of sound (sonorous); notably plump or chubby |
| knoll | to ring or toll a bell; to announce or summon by ringing a bell |
| rebound | to spring back on or as if on collision or impact with another body; to recover, as from ill health or discouragement; to misfire, especially so as to hurt the perpetrator; to recover from setback or frustration |
| lance | to cut the skin with a sharp tool in order to release infected matter that has collected under it |
| gait | a particular way of walking; the paces of an animal, especially a horse or dog |
| nucleus | a usually round part of most cells that is enclosed in a double membrane, controls the activities of the cell, and contains the chromosomes; the central part of an atom |
