English Week 9
Impetus - n - The force or energy with which a body moves. Carafe - n - An open-topped glass flask used for serving wine or water in a restaurant. Sobriquet - n - A person’s nickname. Endemic - adj - (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area. Scintilla - n - A tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling. Intrepid - adj - Fearless Baluster - n - A short decorative pillar forming part of a series supporting a rail or coping. Obsequious - adj - Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. Protuberance - n - A thing that protrudes from something else. Petulant - adj - (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
























