Everyday Use Vocab

Furtive

Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: attempting to avoid notice or attention Context: "Furtive boys in pink shirts." Sentence: The runaway was trying to remain furtive when attempting to avoid the cops.

Doctrines

Part of Speech: Noun Definition: A belief or set of beliefs Context: "I accept some of their doctrines but raising cattle is not my style." Sentence: The Puritans were very confident in their doctrines.

Clabber

Part of Speech: Noun Definition: milk that has naturally clotted on something Context: "The milk in it clabber by now." Sentence: The farmers were upset by the unusable clabber.

Heritage

Part of Speech: Noun Definition: valued traditions such as religion Context: "What don't I understand?' 'Your heritage', he said." Sentence: the Christian was very dedicated to his heritage.

Cowering

Part of Speech: Verb Definition: crouching down in fear Context: "sitting there with maggie cowering behind me" Sentence: John cowered when faced by the humongous dinosaur.

Dasher

Part of speech: Noun Definition: A plunger for agitating cream Context: "and I want the dasher too." Sentence: The farmer agitated the cream with the dasher.