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Cartoon Vocabulary  (List 19)

1.    fetter (verb/noun)        to restrain; to hamper; a shackle
(FET ur)
Link:    FEATHER

2.    torpid (adjective)        dormant; inactive; lethargic
(TOR pid)
Link:  TORPEDO

3.    torrid (adjective)        intensely hot; burning; passionate; rapid
(TOR id)
Link:     POOR ED

4.    pinguid (adjective)        fat
(pen gwed)
Link:  PENGUIN

5.    dishevel (verb)        to make untidy; to disarrange the hair
(di SHEV ul)            or clothing of
Link:  SHOVEL

6.    nettle (verb)            to irritate; vex
(NET ul)
Link:  SETTLE

7.    mottle (verb)            to mark with spots or blotches of
(MOT ul)            different shades or colors
Link:  BOTTLE

8.    prattle (verb)            to babble; to talk meaninglessly
(PRAT l)
Link:  RATTLE

9.    balk (verb)            to stop short and refuse to proceed
(bawk)
Link:  WALK

10.    curb (verb)            to control or check
(kurb)
Link:  HERB

Extra 5 words:  undulate, vaccine, vacillate, vertebrate, virtuoso