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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