Silk Road Important Word Meaning List
Silk Road Important Word Meaning List
Loaves – bread shaped and baked in
one piece which is usually sliced before being eaten
Kora – meditation performed by
Buddhist believers
Ducking Back – going inside and then
coming out
Size me up – to look at someone
attentively
Clambered – move or climb in an
awkward way
Drokba – Shepherd
Gazelles – an African or Asian mammal
with large eyes that moves quickly and hoofs
Nibbling – take a small bite from
Arid – having little or no rain
Pastures – land covered with grass
Frown – to disapprove of something
Bounding – jump; hop; bounce
Wild ass – an animal who have ears
shorter than a horse and smaller in size
Herd – a large group of animal
Galloping – progressing in an
uncontrollable manner
En masse – in a group
Manoeuvres – military exercises
Plumes – Trails
Billowed – filled with air; swelled
out
Wilderness – wasteland
Solitary – private
Flocks – a group of birds
Evasive – slippery
Veering – to change direction
suddenly
Shaggy – bushy or hairy
Swerve – change direction suddenly
Ferocious – cruel or violent
Mastiffs – a dog who is a strong
breed with dropping ears saggy ears
Glinting – sparkle or twinkle
Meanders – to follow a winding course
of a river or road
Daubed – spread a thick sticky
substance on a surface carelessly
Lichen – a slow-growing plant which
grows on walls, trees or rocks
Clung – hold tightly onto something
Swathe – a long strip of land
To Scale - to Climb
Study - Solid Hard
Petered out – to diminish gradually and stop
Encrusted – decorated with a hard
surface layer
Slither – to move smoothly over a
surface
Fling – throw
Lurching – listing
Throb – pulsate
Ascent – climb on an upward slope
Cairn of rocks – the pile of stone on
the top of the mountain, especially where someone is buried.
Festooned – decorated
Careered down – sinking the slope
Salt flats – thatched roof covered
with snow
Pockmarked – disfigured with a scar
Brackish – slightly salty water
Vestiges – a trace of something that
is disappearing
Laden – loaded
Grim – ugly or grey
Accumulated – gathered
Venerated – respected
Cosmology – science about the origin
and development of the universe
Flanks – sides
Forge – put together; build-up
Filthy – dirty
Fling- throw
Pitched- throw
Rag – scrap cloth
Solitary – private
Confinement – detention; captivity
Stark – plain
Sanctity – pure
Nocturnal – night time
Gasping – breathlessness
Propping – to hold up
Paraphernalia – miscellaneous
articles
Pellets – shots
Derelict – ruined
Heaps – loads
Wisp – a small amount of something
Rudimentary – basic or primary
Incongruous – strange
Brook – a small stream
Pondering – thinking
Well-trodden – much frequented by
travellers
Cavernous – vast
Wreathed – twisted
Stout – firm
Rickety – unstable
Tiresome – dull and boring
Transpired – leaked
Envisaged – predicted
Devout – deep
Prostrating – lying down
