UNUSUAL WORDS CX

Can you give a simple definition of these less-frequently-used words?

1. RILL

2. PLISSE 

3. CHONK

4. DACHA 

5. NATANT

6. LUCENT

7. ANNELID

8. GENTIAN

9. PELOTON

10.  PARTHENIUM

 

Answers:

 

1. RILL - A small stream ("I love thy rocks and rills" - from "America the Beautiful")

 

2. PLISSE - (plee sa') Of a fabric treated to give a crinkled effect

 

3. CHONK - (slang) A very cute, very fat animal - as a cat or marmot

 

4. DACHA - A vacation home in Russia

 

5. NATANT - Swimming or floating in water

 

6. LUCENT -  Giving off light, luminous

 

7. ANNELID - A worm

 

8. GENTIAN - A plant with colorful trumpet-shaped flowers 

 

9. PELOTON - The large group of cyclists behind the leaders in a bicycle race

 

10. PARTHENIUM - An invasive weed that damages pastures and farmland