UNUSUAL WORDS CXXXIV

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

1. QUIRT

2. SABOT

3. PRIVET 

4. ABJURE

5. WRAITH 

6. PALADIN  

7. FROUFROU

8. PERIWINKLE

9. DEPREDATION

10. AMANUENSIS  

 

Answers: 

 

1. QUIRT - A short riding whip for horses

2. SABOT - A heavy wooden shoe/clog

3. PRIVET - A shrub often used for hedges 

4. ABJURE - Completely reject something you once 

                       supported or believed

5. WRAITH - Ghost, apparition, or insubstantial wisp 

                        of something 

6. PALADIN - Heroic, noble champion

7. FROUFROU (froofroo) Fussy, frilly ornamentation

8. PERIWINKLE - A light, purple-blue color, an 

                                  evergreen plant, a small sea snail 

9. DEPREDATION -  Destruction/loss - as of people

                                      or natural resources 

10. AMANUENSIS - A secretary