We Are Called to Rise Glossary

We Are Called to Rise Glossary

extricate

To retrieve, remove or disengage from a tight spot.

boisterous

Loud and rowdy; rambunctious.

ponderous

Slow, unwieldy and lumbering; laborious and tedious.

quizzically

In manner demonstrating bemused confusion.

flustered

Nervous, anxious and at a loss for words.

disheveled

Unkempt, scruffy, rumpled, messy and sloppy; looking a real mess.

dilapidated

Rundown and shoddy; ramshackle; in disrepair due to neglect.

disembodied

A situation in which there is at least the appearance or sensation that the functions or spiritual soul of a being are operating independently of the corporeal material of the body.

madcap

A free-spirit whose enthusiasm for acting in impulse can often be interpreted less as mere zaniness and more as an indication of a less serious mental disorder.

gingerly

With extreme caution and meticulously gentle attention.

stocky

Sturdy, stolid, stout and squat with the initial appearance of being overweight.

hindsight

The knowledge that is arrived at retrospectively by looking at things that happened in the past from the perspective of the present that follows after the event.

buffer

An impediment placed between two things that acts as a safeguard or provides a cushion effect to reduce the potential for damage.

crone

Offensively insulting term for a much older woman with a cranky personality and intrusive social conduct.

scurry

To scamper away quickly in a guilty or suspicious manner.

incongruous

A state existing between two or more things revealing that they incompatible, contradictory, irreconcilable or mismatched.

acutely

In a manner exhibiting unusually keen perception or insight.

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