Word+Bank

1.Abalone- An edible [|univalve] [|mollusc] of the genus //[|Haliotis]//, having a shell lined with [|mother-of-pearl]. The Abalone was big.

2.badger- A common name for any [|mammal] of three subfamilies, which belong to the family [|Mustelidae] The badger was brown.

3.bovine- Sluggish or dull; pertaining to cattle. The cattle was very bovine today.

4. asinine-Failing to [|exercise] [|intelligence] or [|judgment]; ridiculously below average rationality. The donkey was asinine.

5. billow- Rises up as if in waves. Smoke billowed up in the sky.

6. crux-The basic, central, or critical point or feature. The crux of the matter was important.

7. complicit- Associated with or participating in a questionable act or a crime.

8. dogma- a system of principles or tenets, as of a church.

9. conflate- to fuse into one entity; merge.

10. drastic- acting with force or violence; violent.