Thursday’s Special: Pick A Word – March 2022

It is time for another Pick a Word themed challenge. As usual you get five words to choose from:

ASPEROUS

Adjective; rough, rugged, uneven, bitter, cruel, severe

Kagga Kamma

Rugged terrain

CRUSTACEOUS

Adjective: relating to or denoting crustaceans, having a hard shell.

 

Crayfish shell

 

EFFUSIVE

Adjective

 

showing or expressing gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.

“an effusive welcome”

 

Similar: gushing, gushy, unrestrained, unreserved, extravagant, fulsome, demonstrative, lavish, enthusiastic,

rhapsodic, lyrical, exuberant, ebullient, expansive, wordy, verbose, long-winded, profuse, over the top, all over someone

 

Opposite:

restrained

 

A Happy group of children I took on a day trip during my teaching years

GEOLOGY

(of igneous rock) poured out when molten and later solidified.

 

Molten Rock in Mauritius

 

MOUNTED

adjective

 

riding an animal, typically a horse, especially for military or other duty.

 

 

 

Emma on a horse

TRIAD

a union or group of three

 

Three seagulls in a row