- untoward- strange
- The man acted untowardly.
- thatch- a roof covering of straw
- My grandparents lived in a house made of a thatch.
- bailiff- person who performs as a police men.
- I wanted to be a bailiff, but I didn’t.
- reeve- the president of a town council
- The reeve told us to pay taxes.
- mean- small
- I had a mean amount of money in my pocket
- pinnacle- top of the rock
- I would never want to get on the pinnacle.
- meander- follow a winding course
- The river meanders around like a worm.
- impenetrable- impossible to pass through or enter
- The wooden door was impenetrable.
- fallow- plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus
- My grandparents grew crops on his fallows.
- infidels- people who don’t believe in religion
- My parents were infidels, but they believe in Christianity now.