angular
an·gu·lar /ˈæŋɡjələ, ˈæŋɡjʊlə $ -ər/ adjective
- thin and not having much flesh on your bones:
- a tall, angular young man
- having sharp and definite corners:
- a cubist painting with angular shapes.
avail
a·vail1 /əˈveɪl/ noun
to/of no avail if something you do is to no avail of of no avail, you do not
succeed in getting what you want:
- We searched the whole area but all to no avail. Robbie had disappeared.
bizarre
bi·zarre /bəˈzɑː, bɪˈzɑː $ -ˈzɑːr/adjective
very unusual or strange:
- a bizarre coincidence
- dancers in rather bizarre costume
frantic
fran·tic /ˈfræntɪk/ adjective
- extremely worried and frightened about a situation, so that you cannot
control your feelings
- get/become frantic
- There was still no news of Jill, and her parents were getting frantic.
- frantic with
- Your mother’s been frantic with worrying wondering where you’ve been.
- extremely hurried and using a lot of energy, but not very organized
- I spent three frantic days trying to get everything ready.
- frantic effort/attempt
- Despite our frantic efforts, we were unable to save the boy’s life.
- frantic pace/rush/haste etc
- There was a frantic rush to escape from the building.
- a day of frantic activity
- a frantic search for here father
–frantically adverb
- He frantically searched for the key
yank
yank /jæŋk/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
informal to suddenly pull something quickly and with force
yank something out/back/open etc
- One of the men grabbed Tom’s hair and yanked his head back
- Nick yanked the door open.
yank on/at
- With both hands she yanked at the necklace
– yank noun [countable]
Reference
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English