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adj. friendly, gentle, and gracious; easy and pleasant to speak to
v. to bask in the sun
adj. hooked or curved like an eagle's beak, as with a nose
n. an intricate or elaborate pattern or design
n. 1) a kind of miniature fowl; 2) a person of diminutive stature and often combative disposition
adj. war-like or hostile in manner or temperament; hawkish, pugnacious, cantankerous
n. the lowest class of people; the masses; rabble
n. a sore, ulcer, or lesion at the initial site of entry of a pathogen, especially that of syphilis
adj. obstinately disobedient or rebellious, especially of a legal witness; insubordinate
n. a channel carrying water beneath a thoroughfare
n. the waste material resulting from lithic reduction and the production of chipped stone tools
v. to deprive of an honorary position
n. the plug of unburned tobacco left in a pipe after smoking
n. an invisible, odorous emanation, as of vapor or gas and especially as the by-product of waste
adj. of, relating to, or dependent upon charity; generous in assistance to the poor
n. listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom, tedium, enervation
adj. 1) showing excessive delicacy or care; 2) difficult to please, meticulous, exacting
v. to impose something upon another by coercion or trickery; to insert surreptitiously or deceitfully
adj. wildly excited or energetic; frantic, frenzied
n. a lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig
adj. innocent, naive, artless, ingenuous
n. a scolding, unpleasant old woman; shrew, termagant, hag
adj. soaring too high for safety; adventurous in flight
v. to attack or challenge as false or questionable
adj. unable to meet debts or discharge liabilities; bankrupt
n. a short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure
n. a violent underwater vortex which often scours bedrock into a circular basin or lake
adj. using very few words; terse, concise
v. to sail against the wind
adj. lean; thin
n. 1) an area of muddy or boggy wetland; 2) something that overwhelms, confuses, or impedes
adj. injurious; harmful
adj. of little or no importance, inconsequential, picayune; having no force, inoperative
adj. 1) full, strong, and clear in sound, sonorous; 2) pompous and bombastic in speech
n. a receptacle, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead
n. one that is despised or rejected; an outcast
adj. hypocritically self-righteous and condemnatory
adj. of or relating to a meal, especially lunch or dinner
n. a rule or principle prescribing a particular mode of conduct
adj. having impaired or defective vision; lacking insight or understanding
n. the subjective, qualitative properties of conscious experience unique to every individual perceiving them, such as the redness of an evening sky
adj. not easily understood; abstruse, rarefied
adj. growing in waste or on poor land, as of a plant
adj. of flesh or muscle
adj. slovenly, untidy, or dirty, especially of a woman
adj. 1) lacking authenticity or validity in origin, not genuine, false; 2) of illegitimate birth
n. assistance in time of distress; aid or relief
n. the practice of total abstinence from alcoholic beverages
n. nets or traps
v. to rub, crush, grind, or pound into fine particles or a powder
adj. fruitful, copious, or plentiful
n. an ointment or salve for soothing or healing
n. armor worn on the forearm
n. 1) the quality of being changeable, mutability; 2) a sudden or unexpected fluctuation in circumstances
adj. unnaturally pale, as from illness, exhaustion, or unhappiness
