Definition | Word |
(of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence | |
bold and without shame | |
a conference between opposing sides in a dispute, esp. a discussion of terms for an armistice | |
exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action | |
not able to be denied or disputed | |
reprimand (someone) severely | |
the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia | |
(esp. of a person's manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, esp. in a brusquely imperious way | |
neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting | |
not showing due respect for another person; impertinent | |
lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward | |
a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome | |
a small quantity of a particular thing, esp. something considered desirable or valuable | |
habitual; usual | |
having or showing shrewdness and good judgment, esp. in money or business matters | |
revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement) | |
done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress | |
a tearing apart | |
a widow with a title or property derived from her late husband | |
a remark or statement, esp. one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful | |
having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire | |
referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way | |
(of a substance) causing vomiting | |
ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled) | |
a brief evocative description, account, or episode - a small illustration or portrait photograph that fades into its background without a definite border | |
| Definition | Word |
complain or find fault continually, typically about trivial matters | |
cautious; wary | |
a woman who flirts | |
establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place | |
a buttock and thigh considered together, in a human or animal | |
not honorable in character or purpose | |
temporary rest from activity, excitement, or exertion, esp. sleep or the rest given by sleep | |
an interest in or preoccupation with excrement and excretion | |
showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper | |
cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, esp. in politics or in advancing one's career | |
chew (food) | |
(of a person) at the point of death | |
an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization | |
(of an action) convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral | |
cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender | |
wanting or devouring great quantities of food | |
(of a person, event, or behavior) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy | |
shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness | |
showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles | |
approval or praise | |
(of a person, typically a woman, or their clothes) unfashionable and without style in appearance | |
unambiguously explicit and direct | |
having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner | |
an American Indian woman or wife [offensive] | |
the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness | |
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