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| Rail |
v to complain about bitterly: Early American progressives railed against the railroad barons. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:31 GMT |
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| Prize |
v to extract information, to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils: The information was prized from him. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:31 GMT |
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| Pluck |
n courage, bravery, spunk, fortitude: Churchill’s speeches inspired the pluck of his countrymen during the war. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:31 GMT |
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| Plastic |
adj moldable, pliable, not rigid, adapting easily |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Pine |
v to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn, to languish, to become weak and loose vitality |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Pied |
adj variegated, multicolored, usually in blotches: The Pied Piper of Hamlin was so called because of his multicolored coat. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Pedestrian |
adj dull, ordinary, commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Occult |
adj supernatural or magic, not understandable, secret, hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Obtain |
adj to be established, accepted, or customary: Those standards no longer obtain. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Nice |
adj exacting, careful, fastidious, extremely precise: He made a nice distinction between the two cases. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Mince |
v pronounce, speak, or walk daintily, euphemize, speak too carefully: Don’t mince words. Also, to take tiny steps, tiptoe |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Milk |
v to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of, make the most of: I milked the position for all it was worth. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Meet |
adj to satisfy something, fitting, proper: It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Lumber |
v to move heavily and clumsily, walk heavily, shamble, hobble: lumbering giants on land, walruses are actually graceful swimmers. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| List |
v to tilt or lean to one side: The ship’s broken mast listed helplessly in the wind. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Intimate |
v to iply, suggest, hint or insinuate: Are you intimating that I cannot be trusted? |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Guy |
n/v a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide to support it; to steady or reinforce using a guy: Think guide. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Grouse |
(growss) v to complain or grumble n complaint, grumble, moan, objection, protest |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Ford |
v to wade (walk in water) across the shallow part of a river or stream |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Flip |
adj sarcastic, impertinent, unserious, dismissive as in flippant: a flip remark |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:30 GMT |
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| Flag |
v to sag or droop, wilt, to become spiritless, to decline: Think of a flag on a windless day, as in her flagging spirits |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Fell |
adj inhumanly cruel: Fell beasts surrounded the explorers; fierce, lethal. |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Fell |
v to cause to fall by striking: The lumberjacks arrived and felled many trees; to cut down, to chop down, to knock down, to knock out |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Exact |
v to demand, call for, require, take: Even a victorious war exacts a heavy price. |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Essay |
v to test or try; attempt at something, experiment: The newly born fawn (young deer) essayed a few wobbly steps. |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Die |
n a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop: the metal tool on a stamping or pressing machine that gives the finished object its shape and design, mold |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Damp |
v to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Consequential |
adj pompus, self-important: having an exaggerated opinion of personal qualities or abilities (primary definitions are: logically following; important), significant, substantial, major, momentous |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Color |
v to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, to influence, gloss or affect (usually the first): Yellow journalism colored the truth |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Chauvinist (sho’v@nist) |
n a blindly devoted, unreasoning, overenthusiastic, and aggressive patriot, bigot |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:36:49 GMT |
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| Cardinal(ka’ard’n@l) |
adj major, basic, fundamental, prime, chief as in cardinal sin |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:37:25 GMT |
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| Brook |
v to tolerate, endure, countenance: I will brook no interference in this matter; n stream, rivulet, river, creek |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Broach |
v bring up, mention, announce, begin to talk about a difficult subject; to open a container for the first time; to pierce cask, to bore hole |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Bent |
n leaning, inclination, proclivity, determined, tendency: He had a naturally artistic bent |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| August |
adj majestic, impressive, grand, noble, venerable |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Arrest |
arresting v/adj to suspend; to engage; capture, holding one’s attention: as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Appropriate |
v to take for one’s own use, especially, without permission, confiscate |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| Alloy |
v to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed means pure |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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| volatile |
adj readily changing of fickle a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive (volatility), unstable, unpredictable |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:36:11 GMT |
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| vituperate |
v to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate |
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anahitb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:29 GMT |
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