Scrimp

 (verb)- to be sparing, frugal, saving, economize.

 (adj)- unconcerned about the consequences of an action.

Mesa

 (noun)-a land formation, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.

Blare

 (verb)- to sound loudly and noisily

Fragrant

(adj)-having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented.

Dusk

(noun)- the state or period of partial darkness between day and night.

 Skyrocket

 (verb)- to rise or increase suddenly and quickly

(noun)-a firework that goes in the air and explodes at a certain height.

Melodious

 (adj)- producing melody, sweet sounding, musical.

(noun)-a warning against danger or evil; careful in a hazardous situation

(verb)to give warning or advise to take heed

 (verb)- to go at a slow, easy pace; saunter

(noun)-a stroll, a slow and easy walk

Jubilant

 (adj)- showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing

(noun) the first appearance of daylight in the morning; the beginning of anything

(verb)to begin to open or develop; to begin to brighten in the morning

(verb)- to scorch painfully, to brand, to burn the surface of;

To dry up or wither;

To harden or make unfeeling

Cumulus

(noun)- a heap or a pile;

A class of clouds that look puffs, mounds, towers

 dash

(noun)- a small amount; a quick run; a punctuation mark

(verb)-to move with a rush; to throw violently or suddenly; to strike or smash; to apply roughly

(noun)-a mixture of two metals, one pricey and one cheaper

(verb) to mix two metals or to mix a metal with another substance to form a new metal

(noun)-a bright flame or fire

(verb)-to burn brightly; to burn with intense feeling

(noun)-the way a surface looks and feels; the surface of a material

(verb)-to give texture to something

(adj)-rotten; coming from something rotten

(noun)-a wild, four-footed animal; a mean person

(adj)-relating to beasts

(noun)-a harsh sound, a jolt, a shock

(verb)-to shake hard; to make a harsh sound

(noun)-a glass or pottery container with a large mouth

(noun)-a command to return; a remembrance of something

(verb)-to ask or order to come back; to bring back to mind; revoke

(adj)-not tough; youthful; very easily hurt

(noun)-to offer in payment

(noun)-a spoiled or rotting condition; gradually getting worse

(verb)-to weaken in health or soundness

(noun)-a quick small movement

(verb)-to burn unsteadily

(noun)-large North American woodpecker

(noun)- a cloth like a very soft thick velvet

(adj)-very rich and fine

(noun)-an amount leftover; excess

(adj)-leftover; extra

 Hubbub

(noun)-a loud, confused noise.

Tumult, uproar.

 Plummet

(verb) to plunge

(noun)-something that weighs down or depresses

Ravine

(noun)- a gorge,

A narrow and steep sided valley commonly eroded by running water.

     (verb)- to show off, spend a lot, to indulge in a luxury.

Downcast

(adj)-depressed, dejected in spirit, eyes looking downward.

(noun)-overthrow or ruin, downward glance of eyes

 (adj)- torn, shredded, ragged.

Invertebrate

 (adj)- having no backbone

(noun)- an animal with no backbone, a person with no strength or character

Singe

 (verb)- to burn slightly

(noun)-a light burn

 Tawny

(adj)-a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color.

(noun)-yellowish-brown color

(noun)-wet, spongy ground with soil composed mostly of decaying vegetable matter

(verb)-to weigh down or feel stuck in thick soil

noun

1.a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully.

noun

1.alavish meal; feast.

2. a ceremonious public dinner, especially one honoring a person, benefiting a charity, etc.

verb

3. to entertain or regale with a special dinner: They  _________ the visiting prime minister in grand style.

verb  

1.to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.

2. to cause to start involuntarily, by or as by a sudden shock.

noun

3. a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.

adjective

1.without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a __________  attempt.

2. lazy; indolent: a ___________ fellow.

noun ()

1.a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like.

2. the business with which such a group is charged.

3.an operation designed to carry out the goals of a specific program: a space ________.

4.a group of persons sent by a church to carry on religious work, especially evangelization in foreign lands, and often to establish schools, hospitals, etc.

5.asending or being sent for some duty or purpose.

6. noting or pertaining to a style of American furniture of the early 20th century, created in supposed imitation of the furnishings of the Spanish missions of California and characterized by the use of dark, stained wood, by heaviness, and by extreme plainness.

noun

1.a fight, battle, or skirmish. Synonyms: altercation, combat, war, clash, encounter, set-to.

2.a competition or contest, especially in sports. Synonyms: tournament, match, meet, tourney.

3.a noisy quarrel or brawl. Synonyms: fight, dispute, tiff, spat, squabble; riot, fracas, tussle, rumpus.

noun

1.the act of a person or thing that agitates.

2.the butter made at any one time.

3. toshake or agitate with violence or continued motion: My stomach is  __________.

noun

1. the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.

2. the period in the morning or, more commonly, in the evening during which this light prevails.

3. a terminal period, especially after full development, success, etc.: the _________ of his life.

4. a state of uncertainty, vagueness, or gloom.

adjective

5. of, pertaining to, or resembling soft difused light; dim; obscure.

verb

1. to furnish or fill with glass: to ______ a window.

2. to give a vitreous surface or coating to (a ceramic or the like), as by the application of a substance or by fusion of the body.

3. to cover with a smooth, glossy surface or coating.

4. Cookery . to coat (a food) with sugar, a sugar syrup, or some other glossy, edible substance.

verb

9.to become glassy: Their eyes ____________ over as the lecturer droned on.

adjective

1. capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a __________ ruler.

2. susceptible of modification or adaptation; adaptable: a _____________ schedule.

3. willing or disposed to yield; pliable: a ____________ personality.

noun

1. the place to which a person or thing travels or is sent: Her ___________________ was Rome.

2. the purpose for which something is planned

adjective

3. noting an attraction or event that people are willing to travel a long distance to get to, either because it is very good or distinctive or because it is located in a popular and interesting place: a _______________ wedding in the Caribbean.

noun

1.  a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.

2. any brisk conflict or encounter: She had a ___________ with her landlord about the rent.

noun

1. something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goa;; target:

adjective

4. being the goal of one's efforts or actions.

5. not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased: an _________ opinion.

noun

1. earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.

verb

1. to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.

2. to manipulate by similar movements, as the body in a massage.

3. to make by folding and stretching: to _____ bread.

4. to make pressing movements with: She ________ her fist into her palm.

adjective

1. having gray or partly gray hair.

2. gray or partly gray.

verb  

1. to complain; whimper; whine.

2. to laugh or grin in mockery; sneer.

noun

1. a low or subdued tones.

2. an unobtrusive or background sound: an _______________of static from the receiver.

3. an underlying quality or element; undercurrent: There was an _______________ of regret in his refusal.

4. a subdued color; a color modified by an underlying color.

verb

to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze: Her easy humor and keen intellect ____________ me.

adjective,

1.harsh; gratinG.

2. easily annoyed; irritable.

noun

1. a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.

2. a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle.

3. a journey or expedition from one place to another by land.

verb  

6. to make or take a journey; travel.

verb

1. to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.

2. to exist or continue in a suppressed state or without outward demonstration: Hatred  ______________beneath a polite surface.

3. to display repressed feelings, as of indignation, anger, or the like: to _________________ with rage.

adjective

1. stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a _____strip of metal.

2. firmly fixed or set.

3. inflexible, strict, or severe: _______ rules of social behavior.

4. exacting; thorough; rigorous: a _______ examination.

5. so as to meet precise standards; stringent: lenses ground to _______ specifications.

noun

1. the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.

2. straw cut up for fodder.

3. worthless matter; refuse.

4. the membranous, usually dry, brittle bracts of the flowers of certain plants.

noun

1. a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.

2. a framework of parallel or crossed bars, used as a partition, guard, cover, or the like;

3. a fireplace.

verb

to have an irritating or unpleasant effect: His constant chatter _________ on my nerves.

5. to reduce to small particles by rubbing against a rough surface or a surface with many sharp-edged openings: to ________ a carrot.

6. to rub together with a harsh, jarring sound: to ______ one's teeth.

7. to irritate or annoy.

adjective

1. made of silk.

2. like silk in smoothness, softness, glossiness, or delicateness.

3. smoothly persuasive

5. elegant; luxurious.