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| verb, to commingle, to debase by mixing with something inferior, unalloyed means pure |
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| verb, to take for one's own use, confiscate |
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| verb/adjective, to suspend, to engage, holding one's attention: as in arrested adolesecence, an arrested portrait |
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| adjective, majestic, venerable |
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| noun, leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency: he had a naturally artistic bent |
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| verb, bring up, announce, begin to talk about |
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| verb, to tolerate, endure, countenance |
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| adjective, major, as in cardinal sin |
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| noun, a blindly devoted patriot |
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| verb, to change as if by dyeing, i.e. to distort, gloss, or affect (usually the first): Yellow journalism colored the truth |
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| adjective, pompous, self-important (primary definitions are: logically following, important) |
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| verb, to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound |
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| noun, a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop |
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| verb, to test or try, attempt, experiment: the newly born fawn essayed a few wobbly steps. |
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| verb, to demant, call for, require, take: even a victorious war exacts a price. |
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| verb, to cause to fall by striking: the lumberjacks arrived and felled many trees. |
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| adjective, inhumanly cruel: fell beasts surrounded the explorers |
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| verb, to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline: think of a flag on a windless day, as in her flagging spirits. |
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| adjective, sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remark |
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| verb, to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream |
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verb, to complain or grumble
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| noun/verb, a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide, to steady or reinforce using a guy: think guide. |
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| verb, to imply, suggest, or insinuate: are you intimating that I cannot be trusted? |
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| verb, to tilt or real to one side: the ship's broken mast listed helplessly in the wind. |
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| verb, to move heavily and clumsily: lumbering giants on land, walruses are actually graceful swimmers. |
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| adjective, fitting, proper: it is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame. |
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| verb, to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of: I milked the position for all it was worth. |
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| verb, pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully: don't mince words. Also, to take tiny steps, tiptoe. |
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| adjective, exacting, fastidious, extremely precise: he made a nice distinction between the two cases. |
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| adjective, to be established, accepted, or customary: those standards are no longer obtain. |
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| adjective, hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension |
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| adjective, commonplace, trite, quotidian, unremarkable |
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| adjective, multicolored, usually in blotches: the Pied Piper of Hamlin was so called because of his multicolored coat. |
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| verb, to lose vigor (as through grief), to yearn |
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| adjective, moldable, pliable, not rigid |
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| noun, courage, spunk, fortitude: Churchill's speeches inspired the pluck of his countrymen during the war. |
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| verb, to pry, to press or force with a lever, something taken a force, spoils: the information was prized from him. |
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| verb, to complain about bitterly: early American progressives railed against the railroad barons. |
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| verb/noun, torn, past of rend: he rent his garments, an opening or tear caused by such: a large rent in the fabric. |
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| verb, to lose courage, turn frightened |
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| verb, to limit: let me qualify that statement |
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| to enervate or weaken the vitality of: that race sapped my strength. |
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| noun, a fool or nitwit: don't be a sap! |
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| adjective, contemptible, despicable: he was a scurvy old reprobate |
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| adjective, exceptional, unusual, odd: he was singularly well-suited for the job |
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| verb, to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep: she was steeped in esoteric knowledge |
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| noun, the supporting structural crosspart of a wing |
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| verb, to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration: they tabled the motion and will consider it again later. |
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| verb, to proffer or offer: he tendered his resignation |
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| verb, to equivocate, to change one's position: his detractors say that the President waffles too much, he can never make up his mind |
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| noun, wit, joker: Groucho Marx was a well-known wag. |
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