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| (v.) to approach and speak to first; to convert in a challenging in an aggressive way |
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| (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
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| (n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
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| (v.) to claim or take without right |
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| (v.) to pronounce distinctly, to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints;(adj.) expressed clearly and forcefully, able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed |
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| (adj.) a desirous of something to point of greed;intensely eager |
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| (adj.)hackneyed,trite,commonplace |
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| (v.) to work on excessively;to thrash soundly |
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| (adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
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| (adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way;(n.)petty, nagging criticism |
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| (v.) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry |
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| (n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
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| (adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
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| (v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
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| (n.) belief, mental acceptance |
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| (v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate |
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| (adj.) strain or wandering from a strait or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or an underhanded way |
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| (v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression |
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| (adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict |
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| (v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
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| (n.) a formal expression of a praise, a lavish tribute |
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| (v.) to avoid, shun, to keep away from |
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| (n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise |
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| (v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke |
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| (v.) to remove from a grave; to bring to light |
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| (adj.) lacking in spirit or strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable |
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| (n.) in chess, an opening move that involves sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type |
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| (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
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| (n.) a legendary bird identified with the king fisher; of or relating to the Halcyon; calm peaceful;happy, golden;prosperous, affluent |
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| (adj.) pertaining two actors and there techniques; the theatrical, artificial;melodramatic |
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| (adj.)Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires;tending to stir up strife or rebellion;(n.)one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife |
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| (adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
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| (adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
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| (adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
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| (n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
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| (n.)a whirlpool of great size and violence;a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
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| (adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision |
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| (adj.)nearsighted;lacking a broad,realistic view of a situation;lacking foresight or discernment |
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| (adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards |
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| (adj.)open,not hidden,expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
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| (adj.) tending to make worse;expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory,deprecatory,belittling |
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| (adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy pungent; appealingly provocative |
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| (adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest state; fundamental, basic |
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| (n.) nearness in place or time; kinship |
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| (n.) the state of being proper appropriateness;(pl.)standards of what is proper or socially acceptable |
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| (n.) a survey for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
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| (n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
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| (v.) to establish by evidence, prove ; to give concrete or substantial form to |
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| (adv.) without delay or formality;briefly,concisely |
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| (adj.) asking humbly and earnestly ;(n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly ,a petitioner,suitor |
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| (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
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| (n.)an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers,an amulet, fetish |
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| (v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; |
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| (adj.) capable of being held or defended |
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| (v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
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| (adj.) not usual or expected; not in character |
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| (adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical |
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| (n.) language is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression |
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| (adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement |
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| (adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluity |
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