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Malinger

Mannered

Manumit

Marshal

Martial

Martinet

Maudlin

Maverick

Mawkish

Menagerie

Quibblers

Querulous

Quarry

Qualm

Quaff

Pyrrhic

Pyromania

Pyre

Putsch

Putative

Turbid

Tumid

Tumescence

Trundled

Trudge

Triage

Trenchant

Transmute

Transmogrify

Transgress

Unfrock

Repudiated

Preclude

Tamp

Tender

Bleated

Disabuse

Leaven

Usury

Skulk

Garner

Fringe

Whet

Gaucherie

Shirk

Winsome

Pillory

Expiate

Solicit

Bombast

Pretension

Collate

Sordid

Invidious

Felicitous

Approbation

Seemly

Bile

Forebears

Explicate

Contretemps

Gibe

Ferrous

Mercenary

Dissimulation

Obligate

Sangfroid

Limpidity

Bemoan

Indemnify

Benign

Coalesce

Cajole

Cloture

Ingenuous

Flagrant

Vindicate

Exposition

Archetype

Incubus

Traipse

Totter

Divagate

Errant

Parry

Atrophy

Attenuate

Cybernetic

Asseveration

Salvo

Semiotic

Solipsism

Veritable

Dionysian

Expostulate

Defeasible

Flout

Mordant

Prurience

Despondent

Sinuous

Millinery

v. shirk

adj. styled; pretentious

v. release from slavery

v. to gather together

adj. warlike

n. a person who believes in strict discipline

adj. sad; sentimental; inclined to weep

n. loner

adj. falsely sentimental

n. collection of animals

n. one who argues trivial matters

adj. always complaining

n. something that is hunted

n. hesitation or fear

v. drink down quickly

adj. won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile to the victor

n. compulsion to start fires

n. ceremonial fire

n. a violent attempt to overthrow a government

adj.generally considered or reputed to be

adj. murky and muddy

adj. swollen; pompous and bombastic

n. swollen or becoming swollen; pompous or pretentious

v. move or cause to move slowly and heavily

v. to walk slowly with heavy steps

v. to assign degrees of urgency to

adj. vigorous or incisive in expression or style

v. to change in form, nature, or substance

v. to transform

v. commit a sin

v. to remove a priest from a position

v. to refuse to accept or be associated with

v. to prevent or make impossible

v. to plug; press loose matter down tightly

v. to offer

v. to make the weak, wavering cry,

v. to make someone aware of an error in thinking

v. to make light; modify

v. to lend money at a high interest rate

v. to keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive

v. to gather; collect

v. to form an edge

v. to excite or simulate

n. awkwardness

v. to avoid, especially work

adj. attractive or appealing in character

v. to attack or ridicule publicly

v. to atone for (guilt or sin)

v. to ask for; to seek

n. arrogant pompous language

n. arrogance

v. to arrange in order

adj. arousing moral distaste and contempt

adj. arousing envy or anger; unjust

adj. apt

n. approval

adj. conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste

n. anger; irritability

n. ancestor

v. analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail

n. an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence

n. (or v.) an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt

adj. concerned with iron or its compounds

adj. concerned only with money

n. concealment of one’s thoughts, feelings, or character

v. to bind or compel (someone), esp. legally or morally

n. composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances

adj. completely clear

v. to express discontent or sorrow over (something)

v. to compensate someone for a loss or harm

adj. compassion; gentleness

v. to come together; merge

v. coax

n. closure; terminate a debate by voting

adj. (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting

adj. clearly wrong

v. clear someone from blame or suspicion

n. clear explanation

n. classic example

n. classic example

n. encumbrance; nightmarish thing

n. encumbrance; nightmarish thing

v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

v. to walk or move wearily or reluctantly

v. to walk unsteadily

v. to walk unsteadily

v. to wander or digress

v. to wander or digress

adj. wandering; wrong

adj. wandering; wrong

v. to ward off; avoid

v. to waste away from lack of use

v. to waste away from lack of use

v. to reduce the force, effect, or value of

v. to reduce the force, effect, or value of

n. the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things

n. the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things

n. the solemn or emphatic declaration or statement of something

n. the start of a fight

n. the start of a fight

n. the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation

n. the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

n. the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

adj. true

adj. true

adj. of or relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature

adj. of or relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature

v. to offer strong objections; remonstrate

v. to offer strong objections; remonstrate

adj. open in principle to revision, valid objection, forfeiture, or annulment

adj. open in principle to revision, valid objection, forfeiture, or annulment

v. to openly disregard a rule, law or convention

v. to openly disregard a rule, law or convention

adj. (esp. of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality

adj. (esp. of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality

adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

adj. having no hope

adj. having no hope

adj. having many curves and turns, graceful

adj. having many curves and turns, graceful

n. hats and hat-making

n. hats and hat-making