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Chrome
Chromium plate as a decorative or protective finish on motor-vehicle fittings and other objects.
Electrocuted
Injure or kill someone by electric shock.
Sonic Boom
A loud explosive noise caused by the shock wave from an aircraft traveling faster than the speed of sound.
Fluttered
To move or fall in an irregular or trembling motion.
Amended
Make better; improve.
Quest
A long or arduous search for something.
Squinched
Partially close the eyes to see better.
Jabbering
Talking rapidly, unintelligibly; babbling.
Accentuate
Stress or single out as important.
Analogy
Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity.
Aspire
Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.
Bamboozle
Conceal one’s true motives.
Boisterous
Marked by exuberance and high spirits.
Commemorate
Call to remembrance.
Chronology
An arrangement of events in time.
Cower
To crouch or curl up.
Propriety
The quality of appropriate or fitting to widely accepted standards.
Decorum
Propriety in manners and conduct.
Despondent
Without, or almost without hope.
Divulge
Make known to the public information previously kept secret.
Eclectic
Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas.
Embargo
A government order imposing a trade barrier.
Exult
Feel extreme happiness or elation
Fallacy
A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning.
Flourish
To grow or develop in a vigorous way.
Gargoyle
An ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure.
Formidable
Extremely impressive in strength or excellence.
Guerrilla
A member of an irregular army that fights a strong force.
Guru
An influential teacher or popular expert.
Heritage
A special or individual possession or property that may be given.
Hieroglyphic
A writing system using picture symbols.
Hologram
A photograph producing a three-dimensional image.
Hypocrisy
Pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have.
Immune
Of the condition in which an organism can resist disease.
Impertinent
Not showing proper respect.
Inference
A conclusion you can draw based on known evidence.
Introspection
Contemplation of your own thoughts, desires, and conduct.
Jaunty
Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident manner.
Jovial
Full of, or showing high-spirited merriment.
Labyrinth
Complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost.
Laconic
A speech or writing that is brief and to the point.
Lethargic
Deficient in alertness or activity.
Marsupial
A mammal the female of which has a pouch carrying the young.
Mosaic
Design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass.
Mutation
A change or alteration in form or qualities.
Nemesis
A rival or archenemy.
Nocturnal
Belonging to or active during the night.
Nuisance
Anything that disturbs, endangers life, or is offensive.
Omnivore
An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances.
Ozone
A colorless gas that is a screen for ultraviolet radiation.
Parasite
An animal or plant that lives in or on a host.
Plateau
A relatively flat raised area of land.
Pulverize
Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.
Quandary
State of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options.
Quota
A prescribed number.
Random
Lacking any definite plan, order or purpose.
Recede
Pull back or move away or backward.
Renegade
Someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw.
Repose
Freedom from activity; a state of rest, sleep or tranquility.
Sacrifice
The act of killing in order to appease a deity.
Silhouette
A filled-in drawing of the outline of an object.
Solstice
When the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator.
Spectrum
A broad range of related objects, values, or qualities.
Strategy
An elaborate and systematic plan of action.
Suffrage
A legal right to vote.
Technique
A practical method or art applied to some particular task.
Tempo
The speed at which a comparison is to be played.
Tumult
A state of commotion and noise and confusion.
Vacillate
Be undecided about something.
Virtuoso
Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
Vacillate
Be undecided about something.
Virtuoso
Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
Voracious
Devouring or craving food in great quantities or being excessively eager.
Acquiesce
To agree or comply quietly.
Acrimonious
Anger and/or bitterness especially in feeling, language, or manner.
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