Please please please

Nonplussed

Utterly perplexed

Penitent

Apologetic, sorry

Pluck

Courage; V. pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of

Flinch

Hesitate; Shrink back (in fear of something unpleasant)

Reckoning

Calculation 2. retribution or punishment for a wrong committed

Presume

Take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties

Cantankerous

Bad tempered

Suffuse

To fill or spread

Rip

Tear or break quickly and violently; Ex. The sail ripped under the force of the wind; N.

*Seclusion

Isolation; solitude; V. seclude; set apart from others; isolate

Rhapsody

excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form

Harbor (V)

To protect 2. to believe

Melee

Fight

Tiff

Minor quarrel

Clarion

Shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times

Grandiloquent

Pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language

Lust

Intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V.

Bonny

Attractive, pretty

Pith

Core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance

Introspective

Looking within oneself; N. introspection

Insurgent

Rebel

Coop

Chicken-shed

Hermitage

Home of a hermit

Nihilist

One who believes that life is meaningless

Obtrusive

Very noticeable, protruding

Rend

Tear made by rending; rip; split

Oratory

A place of prayer; a private or institutional chapel

Tangible

Able to be touched; real; concrete; palpable; possible to realize or understand

Murky

Unclear, dark

*Truncate

Cut the top off; shorten

Apathetic

Indifferent, uncaring

Enigmatic

Obscure; puzzling. Many have sought to fathom the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa.

Flag

To weaken, to lose strength

Prim

Groom oneself with care; adorn oneself

Extolled

Praised

Convene

To gather together 23Dec

Patronize

To be condescending to 2. to support or be a regular customer of

Magnanimity

Generosity (of spirit)

Audit

Examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V.

Procrastination

Postponing, delaying

Conscript

To force into military service

Truncated

Curtailed, shortened

Pronounced

Distinct; very noticeable; Ex. pronounced limp

Collaboration

Working together on one thing

Lum

Light

*Hypothetical

Based on guesswork; not proven

Saga

Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative

Equable

Tranquil; of even calm temper; (of temperature) steady; uniform

Cope

To deal with

Tirade

Long angry denunciatory speech; diatribe; harangue; extended scolding

Levy

Impose (a fine); collect (a payment); impose or collect (a tax); Ex. levy a tax on tobacco

Variegated

Multicolored

Mnemonic

Pertaining to memory; assisting the memory

Ambiguous

Theoretical 2. hard to understand

*Abstract

Mixture of writings on various subjects; collection of various items

Unmitigated

Not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute

Cohere

to stick together

Baseless

Untrue, not factual

Heinous

Horrible, unthinkable

Scintillate

Sparkle; flash; be animated; be full of life; Ex. scintillating conversation

Edify

To enlighten, to inform, to debunk

Tout

To promote or publicize (one’s goods or service); praise excessively

Tortuous

Sharply twisting or curving

*Intrepid

Fearless

Viscous

Thick and sticky; gluey; viscid; Cf. consistency

Cascade

Small waterfall

Impediment

Hindrance; stumbling-block; speech defect preventing clear articulation

Grill

Question severely; cook on a grill; broil; N

Suffice

To be enough

*Laggard

Slow; sluggish; N

Ingenious

Marked by inventive skill; clever; resourceful; N. Ingenuity

Pivotal

Very important, instrumental

*Glutton

A greedy person

Taxonomist

Specialist in classifying (animals, etc.); Cf. taxonomy

Vantage

Benefit; position with a sign of warning of N; portent; sign; omen; forewarning

Portend

To foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of N; portent; sign; omen; forewarning

*Authoritarian

Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another’s will

Embrace

Hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include

Dislodge

Remove (forcibly); force out of a position; Ex. dislodge the food caught in his throat; Cf. lodge

Chaperone

Older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman

Barrage

Bombardment; stream (of abuse etc.)

Beget

To create or produce

Quarantine

To isolate to prevent disease

Rapport

Connection, feeling of empathy

Mutter

Utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones

Imbroglio

Conflict, argument

*Piety

Devoutness; reverence for God; ADJ. pious

Parallel

Resembling each other

Indigenous

Native to a particular place 24Mar

Snuffle

Sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose)

Marrow

Soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells

Accumulation

Collection of things or growth

Recrimination

Accusation

Brusqueness

Unfriendliness, abruptness

Frolicsome

Playful

Condign

Adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved

Entrée

Entrance; a way in; right to enter; main dish of a meal; Ex. entree into the exclusive circle

Laughable

Ridiculous, silly

Agile

Flexible

Bruise

Injury without breaking the skin; N.