Extra term 1

alloy (verb)

to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed means pure

appropriate (verb)

to take for one’s own use; to confiscate

arrest, arresting (verb)/(adj.)

to suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention: as in an arresting portrait

august (adj.)

majestic, venerable

bent (noun)

leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

broach (verb)

to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about

brook (verb)

to tolerate; to endure; to countenance

cardinal (adj.)

major, as in cardinal sin

chauvinist (noun)

a blindly devoted patriot

color (verb)

to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect (usually the first)

consequential (adj.)

pompous, self-important (primary definitions are logically following; important)

damp (verb)

to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

die (noun)

a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop

essay (verb)

to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

exact (verb)

to demand; to call for; to require; to take

fell (verb)

to cause to fall by striking

fell (adj.)

inhumanly cruel

flag (verb)

to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

flip (adj.)

sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remark

ford (verb)

to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

grouse (verb)

to complain or grumble

guy (noun)/(verb) (verb form: guyed, guying)

a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy: think guide.

intimate (verb)

to imply, suggest, or insinuate

list (verb)

to tilt or lean to one side

lumber (verb)

to move heavily and clumsily

meet (adj.)

fitting, proper

milk (verb)

to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

mince (verb)

to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize, to speak too carefully; to take tiny steps, to tiptoe

nice (adj.)

exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

occult (adj.)

hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

pedestrian (adj.)

commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

pied (adj.)

multicolored, usually in blotches

pine (verb)

to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn

plastic (adj.)

moldable, pliable, not rigid

pluck (noun)

courage, spunk, fortitude

prize (verb)

to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils

rail (verb)

to complain about bitterly

rent (verb)/(noun)

torn (past tense of rend); an opening or tear caused by such

quail (verb)

to lose courage; to turn frightened

qualify (verb)

to limit

sap (verb)

to enervate or weaken the vitality of

sap (noun)

a fool or nitwit

scurvy (adj.)

contemptible, despicable

singular (adj.)

exceptional, unusual, odd

stand (noun)

a group of trees

steep (verb)

to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep

strut (noun)

the supporting structural cross-part of a wing

table (verb)

to remove (as a parliamentary motion) = from consideration

tender (verb)

to proffer or offer

waffle (verb)

to equivocate; to change one’s position

wag (noun)

wit, joker