250 words

Hew

cut in 2

Hasten

to hurry

Dyspeptic

this skeptic

Dissension

conflicting tension

Disgorge

vomit

Depravity

moral cavity

Blanche

whiten

Scintilla

hint of vanilla

Patrician

patricia has a private physician

Canonize

canon to God’s rise

Eddy

Eddy is ready to swim

Hackneyed

hack your knees as catcher

Tantamount

don’t say can’t amount

Satiate

to satisfy

Epiphany

moment of realization

Ambulatory

No ambulance for Tory

Cuckold

man whose wife cheats

Didactic

teaching tactic

Effrontery

bold move

Ethereal

floating

Exigencies

exit here for emergencies

Hirsute

her suit was hairy

Naiad

Naiad Lives in Niagara

Sapient

not a sapien

Apothecary

a pot of drugs he carries

Colloquial

common language

Dissemble

truth disassembles

allay

to relax

Impecunious

im penny-less

smelt

metal melt

Panegyric

fan cheers quick

Argent

silver stripes of a sargent

Asperse

verbally curse

Droll

humor on a dry roll

Haughty

snotty hottie

Svelte

small belt

opine

opinion

blear

visions unclear

Voracious

Eating ungracious

Ado

much to do

Abound

All around

Awry

twisted french fry

Anodyne

Antidote for whine

Row

verbal pow

Eclectic

collect it

Arduous

hard for you

Abject

no objects

hidebound

mentally tied down

Allocate

give out kates money

Slattern

fits got no pattern

Winsome

friendly if you win some

Nexus

connects us

Parvenu

new revenue

Seedy

Repair needy

Erstwhile

a while ago

Impend

opposite of end

Dissertation

written creation

Insidious

Slyly hideous

Chide

Scream until children hide

olfactory

old factory smells

cauterize

burn fries

Vaunted

Talents he flaunted

Lithe

Body glide

Mendacious

Men’s lies are ungracious

Mottle

Spotted bottle

Privation

Deprivation

Beseech

for me speech

Capacious

Spacious

Replete

another plate complete

Furtive

sneakily assertive

Dupe

fooled by a dope

Barb

barb wire tongue

Cacophony

coughin’ on me

Covert

under cover(t)

Disburse

paid out of the purse

Dais

anagram for said

Askew

achoo for the body

Attest

a testify in court

Acrid

ack cant get rid of the taste

Argosy

CARGO on the SEA

Dapper

Dressed like a rapper

Aghast

see a ghost

Asunder

torn by thunder

Idiomatic

Translation’s not automatic

Austere

boss is here

Avocation

what you do on vacation

Stately

living greatly

Iconoclast

Icons you blast

Roil

water violently boils

Laconic

bionic movements

Garrote

rope around the throat

Omnifarious

omni various

Furl

partial CURL

Addle

rattled

Neophyte

new to the fight

Collusion

criminals planning in seclusion

Imperturbable

Undisturbable

Lionize

lion was flying to fame

Celerity

swiftly cut through the celery

Paucity

not enough sauce for me