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brusque
• talking or behaving in a very direct, brief, and unfriendly way
- He was brusque when answering all those questions in the Q & A section.
capricious
• changing often and quickly, especially changing suddenly in mood or behavior
- It’s hard to obey a capricious boss.
clipping
• something (such as an article or a picture) that has been cut out of a newspaper or magazine
• a small piece that has been cut off of something
- I strung together several ∼ from newspapers about the incident.
- I embellished the decoration by adding grass ∼.
fiend
• an evil spirit or a very evil or cruel person
• a person who is very enthusiastic about something
- Those bullies are a bunch of ∼.
- She’s a ∼ for Spanish.
fizz
• to make a sound like many small bubbles popping
- The beer ∼ upon being poured into the glass.
fleet
• a group of military ships that are controlled by one leader or al of a country's military ships
• a group of ships or vehicles that move or work together or that are controlled or owned by one company
- Finally, the British • surrendered to the enemy forces.
- The company specializes in ridesharing and provides ∼ of motorcycles, cars, buses and even trucks.
fodder
• food given to horses, cows, etc.
• material that is used for a particular purpose
- The rider was carrying a bucketful of fodder
- I used several pieces cardboard as fodder for my science demonstration.
hoarse
• having a harsh or rough sound or voice
- The cold she’s suffering from made her cough and sound hoarse.
inequitable
• not fair or equal
- The alphabet people are condemning the ∼ practices of the company
jab
• to push something sharp or hard quickly or suddenly into or toward someone or something
• to be pushed quickly and suddenly into someone or a part of someone's body
- A bunch of masked men ∼ a syringe of toxic chemical into each of the sacks.
- He was fully unaware of an arrow that was whizzing towards him, so it ∼ his body and killed him.
laze
• to spend time relaxing
- I finally got to ∼ for a few days after a monthlong, tiring project.
mill
• a small machine for grinding or crushing pepper, coffee, etc.
• a building in which a particular product is made
• something that is compared to a factory because it produces things in large numbers or in a mechanical way
- He used a food ∼ to reduce the vegetables to a purée.
- He got the garment directly from a cotton ∼.
- I can only learn new skills at affordable prices from certificate ∼.
nab
• to catch and stop or arrest (someone)
• to take or get (something) quickly and often in a way that is clever or rude
- The local police ∼ at his residence when he was using again.
- We had to move quickly to ∼ the most coveted seats in the town hall.
outskirts
• the parts of a city or town that are far from the center
- The left their lives in the city and decided to live on the ∼.
peep
• to look very quickly at someone or something
• to show slightly : to be slightly visible
- One of the students unrolled the scroll and ∼ it.
- The dad's head ∼ behind the box.
pelt
• to repeatedly hit (someone or something) with things thrown from a distance
- A line of civilians on the bridge start ∼ Green Goblins with stuff they can find.
scrabble
• to move the hands or feet in an awkward and hurried way in order to find or do something
- I was ∼ into the garbage can, looking for my lost wedding ring.
sourpuss
• a person who complains frequently or constantly and looks unhappy
- Nobody wants to invite Nancy because she's such a ∼ who constantly mopes.
swing
• an act of moving something with a quick, sweeping motion : an act of swinging a bat, fist, etc.
• a usually sudden change from one state or condition to another
- The batter gave the whizzing baseball a quick ∼.
- Nobody could predict the upward ∼ in the prices of fuel.
- James divorced his wife because he said he couldn’t handle her mood ∼.
undercut
• to offer to sell things or work for a lower cost than (another person or company)
• to make (something) weaker or less effective
- We are really behind because the competitor greatly ∼ their products.
- The criticisms against him did not ∼ his confidence.
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