Star Words Multiple Choice

imbibe

drink, absorb, to receive into the mind and retain, to assimilate or take into solution

badger

pester, weasel

wraith

specter, a living person seen usually just before death, vapor, insubstantial form or semblance

sully

soil, smear

fastness

fortress, secluded place

essay

effort, attempt; an initial tentative effort || the result or product of an attempt || an analytic or interpretative literary composition usually dealing with its subject from a limited or personal point of view; something resembling such a composition || to make an often tentative or experimental effort to perform; try || to put to a test

flabby

lacking resilience or firmness; flaccid || weak and ineffective; feeble

thicket

dense shrubbery, tangle

hulk

a heavy clumsy ship || the body of an old ship unfit for service; a ship used as a prison || an abandoned wreck or shell (as of a building or automobile) || one that is bulky or unwieldy || to move ponderously || to appear impressively large or massive; loom

portend

signify, presage

phantom

something apparent to sense but with no substantial existence; apparition || something elusive or visionary (existing only in imagination; illusory) || an object of continual dread or abhorrence || something existing in appearance only || a representation of something abstract, ideal, or incorporeal || fictitious

swathe

an enveloping medium || to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage || to envelop || a band used in swathing

leaden

gray, oppressively heavy, lacking spirit or animation, sluggish

strew

scatter, disseminate

frisk

to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets || to leap, skip, or dance in a lively or playful way; gambol || diversion

lusty

full of strength and vitality; healthy, vigorous || hearty (abundant, rich, or flavorful enough to satisfy the appetit) || enthusiastic, rousing

lank

not well filled out; slender, thin || insufficient in quantity, degree, or extent || hanging straight and limp without spring or curl

ill-favored

unattractive in physical appearance; having an ugly face || offensive, objectionable

prance

to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing || to ride on a prancing horse; to cause (a horse) to prance || to walk or move in a spirited manner; to dance about || an act or instance of prancing; a prancing movement

caper

escapade, movie or story about such escapade, frisk, prank

astir

bustling, awake

quail

falter, cower

hale

free from defect, disease, or infirmity; retaining exceptional health and vigor || haul, pull || to compel to go

loath

reluctant

trove

discovery, treasure, collection

fraught

abounding, causing or characterized by emotional distress or tension

abide

to bear patiently; tolerate || to endure without yielding; withstand || to wait for; await || to accept without objection|| to remain stable or fixed in a state || to continue in a place; sojourn

wan

pallid or sickly, dim or faint, languid

cordial

showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval || sincerely or deeply felt || tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate || a stimulating medicine or drink

hideous

offensive to the senses and especially to sight; exceedingly ugly || morally offensive; shocking

dog (dogged)

a worthless or contemptible person || fellow, chap || to hunt, track, or follow (someone) like a hound || to be a persistent source of difficulty or distress to (someone); plague || to bother or pester (someone) persistently; hound || marked by stubborn determination

pore

ponder, peruse, hole

hem

a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down || rim, margin || to border, to edge || to surround in a restrictive manner; confine || to utter the sound represented by hem || equivocate

sunder

sever

lug

drag, to carry laboriously, introduce, to move heavily or by jerks, hulk, superior airs, ordinary commonplace person

fallow

of a light yellowish-brown color || usually cultivated land that is allowed to lie idle during the growing season || the state or period of being fallow || the tilling of land without sowing it for a season || to plow, harrow, and break up (land) without seeding to destroy weeds and conserve soil moisture || dormant, inactive

wherefore

reason or an answer or statement giving an explanation, therefore, for what reason or purpose

wayward

ungovernable, unpredictable, untoward

burnish

to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing || to bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state || to rub (a material) with a tool for compacting or smoothing or for turning an edge || luster, gloss

diffuse

prolix and ill-organized, spread, not concentrated

staunch (stanch)

steadfast in loyalty or principle || watertight, sound (solid, firm) || strongly built; substantial || to check or stop the flowing of; to stop the flow of blood from (a wound) || to stop or check in its course || to make watertight; stop up

carrion

dead and putrefying flesh, flesh unfit for food

despoil

to strip of belongings, possessions, or value; pillage

prow

the bow of a ship || a pointed projecting front part

rind

the bark of a tree || a usually hard or tough outer layer; peel, crust

craven

lacking the least bit of courage; contemptibly fainthearted

splay

to cause to spread outward || to make oblique; bevel || a slope or bevel especially of the sides of a door or window || spread, expansion || awkward, ungainly

gash

slit

lope

bounding (leaping) gait, easy natural gait of a horse that is smoother and slower than the gallop

swarthy

black

loll

droop, loaf

arc

the apparent path described above and below the horizon by a celestial body (such as the sun) || something arched or curved || a curved path || a continuous portion (as of a circle or ellipse) of a curved line || a continuous progression or line of development (as in a story)

ladle

scoop

till

to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops; cultivate || a money drawer in a store or bank; cash register || a box, drawer, or tray in a receptacle (such as a cabinet or chest) || the money contained in a till || a supply of especially ready money

wanton

merciless, without limitation, unprovoked

musty

impaired by damp or mildew; moldy || tasting of mold || smelling of damp and decay; fusty || trite, stale || antiquated || superannuated (outmoded, old-fashioned)

grovel

to creep with the face to the ground; crawl || to lie or creep with the body prostrate in token of subservience or abasement || to abase oneself || to give oneself over to what is base or unworthy; wallow

ghastly

terrifyingly horrible to the senses; frightening || intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable || resembling a ghost; pallid || very great (e.g., a mistake) || extremely unwell

gull

gray and white bird, deceive, a dupe

hardy

bold, brave || audacious, brazen || accustomed to dealing with fatigue or hardships; robust || capable of withstanding adverse conditions (e.g., furniture or plants)

hoot

to shout or laugh usually derisively || to make the natural throat noise of an owl or a similar cry || to make a loud clamorous mechanical sound || to assail or drive out by hooting || to express or utter with hoots || a minimum amount or degree; the least bit || something or someone amusing

gild (gild the lily)

to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold || to give money to || to give an attractive but often deceptive appearance to || to add unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right

tarry

linger, delay, sojourn

slink

sneak, born prematurely, to move in a sinuous provocative manner

maul

hammer, beat, mangle, to handle roughly

broil

grill, brawl, noisy disturbance or tumult

draggle

to make wet and dirty by dragging || straggle (to trail off from others of its kind)

noose

a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn || something that snares like a noose || to secure by a noose || to make a noose in or of

construe

to understand or explain the sense or intention of usually in a particular way or with respect to a given set of circumstances || to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)

redress

set right, compensate, avenge, a relief from distress, compensation for wrong or loss

commodious

comfortably or conveniently spacious; roomy

sheen

luster

wheedle

cajole or to influence or entice by soft words or flattery

spurn

to reject with disdain or contempt; scorn || to tread sharply or heavily upon; trample || a disdainful rejection || contemptuous treatment || a blow or sudden forceful thrust with the foot

scrabble

scrawl, scribble || to scratch, claw, or grope about clumsily or frantically || scramble, clamber || to struggle by or as if by scraping or scratching (e.g., a living)

scrawny

skinny

clammy

damp, uncordial

scud

move or run swiftly especially as if driven forward, vapory clouds & mist & rain driven swiftly by wind, gust of wind

reprieve

pardon or delay the punishment of, respite, rescue

whet

to sharpen || to make keen or more acute; excite, stimulate || goad, incitement || appetizer; a drink of liquor

harry

to make a pillaging or destructive raid on; assault || to force to move along by harassing || to torment by or as if by constant attack

snout

a long projecting nose (as of a swine) || the human nose especially when large or grotesque || prow || a projecting vent of something || the terminal face of a glacier || to dig or search with or as if with the nose

flit

to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another, to move in an erratic fluttering manner

dank

damp, moist

stave

any of the narrow strips of wood or narrow iron plates (such as in a barrel) || a long stick carried in the hand for support in walking; a supporting rod; club || to smash a hole in; to crush or break inward || to drive or thrust away || to walk or move rapidly

noisome

noxious, harmful || offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell || highly obnoxious or objectionable

blotch

blemish, mark or spot

spittle

saliva, frothy secretion

causeway

a raised way across wet ground or water || highway; one of ancient Roman construction in Britain

embattle / embattled

to arrange in order of battle; prepare for battle || fortify || ready to fight; prepared to give battle || engaged in battle, conflict, or controversy || being a site of battle, conflict, or controversy || characterized by conflict or controversy

pert

jaunty, vivacious, insolent, piquantly stimulating

livery

renting business, uniform or grab, liver disorder or resembling liver, identifying design that designates ownership

pavilion

a large often sumptuous tent || something resembling a canopy or tent || a part of a building projecting from the rest; one of several detached or semidetached units into which a building is sometimes divided || a usually open sometimes ornamental structure in a garden, park, or place of recreation that is used for entertainment or shelter || a temporary structure erected at an exposition by an individual exhibitor

dole

a grant of government funds to the unemployed; a giving or distribution of food, money, or clothing to the needy || something distributed at intervals to the needy || something portioned out bit by bit || to give or distribute as a charity || grief, sorrow

murk (murky)

gloom, darkness; fog || characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke || characterized by thickness and heaviness of air; foggy, misty || darkly vague or obscure

tang

sharp flavor & odor, trace, to clang or ring, distinguishing characteristic

blench

flinch, whiten & become pale

dour

stern (having a definite hardness or severity of nature or manner; expressive of severe displeasure), harsh || obstinate, unyielding || gloomy, sullen

hutch

a chest or compartment for storage || a cupboard usually surmounted by open shelves || a pen or coop for an animal || shack, shanty (a small crudely built dwelling or shelter usually of wood)

concourse

an act or process of coming together and merging || a meeting produced by voluntary or spontaneous coming together || an open space where roads or paths meet || an open space or hall (as in a railroad or airport terminal) where crowds gather