Star Words Multiple Choice

imbibe

drink, absorb, assimilate

badger

pester, weasel

wraith

specter, apparition, vapor, insubstantial form or semblance

sully

soil, smear

fastness

fortress, secluded place

essay

effort, result

flabby

flaccid, feeble

thicket

dense shrubbery, tangle

hulk

bulky, loom, wreck, ship used as a prison

portend

signify, presage

phantom

illusory, apparition, abstract representation

swathe

envelop, band

leaden

gray, heavy, dull

strew

scatter, disseminate

frisk

search, caper, diversion

lusty

vigorous, enthusiastic, hearty

lank

slender, insufficient

ill-favored

ugly, offensive

prance

spring, to walk or move in a spirited manner or strut, dance

caper

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

astir

bustling, awake

quail

falter, cower

hale

robust, haul, compel

loath

reluctant

trove

discovery, treasure, collection

fraught

abounding, causing or characterized by emotional distress or tension

abide

tolerate, sojourn, accept, withstand

wan

pallid, dim, languid

cordial

amicable, intense, stimulant

hideous

shocking, disgusting

dog (dogged)

plague, pester, tenacious

pore

ponder, peruse, hole

hem

margin, confine, equivocate

sunder

sever

lug

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

fallow

yellowish-brown, unsown land, dormant

wherefore

reason, therefore

wayward

ungovernable, unpredictable, untoward

burnish

furbish, polish, smooth

diffuse

prolix and ill-organized, spread, not concentrated

staunch (stanch)

devoted, strongly built, stop

carrion

corpse

despoil

pillage

prow

bow, projection

rind

bark, peel

craven

cowardly, poltroon

splay

spread, slope, awkward

gash

slit

lope

bounding (leaping) gait

swarthy

black

loll

droop, loaf

arc

arch, curved path, line of development

ladle

scoop

till

cultivate, cash register, receptacle

wanton

merciless, without limitation, unprovoked

musty

moldy, trite, antiquated

grovel

creep, kowtow, self-abasement, wallow

ghastly

gruesome, pallid, objectionable

gull

gray and white bird, deceive, dupe

hardy

brave, audacious, robust or accustomed to dealing with fatigue or hardships

hoot

horn, shout or laugh usually derisively, minimum amount, something amusing

gild

overlay with gold, gloss

tarry

linger, delay, sojourn

slink

sneak, born prematurely

maul

hammer, beat, mangle, to handle roughly

broil

grill, brawl, noisy disturbance

draggle

make wet and dirty by dragging, straggle

noose

loop with a slipknot, morass

construe

interpret

redress

set right, compensate, avenge, relief from distress

commodious

spacious

sheen

luster

wheedle

cajole

spurn

reject, trample, contemptuous treatment

scrabble

clamber, struggle, scribble, grope about clumsily or frantically

scrawny

skinny

clammy

damp, uncordial

scud

rush, vapory clouds & mist & rain driven swiftly by wind, gust

reprieve

pardon, respite, rescue

whet

sharpen, stimulate, appetizer

harry

assault, harass

snout

nose, prow, search

flit

dart, flutter

dank

damp, moist

stave

wood or narrow iron plates, break inward, drive away, to walk or move rapidly

noisome

noxious, objectionable, stinking

blotch

blemish, mark or spot

spittle

saliva, frothy secretion

causeway

highway, a raised way across wet ground or water

embattle / embattled

fortify, mobilize, engaged / characterized in battle & conflict & controversy, being a site of battle & conflict & controversy

pert

jaunty, vivacious, insolent

livery

renting business, uniform or grab, liver disorder or resembling liver

pavilion

sumptuous tent, canopy, ornamental structure in a park

dole

alms, welfare

murk (murky)

gloom, fog, obscure

tang

sharp flavor & odor, trace, clang, distinguishing characteristic

blench

flinch, whiten & become pale

dour

stern, unyielding, gloomy & sullen

hutch

coop, shanty, cupboard usually surmounted by open shelves, chest for storage

concourse

meeting, coming together and merging, an open space or hall (as in a railroad or airport terminal)