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- Esteem
- To regard with respect; prize; favorable regard; think highly of; have a high opinion of; recognize the worth, quality, importance, or magnitude of; feeling of deference, approval, and liking
- Fretwork
- * Ornamental openwork pattern consisting of strips of wood cut with a fret saw
- Genuflect
- * to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor or ground, as in worship; to be servilely respectful or deferential; grovel
- Insouciant
- Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant; easygoing, casual
- Infirmity
- * A bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age; frailty; feebleness; condition or disease producing weakness; failing or defect in a person's character; physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw
- Inane
- * One that lacks sense or substance ;devoid of intelligence ( cutting a branch while sitting other side)
- Haven
- A harbor or anchorage; a port; place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary; an inlet providing shelter for ships or boats; a harbor or small port; something that physically protects, especially from danger; to give refuge to
- Indefeasible
- * That cannot be annulled or made void
- Falter
- * To be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence; waver; speak hesitatingly; stammer; to operate or perform unsteadily or with a loss of effectiveness; stumble, stutter; to move in a shaky or unsteady way
- Elf
- below 3 kilohertz; A lively, mischievous child.
- Jocund
- sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality
- Hoarse
- * Rough or grating in sound; having or characterized by a husky, grating voice; raspy in voice
- Hackneyed
- Over familiar through overuse; trite
- Enliven
- to make lively or spirited; animate
- Imbue
- * To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade; to permeate or saturate; to stain or dye deeply; to cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone; infuse, saturate
- Forthright
- Direct and without evasion; straightforward; directly and frankly; manifesting honesty and directness, especially speech
- Forte
- Something in which a person excels; strong part of a sword blade, between the middle and the hilt; in a loud, forceful mannerUsed chiefly as a direction; note, passage, or chord played forte
- Hirsute
- Having a hairy covering
- Impel
- * To urge to action through moral pressure; drive; to drive forward; propel; prompt, incite
- Infuriate
- To make furious, enrage; make very angry
- Hue
- * The property of colors by which they can be perceived as ranging from red through yellow, green, and blue, as determined by the dominant wavelength of the light; particular gradation of color; a shade or tint; appearance; aspect
- Gauche
- * lacking social polish; tactless
- Ensnare
- * To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping
- Infinitude
- The state or quality of being infinite; an immeasurably large quantity, number, or extent
- Incipient
- beginning to exist or appear
- Imminent
- About to occur; impending; at hand, on the way
- Glib
- Marked by ease and fluency of speech or writing that often suggests or stems from insincerity, superficiality, or deceitfulness
- Innuendo
- * An indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in expression; an insinuation; an artful, indirect, often derogatory hint; suggestion 5Disbelief
- Immure
- * To confine within or as if within walls; imprison; lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- Erratic
- Having no fixed or regular course; wandering; lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity; unpredictable; wandering
- Intermittent
- Stopping and starting at intervals; alternately containing and empty of water; irregular, sporadic; happening or appearing now and then
- Exaggerated
- Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth; overstated, embellished; have made to seem larger or greater than it really
- Engrossed
- Preoccupied; attentive to
- Fossilization
- The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil
- Incredulous
- Skeptical; disbelieving; expressive of disbelief; refusing or reluctant to believe; unbelieving
- Gaily
- * In a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner; merrily; with bright colors or trimmings; showily
- Gruffness
- A throaty harshness; an abrupt discourteous manner
- Glee
- jubilant delight; joy
- Feral
- * Existing in a wild or untamed state; having returned to an untamed state from domestication; of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage; wild; being wild after escaping from domestication
- Infelicitous
- Inappropriate; ill-chosen; not happy; unfortunate; defective
- Haunter
- One who, or that which, haunts
- Gossamer
- * (diaphanous) So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film; gauzy, thin; soft light delicate material
- Frugality
- Careful use of material resources; prudence in avoiding waste
- Furrow
- A long shallow trench in the ground; make wrinkled or creased;
- Infallible
- Incapable of erring
- Incomprehensible
- Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible; impossible to know or fathom; not understandable
- Incompetent
- Not qualified in legal terms; inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application; devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action; unskillful, unable; lacking the qualities, as efficiency or skill, required to produce desired results
- Fealty
- * The fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord The oath of such fidelity
- Impecunious
- Lacking money; penniless
- Futile
- Having no useful result; trifling and frivolous; idle
- Homely
- * Not attractive or good-looking; lacking elegance or refinement; of a simple or unpretentious nature; plain; characteristic of the home or of home life; not beautiful, ordinary; having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; without artificial refinement or elegance
- Intrigue
- * A secret or underhand scheme; a plot; arouse curiosity
- Expurgate
- * To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication; examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission; censor, cut
- Fabric
- A distinctive, complex underlying pattern or structure; a material made from fibers or threads by weaving or knitting; the basic elements making up a building; the carcass without finishings or decoration
- Gaffe
- In social
- Flashy
- Cheap and showy; gaudy; Giving a momentary or superficial impression of brilliance; flamboyant, in poor taste
- Fix
- * Difficult or ticklish situation; cook a meal; determine, decide; establish, make firm; focus on; manipulate, influence an event; mend, repair; prepare, plan ahead; wreak vengeance on
- Grouch
- A habitually complaining or irritable person; a grumbling or sulky mood; complaint; a grudge
- Garish
- * Marked by strident color or excessive ornamentation; gaudy loud and flashy
- Elation
- High spirits; extreme happiness; lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity
- Immaculate
- * Impeccably clean; spotless; free from fault or error; innocent, uncorrupted; very clean
- Exhortation
- A speech or discourse that encourages, incites, or earnestly advises; urging; a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
- Hoard
- a store of mony, valued objects or useful information
- Kiosk
- A small open gazebo or pavilion; small structure, often open on one or more sides, used as a newsstand or booth; cylindrical structure on which advertisements are posted; an independent stand from which merchandise is sold, often placed in the common area of a regional shopping center
- Knoll
- * a small rounded hill or mound; a hillock
- Formulaic
- characterized by or in accordance with some formula; being of no special quality or type; average
- Futility
- The quality of having no useful result; uselessness; lack of importance or purpose; frivolousness; condition or quality of being useless or ineffective; fruitlessness
- Jerry
- A German, especially a German soldier; offensive terms for a person of German descent
- Jarring
- Disagreeable to the sense of hearing; making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; characterized by rough motion
- Gully
- A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour; to wear a deep ditch or channel in; deep ditch cut by running water
- Invigoration
- give strength
- Hindsight
- perception of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred; the rear sight of a firearm
- Index
- An alphabetized list of names, places, and subjects treated in a printed work, giving the page or pages on which each item is mentioned; something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate reference
- Furtive
- * Characterized by stealth; surreptitious; expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty; slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation; trickily secret; sneaky, secretive; done on the sly or in a sneaky way
- Ensconce
- * To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably; to place or conceal in a secure place; hide; tuck away; fix firmly
- Fiesta
- A festival or religious holiday, especially a saint's day celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries
- Indigenous
- native
- Firefly
- Any of various nocturnal beetles of the family Lampyridae, characteristically having luminescent chemicals in the posterior tip of the abdomen that produce a flashing light
- Hedonist
- A person devoted to pleasure and luxury
- Haughty
- * Scornfully and condescendingly proud; arrogant
- Incontrovertible
- impossible to dispute; unquestionable
- Effusive
- Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy; profuse; overflowing
- Fir
- Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies, having single flattened needles and erect cones with deciduous scales; wood of these trees
- Grateful
- Feeling or showing gratitude, affording comfort or pleasure
- Glean
- * To gather grain left behind by reapers; to collect (something) bit by bit
- Floppy
- Tending to flop; loose and flexible; lacking in stiffness or firmness; limp
- Gravitas
- Substance; weightiness; a serious or dignified demeanor; high seriousness; formality in bearing and appearance
- Endeavor
- * To try hard; attempt to achieve something; work with a set or specified goal or purpose; conscientious or concerted effort toward an end; an earnest attempt; enterprise
- Faradic
- Of, relating to, or using an intermittent asymmetrical alternating electric current produced by an induction coil
- Fallacious
- * Tending to mislead; deceptive
- Excise
- An internal tax imposed on the production, sale, or consumption of a commodity or the use of a service within a country; a licensing charge or a fee levied for certain privileges; remove, delete
- Inexpungeable
- Not capable of being expunged
- Grandiose
- Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand; pompous
- Happenstance
- * An unexpected random event
- Helter-skelter
- *In disorderly haste; confusedly; pell-mell; carelessly hurried and confused; turmoil; confusion; haphazardly
- Exponent
- * One that speaks for, represents, or advocates; one that expounds or interprets; expository; explanatory; advocate
- Flock
- A group of animals that live, travel, or feed together; group of people under the leadership of one person, especially the members of a church; large crowd or number
- Gall (impudent)
- The quality or state of feeling bitter; the state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident; to trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations; nerve, brashness; upset, irritate
- Impertinent
- * insolent,disrespectful
- Ecumenical
- * Of worldwide scope or applicability; universal; non-denominational; of or relating to the worldwide Christian church; concerned with establishing or promoting unity among churches or religions
- Fretful
- * Having or showing a bad temper; being unable or unwilling to endure irritation or opposition; irritable
- Formulate
- To convey in language or words of a particular form; form a strategy for; to use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving; prepare according to a specified formula; devise or invent; express in systematic terms or concepts; state as or reduce to a formula
- Inconspicuous
- Not readily noticeable
- Gregarious
- Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable
- Gull
- A person who is easily tricked or cheated; a dupe; any of various chiefly coastal aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having long wings, webbed feet, a thick, slightly hooked beak, and usually gray and white plumage; person who is easily deceived or victimized; get money or something else from by deceitful trickery
- Fungus
- A plant that has no leaves, flowers, or green color
- Gratuitous
- Costing nothing; not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case; not necessary; free
- Glut
- * To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; satiate
- Folly
- * a lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight
- Foursquare
- * characterized by firm and unwavering conviction; a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- Exhume
- * to remove from a grave; disinterTo bring to light, especially after a period of obscurity
- Favor
- A privilege or concession.
- Frail
- Physically weak; delicate; fragile; morally weak; rush basket for holding fruit, especially dried fruit; quantity of fruit, such as raisins or figs, that such a basket can hold; breakable, weak
- Fluvial
- * Of, relating to, or inhabiting a river or stream Produced by the action of a river or stream
- Indelible
- * Indestructible
- Headlong
- Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste; dangerous, reckless; uncontrollably forceful or fast; rashly
- Flirtatious
- Full of playful allure; provocative, teasing; given to flirting
- Grovel
- To behave in a servile or demeaning manner; cringe; abase, demean oneself
- Insurgent
- Rising in revolt against established authority, especially a government; rebelling against the leadership of a political party; person who rebels; participating in open revolt against a government or ruling authority
- Hillock
- A small hill; a small natural hill; a small projection or elevation, as from an organ, tissue, or structure
- Jocose
- Given to joking; merry; characterized by joking; humorous; intended to excite laughter or amusement
- Inkling
- A slight hint or indication; a slight understanding or vague idea or notion; a subtle quality underlying or felt to underlie a situation, action, or person
- Fraternity
- A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common; brotherhood; group united in interest
- Effuse
- To cause (a liquid) to flow in a steady stream; give out or emit; to spread or flow out
- Illicit
- Not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful; not legal; forbidden
- Hedonism
- pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses
- Fracas
- * A noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; a brawl; disturbance, fight
- Flicker
- To move waveringly; flutter; to burn unsteadily or fitfully; to shine with intermittent gleams; a sudden quick light; glimmer; brief or slight sensation; any of various large North American woodpeckers of the genus Colaptes, especially Cauratus, the common flicker, having a brown back, spotted breast, and white rump
- Err
- To make an error or a mistake;violate accepted moral standards;sin;do wrong
- Flagging
- drooping
- Fissure
- A crack or crack-like depression; division; an interruption in friendly relations; a break in the skin, usually where it joins a mucous membrane, producing a cracklike sore or ulcer
- Imprudent
- Unwise or indiscreet; not prudent; without much thought; foolish; not careful; rash or heedless
- Jargon
- Unintelligible or foolish talk; variety of a language that differs from the standard form; specialized expressions indigenous to a particular field, subject, trade, or subculture; specialized language; dialect; specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group
- Glide
- To move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly; float
- Feisty
- Touchy; quarrelsome; full of spirit or pluck; frisky or spunky; showing courage; irritable and looking for trouble
- Foolhardy
- Unwisely bold or venturesome; rash; characterized by unthinking boldness and haste; impetuous, rash; adventurous or bold but lacking in good sense
- Frill
- Something costly and unnecessary
- Exorcise
- * drive an evil spirit from a person or place
- Haughtiness
- Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors; scornfully and condescendingly proud
- Green
- Lacking training or experience
- Humdrum
- * Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring , dull; monotonous talk or routine
- Entrench
- To fix firmly or securely: ti make a trench
- Insane
- Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness; so senseless as to be laughable; mentally ill; foolish; immoderate; wild; exhibiting, or afflicted with insanity
- Furor
- * A general commotion; public disorder or uproar Violent anger; frenzy; a fashion adopted enthusiastically by the public; a fad
- Evasive
- * Intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal; inclined or intended to evade; deceitful, tricky; trying to avoid; skillful at eluding capture
- Hubble
- A unit of astronomical distance equal to 10 raise to the power 9 light-years or 94605 × (10 raise to the power 24 meters)
- Eyesore
- Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view
- Gainsay
- To declare false; deny; to oppose, especially by contradiction; refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of
- Ensue
- * To follow as a consequence or result
- Imprudence
- A lack of caution in practical affairs
- Irk
- To be irritating, wearisome, or vexing to
- Hortatory
- * Marked by exhortation or strong urging; giving strong encouragement
- Emulate
- To take as a model or make conform to a model; to strive against (others) for victory; to imitate with intent to learn; strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation; compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with; ambitious; emulous
- Fertile
- relating to soil or abundant; capable of reproducing, intellectually productive, bearing in abundance especially offspring; Syn
- Exodus
- * A departure from a place or country, especially of many people; act of leaving
- Infirm
- * (irresolute) Not strong or stable; shaky; irresolute; feeble
- Futon
- A thin mattress of tufted cotton batting or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame; mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame
- Intangible
- * Incapable of being apprehended by the mind or the senses; indefinite, obscured; incorporeal; incapable of being realized or defined
- Hiatus
- * An interval during which continuity is suspended; pause, interruption; a separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part
- Eamark
- * to set aside or apart for a specified purpose; an identifying feature or characteristic; reserve
- Insolent
- Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant; audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent; bold, disrespectful; rude and insulting
- Exactness
- very accurate or demanding
- Hapless
- * Luckless; unfortunate; involving or undergoing chance misfortune
- Fallow
- Land left unseeded during a growing season; inactive; plowed but left unseeded during a growing season: fallow farmland
- Exude
- * To ooze forth; to discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually; to exhibit in abundance; to flow or leak out or emit something slowly; display, emit
- Exuberant
- Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy; energetic, enthusiastic; profuse; plentiful; extreme in degree, size, or extent
- Figurine
- A small molded or sculptured figure; a statuette; a small carved or molded figure
- Heretic
- a person guilty of going against traditional religious teachings
- Indemnity
- * Security against damage, loss, or injury; a legal exemption from liability for damages; compensation for damage, loss, or injury suffered
- Hauteur
- * Haughtiness in bearing and attitude; arrogance; machine-estimated mean fiber length in a top of wool; the basis for the pricing of tops; overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- Ethereal
- * Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible; highly refined; delicate; of the celestial spheres; heavenly; spiritual; so light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film
- Epicenter
- The point of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake; a focal point
- Enfeoff
- * to invest with a feudal estate or fee
- Gleam
- * A point of shining light, especially in darkness; brightness, sparkle; a sudden quick light; to shine brightly and steadily but without a flame; a brief or dim indication; a trace
- Ferocious
- Extremely savage; fierce; marked by unrelenting intensity; extreme
- Forage
- * Food for domestic animals; fodder The act of looking or searching for food or provisions
- juggurnaut
- A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
- Francophile
- * a person who admires France, its people, or its culture
- Frisky
- Playful
- Herculean
- Of extraordinary size and power; displaying superhuman strength or power
- Gaunt
- * Thin and bony; angular; emaciated and haggard; drawn; bleak and desolate; barren; skinny, pale; having little flesh or fat on the body; worn and lean, as from hunger or illness
- Hieroglyphic
- * Of or relating to representation by drawings or pictures
- Knack
- skill at performing a task
- Insinuation
- * An artful, indirect, often derogatory hint; the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments; an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
- Eavesdrop
- To listen secretly to the private conversation of others
- Heed
- * care
- Grueling
- Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion; difficult, taxing
- Friction
- A state of disagreement and disharmony; the resistance to movement as one object is moved across the other, usually creating heat; conflict or animosity caused by a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions; the action of one surface or object rubbing against another
- Immutable
- Not subject or susceptible to change; incapable of changing or being modified; unchangeable
- Frenetic
- * Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied; marked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation; maniacal
- Hedgerow
- A row of bushes, shrubs, or trees forming a hedge
- Heresy
- A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science; adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion; unorthodoxy
- Kudos
- Acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement
- Hospice
- * A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute; a program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home; an institution that provides care and shelter; resort for travelers which includes lodging and entertainment
- Enfeeble
- To deprive of strength; make feeble; make very weak
- Enduring
- Lasting; continuing; durable; long-suffering; patient; existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time
- Fathom
- * A unit of length equal to 6 feet (183 meters), used principally in the measurement and specification of marine depths; to perceive and recognize the meaning of; discern, understand
- Gorge
- the seam on the front of a coat or jacket where the lapel and the collar are joined
- Harangue
- A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech
- Epic
- An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero; a literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats
- Ideology
- The body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or culture; a set of doctrines or beliefs that form the basis of a political, economic, or other system
- Irate
- * Extremely angry; enraged; characterized or occasioned by anger
- Hamstring
- To restrict the activity or free movement of; handicap; any of the tendons at the rear hollow of the human knee; destroy or hinder the efficiency of; frustrate
- Hoist
- To move (something) to a higher position; instance of lifting or being lifted; the part of a flag nearest the staff; lift or raise, especially by using a rope
- Forlorn
- * Appearing sad or lonely because deserted or abandoned; forsaken or deprived; wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition; nearly hopeless; desperate
- Harry
- * To disturb or distress by or as if by repeated attacks; harass; to raid, as in war; sack or pillage; pester, annoy; torment; worry
- Evacuant
- Of, relating to, or tending to eliminate; tending to cleanse or purge, especially causing evacuation of the bowels
- Fickleness
- * The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy; capricious
- Grave
- Death or extinction: Requiring serious thought; momentous:
- Encipher
- To put (a message, for example) into cipher; convert plain text into unintelligible form by means of a cipher system
- Fabrication
- The making or construction of something; act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; that which is fabricated; a falsehood; lie
- Halcyon
- calm and peaceful; tranquil; prosperous; golden; serene
- Grimace
- * a sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust
- Ingenue
- * An artless girl;an actress who plays such parts
- Expunged
- To erase or strike out
- Inanity
- * Something empty of meaning or sense; total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance
- Instrumentalist
- One who plays an instrument; someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
- Flag
- To hang limply; droop; to decline in vigor or strength; signal to stop
- Galling
- Bitterness of feeling; rancor; something bitter to endure
- Grating
- A grill or network of bars set in a window or door or used as a partition; a grate; diffraction grating; irritating; scraping; disagreeable to the sense of hearing
- Indispensable
- essential
- Fringe
- * A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary; periphery of a city or town; to put or form a border on; border, trimming; those members of a group or political party holding extreme views; any of the light or dark bands produced by the diffraction or interference of light
- Financier
- one who is occupied with or expert in large-scale financial affairs
- Hellion
- *A mischievous, troublesome, or unruly person
- Fustian
- * Pretentious, pompous speech or writing; a coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and flax; pompous or pretentious talking or writing
- Fawn
- To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior; to support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior; a young deer, less than one year old; a grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown
- Hull
- Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut; the frame or body of ship
- Groundless
- Having no ground or foundation; unsubstantiated; without reason, justification; false
- Implicit
- Implied or understood though not directly expressed; having no doubts or reservations; unquestioning; conveyed indirectly without words or speech
- Isthmus
- A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land; a narrow strip of tissue joining two larger organs or parts of an organ; narrow passage connecting two larger cavities; narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land and has water on both sides
- Knaw(Gnaw)
- bite or chew on with the teeth; become ground down or deteriorate; to afflict or worry persistently; to cause persistent worry or pain
- Go-getter
- An enterprising person; someone whose career progresses rapidly; intensely energetic, enthusiastic person
- Knot
- an exceedingly complicated problem or deadlock
- Incredulity
- The state or quality of being incredulous; disbelief; refusal or reluctance to believe; doubt about the truth of something
- Extricate
- *To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage; get out of situation; relieve of responsibility
- Japery
- * acting like a clown or buffoon; a trick or practical joke
- Inextricable
- So intricate or entangled as to make escape impossible; difficult or impossible to disentangle or untie; too involved or complicated to solve; unavoidable; inescapable; not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied
- Fetid
- * Having an offensive odor; foul, rancid
- Indespensible
- Not to be dispensed with; essential; obligatory; unavoidable; necessary
- Instate
- To establish in office; install; to admit formally into membership or office, as with ritual
- Fiasco
- complete failure or breakdown; a sudden and violent collapse
- Fraught
- * (a fraught mother-daughter relationship)Filled with a specified element or elements; charged; marked by or causing distress; emotional; freight; cargo; marked by distress; filled with or attended with
- Exacting
- Making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention; demanding; requiring precise accuracy; having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
- Immunity
- The capacity to withstand; privilege, exemption from normal legal duties, penalties, or liabilities, granted to a special group of people; the ability of the body to resist or fight off infection and disease
- Flamboyant
- Highly elaborate; ornate; given to ostentatious or audacious display; extravagant, theatrical
- Flounder
- To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance