April
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- pizzazz
- vitality
- tacit
- implied, but not actually expressed
- decibel
- a unit to measure the relative loundness of sounds
- serene
- peaceful
- convoy
- a group of vehicles
- mason
- person who works with stone or brick
- acrid
- sharp and harsh
- lee
- protective shelter
- siege
- a long attack on a city
- behoove
- benefit
- picturesque
- scenic
- clique
- a group of friends
- melodramatic
- overly emotional
- vague
- not clear
- misogyny
- hatred of women
- nape
- back of the neck
- relish
- strong appreciation or liking
- exculpate
- to clear from alleged fault or guilt
- fulsome
- offensive to good taste; excessively or insincerely lavish
- rile
- to get angry
- muse
- to be absorbed in one's thoughts
- prevalent
- dominant
- cloister
- a monastic establishment
- camaraderie
- good will and warm feelings amoung friends
- magistrate
- judge
- raid
- steal
- knoll
- a small rounded hill
- decisive
- make choices quickly and easily
- meager
- very little
- far-fetched
- hard to believe
- lob
- throw
- lecturn
- stand or tall desk
- abreast
- side by side
- pang
- a sudden, brief pain or emotion
- gauntlet
- a knight's glove
- pungent
- smelly
- gape
- open mouth wide
- terrestrial
- having to do with the earth
- vex
- annoy or worry
- tenuous
- having little substance or strength
- nix
- to prevent something from happening by saying "no" to it
- onus
- burden
- infer
- fund out by reasoning
- congenial
- agreeable
- carrion
- deadm, rotting flesh
- geyser
- a natural spring that sometimes sends hot water or steam into the air
- fraught
- full of
- yonder
- over there
- opulence
- wealth
- hostel
- inn
- forceps
- a pair of tongs
- compliant
- obedient
- adept
- highly skilled
- potency
- power
- squalid
- wretched
- brackish
- salty
- jolt
- jerk back
- plague
- very seriouse disease that spreads quickly to many people and often causes death
- ravenous
- extremely hungry
- hieroglyphic
- a pictorial symbol representing words
- overt
- open to view
- jaunty
- carefree
- acquit
- To clear of a charge
- embolus
- air bubble or clot that has been carried through the blood
- ravish
- to seize, carry away by force
- bullock
- ox
- terminal
- end
- hardy
- strong
- lure
- attract
- verdigris
- blue/green deposit that forms on cooper, brass or bronze surfaces
- perpetually
- forever
- vulgar
- lacking good taste
- gendarme
- a policeman in France
- prosper
- be successful
- meander
- follow a winding course
- virtuoso
- person with great skill in some art, especially music
- rapt
- carried away with emotion
- fragment
- small piece
- empathize
- to feel with
- penurious
- extremely thrifty
- alacrity
- eagerness
- trek
- to make a slow or arduous journey
- valuate
- to set a price or worth
- cordial
- friendly
- jeer
- ridicule
- unlettered
- no education, illiterate
- maritime
- relating to the sea
- sot
- drunkard
- bestow
- give
- rift
- split or crack
- poult
- a young fowl
- raucous
- harsh
- maladroit
- clumsy
- frenzied
- frantic
- bigamy
- married to two person at the same time
- espionage
- the practice of spying
- torrid
- intensely hot and dry.
- vie
- strive for superiority
- raiment
- clothing
- premium
- reward, prize
- irate
- angry
- nadir
- the lowest point
- skit
- a short, funny play
- shul
- synagogue, temple
- chum
- chopped up fish or other organic matter used as bait
- staid
- sedate
- verve
- enthusiasm
- codger
- a funny old man
- profuse
- pouring forth liberally
- laden
- carrying a lot of things
- abate
- make less
- deduce
- to draw a conclusion from given facts
- abject
- despicable, utterly hopeless, miserable
- malevolent
- evil
- albeit
- although
- ominous
- suggesting something bad is going to happen in the future
- systole
- contraction of the heart
- urbane
- sophisticated, refined, elegant
- cower
- to crouch and tremble with fear
- inert
- unable to move or act
- illicit
- not permitted, unlawful
- curt
- abrupt
- refurbish
- renovate
- propagate
- breed
- cryptic
- vague or mysterious
- uncanny
- wierd
- compote
- fruits cooked in syrup
- tourniquet
- tight bandage that is used to stop bleeding
- sympathize
- to feel for
- astral
- relating to stars
- zany
- silly
- turmoil
- excited, noisy condition
- dally
- flirt
- depleted
- reduced
- tirade
- long angry speech
- spackle
- paste that dries hard
- taciturn
- shy
- forlorn
- sad, lonely
- groggy
- sleepy or dizzy
- spigot
- faucet
- aft
- near the rear of a boat
- filch
- steal
- infuriate
- to make somebody extremely angry
- hilt
- handle
- prevaricate
- to lie
- bliss
- happiness
- accentuate
- emphasize
- shtick
- prank
- philosophical
- wise
- kiln
- very hot oven
- divulge
- to make known (something private or secret)
- landfill
- dump
- parody
- a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comedy
- jut
- project
- uncouth
- ill-mannered
- kaput
- finished
- eccentric
- peculiar, odd
- melodious
- pleasant to hear
- pugnacious
- inclined to fight
- consequence
- result
- tandem
- together; one following or behind the other