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- ACHIEVETo carry out or conclude (something, as a task) successfully; to accomplish.
- ADORABLEBefitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
- ADORNTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- AMBIDEXTROUSHaving equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
- ARCHIVESplural of archive
- ARCHWAYA passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
- AWOKENpast participle of awake
- BACKGROUNDLess important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
- BANDA strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to b
- BARDA professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
- BASKETA lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
- BATTLEA contest, a struggle.
- BEEHIVEA sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.
- BEHAVIORHuman conduct relative to social norms.
- BINDERSomeone who binds. Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- BISCUITA small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
- BITETo cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- BLEMISHA small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
- BONDA document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified
- BOONA good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
- BRANDYAn alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
- BREAKFASTThe first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
- BRISKETThe chest of an animal.
- BROKENpast participle of break
- BUILDTo form (something) by combining materials or parts.
- BUILDINGThe act or process by which something is built; construction.
- BUYOUTThe acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
- CABALA putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
- CHOOSETo pick; to make the choice of; to select.
- CIGARA cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
- CISTERNA reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
- CLIMAXA rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
- CLOTHA fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes, woven fabric specifically
- COMPLAINTo express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
- COMPLAINTThe act of complaining.
- COMPLETINGpresent participle and gerund of complete
- COPULATETo engage in sexual intercourse.
- CRUMBA small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
- CRUSHA violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- CUSTOMARILYIn the customary manner; as is custom
- CYANAn additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
- DANGEROUSFull of danger.
- DECIMATETo kill one-tenth of (a group), as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
- DETOURA diversion or deviation from one's original route.
- DIGITALHaving to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
- DISTILTo exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
- DITCHA trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
- DOCUMENTARYOf, related to, or based on documents.
- DOPEYStupid, silly.
- DRIVENpast participle of drive
- DUCTILECapable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- DUELArranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
- DUMBWAITERA small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
- DUOPOLYAn economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity.
- EXURBA residential area beyond the suburbs.
- EXURBANOf, pertaining to, or residing in an exurb.
- FANCYThe imagination.
- FATHERA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
- FAUXFake or artificial.
- FIGHTSenses relating to physical conflict: To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- FIGURATIVELYIn a figurative manner.
- FIGUREA drawing or diagram conveying information.
- FINALA final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- FINCHAny Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
- FINISHAn end; the end of anything.
- FLAKYConsisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
- FLAPPYthat flaps
- FLOCKA number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of shee
- FLUTEA woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one o
- FOMENTTo incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
- FOOLISHLacking good sense or judgement as a general trait; unwise; stupid.
- FORESTA dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
- FRIGHTA state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
- GEARSplural of gear
- GELATINA protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.
- GENTRIFYTo renovate or improve something (especially housing or district), making it more appealing to the middle classes (now often with the negative association of pricing out existing r
- GERMAINEObsolete form of germane.
- GIMLETA small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
- GNATA biting insect, especially a mosquito.
- GOATEEA beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.
- GRANULEA tiny grain, a small particle.
- GREEDYHaving greed; consumed by selfish desires.
- GUILDA group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific co
- GUSTOEnthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.
- HAIRDOA hairstyle.
- HAPPENTo occur or take place.
- HARPA musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard w
- HARVESTThe process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
- HELLISHinfernal, related or similar to hell.
- HICCUPA spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- HOAXTo deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
- HOMICIDEThe killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
- HORSEA hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
- HUBRISExcessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
- HYPOCRITESomeone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
- IONICof, relating to, or containing ions
- JINGLEThe sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
- JUNGLEA large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.
- KILNAn oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying g
- KINDLETo start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).