to stare open mouthed in amazement; to open wide

Sy: gawk; goggle; rubberneck, ogle; yawn

An: purse; pucker, furrow

to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible

Sy: scramble, jumble, confuse, mangle, mutilate, butcher, misrepresent, misquote, misreport

to regard with excessive or malicious satisfaction

SY: revel, delight, relish, crow, exult, glory

a:a long pointed stick used for driving animals: anything that spurs a person on.

b. to drive or to urge on.

Sy: prod, spur, stimulous, incentive, inducement; gadfly; propel, hound, impel, incite, provoke, egg on

An: restraint, curb, check , deterrent, restrain, curb, check, deter, impede

a. relating to a drawn or pictorial repressentation: visual

b. giving a clear and effective picture: vivid

Sy: pictorial, diagrammatic; stricking, telling, lively, lifelike, realistic, true to life, picturesque

a. freely given: done with recompense.

b. uncalled-for; unjustified

Sy: free, complimentary, voluntary, unsolicited, unwarrented, unfounded groundless, baseless

a. tending to form or move in a herd or other group; social

b. enjoying the company of others, sociable

S: outgoing, extroverted, friendly, companiable, affable, genial

A: antisocial, misanthropic, unsociable, unfriendly, withdrawn, reserved, detached, aloof, intraverted

a. a twisted facial expression indicating, pain, discust, or disapproval

b. to contort the features of the face in order to indicate pain, disgust, or disapproval

S: frown, scowl, glower, glare, wince

A: smile, green, beam

to feel around uncertainly for

S: fumble, poke around, hunt, cast about, fish around, look, flounder around.

extremely demanding and exhausting

S: taxing, draining, fatiguing, wearying, tiring, arduous, intense

A: easy, simple, enjoyable, relaxing invigorating

causing great shock, horror, and repugnance

S: horrifying, horrible, monstrous, hideous, grisly, ghastly, macabre, grotesque, lurid

A: pleasant, lovely, delightful, agreeable, attractive, charming, engaging, pleasurable.

easily cheated or deceived

worn and exhausted from anxiety, disease, hinger or fatigue

a. A forerunner

b. to herald the approach of