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abundant, plentiful
link: a copious cup of coffee |
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tough, stubborn, not letting go
Link: tennis aces are tenacious |
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done or acting in secret, sly manner
link: to escape from the circus,and elephant has to be surreptitious with out being suspicious |
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an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit;eager to consume great amounts of food
Link: good gracious what voracious fish |
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ready to serve; eager in offering unwanted services or advice
Link: an officious office helper |
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not genuine;false
Link: Spurious Spurs |
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troublesome or oppressive, burdensome
Link:a pet shop owner's life can be onerous |
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seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable
Link: Gregarious Greg was Hilarious |
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devout or virtuous; holy
Link: a pious pie |
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careful to small details; honest;conscientious
Link: aircraft manufacturers must be scrupulous with the placement of screws |
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a gradual reduction or weakening; a rubbing away
Link: over fishing can lead to attrition |
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enlighten; instruct
Link:Ed getting some Edification while on Vacation |
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a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual: the liquid used in such an act
Link: the solution to baby's ablution |
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the art of public speaking
Link:elocution is a good way to postpone an execution |
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to cause to twist or bend; to suffer acutely, as in pain or embarrassment
Link: wild horses writhe when cowboys ride |
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ordinary; moving on foot (adj)
Link: pedestrian pedestrians |
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dead or rotting flesh
Link: carrion carry on luggage |
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bind the wings so as not to fly; confine
Link: the pins pinion the butterflies wings |
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fate
Link: kiss me baby, it's kismet |
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indecision; experiencing contradictory emotions
Link: ambivalence between two ambulances |
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to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality
Link: an impaired pear |
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to improve; to intensify
Link: the band thought new speakers would enhance the dance music |
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to attribute to a specific cause, source, or origin
Link: why the tribe ascribed the nickname 'long nose' to the cavalry |
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to involve in argument or hostile action;to throw in disorder
link: the lobster preferred embroiling to broiling |
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to speak or write evasively
Link: a waffle waffling the question |
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to distribute by or as if by measure;allot
Link: mom always metes out the meat |
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to arrange strategically
Link: David deployed his toys to attack his sister |
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casual; carefree and nonchalant;arrogant disregard
Link: Colonel Jones was cavalier with his cavalry troops |
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to make useless; cancel; undo
Link: how to nullify a fly |
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to encourage or incite too action
Link: Humpty was egged to jump |
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having to do with artistic beauty
Link: an aesthetic athlete |
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bending easily and gracefully
Link: Liza is the most lithe gymnast on our team |
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to remain; continue; stay; endure
Link: Ron could not abide by staying on his side of the bed |
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to reduce
Link: abated bait |
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different, aried
Link: diverse sky divers |
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a short pleasure trip
Link: a jaunt haunt |
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straightforward; open and sincere in expression
Link a frank frankfurter |
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to take a risk for some advantage
Link: a gambit not worth the gamble |
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to force someone by threatening or physically overpowering him
Link: coercing a horse |
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brief and to the point; concise
Link: a terse Shakespearean verse |
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to make ashamed or uneasy
Link: tony was abash when he discovered he had no cash |
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a mass departure
Link: a bus exodus from the rear exit |
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lacking energy;weak;showing little interest in anything
Link: a languid squid |
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a continuous whole without clear division into parts
Link: a beam of light is a continuum which continues from its source |
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cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature; tawdry;disreputable
Link: a Raffish Fish |
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a mass arrival or incoming; a continuous coming
Link: an influx of trucks |
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fearless;bold
Link: everyone considered David intrepid after her tripped Ed, the bully, in the cafeteria |
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strenuos physical or mental labor or effort; the labor of childbirth
Link: mush travail was required crossing the Oregon trail |
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excessively and objectionably sentimental
Link: Ma's Kiss can be Mawkish |
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easily cheated or fooled
Link: a gullible gull |
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to make or become greater
Link: how not to augment a driveway with cement |
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to flinch; to shrink back or start aside, as from a blow or pain
Link: the prince winced when he slipped on cinderella's glass slipper |
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dissatisfied with existing conditions
Link: once a malcontent, the prisoner was now content with his living conditions |
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lacking self-confidence; timid
Link:is lord wellington diffident about swimming or is he different |
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continuing without interruption;nonstop
Link:insects and ants are incessant picnic pests |
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enthusiastic; bubbling with excitement
Link: ebullience at the bull dance |
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