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precarious |
Affording no ease or reassurance; Not secure; beset with difficulties |
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lurche |
Walk as if unable to control one's movements; Move slowly and unsteadily |
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jog |
Give a slight push to |
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jeer at |
Laugh at with contempt and derision |
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dreariness |
Extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest |
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bob |
Move up and down repeatedly |
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grim |
Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance |
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elusive |
Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyse |
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unravel |
Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of |
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brittle |
Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured |
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smug |
Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction |
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surreptitious |
Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed |
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blithe |
Lacking or showing a lack of due concern |
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assured |
Characterized by certainty or security |
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swagger |
To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others |
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pitch |
Throw or toss with a light motion; Fall or plunge forward |
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yaw |
Swerve off course momentarily - of a ship |
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expel |
Force to leave or move out |
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mete out |
Administer or bestow, as in small portions |
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flounder |
Walk with great difficulty |
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judicial |
Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice |
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enact |
Order by virtue of superior authority; decree |
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crust |
A hard outer layer that covers something |
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insatiable |
Impossible to satisfy |
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glutton |
A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess |
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gorge on |
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself |
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turret |
A small tower extending above a building |
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trunk |
The body excluding the head and neck and limbs |
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bulge |
Something that is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
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plump up |
Make fuller by shaking |
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frumpy |
Primly out of date |
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frisson of |
An almost pleasurable sensation of An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger |
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spiffy |
Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners |
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swaddle |
Wrap in clothes |
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cladding |
A protective covering that protects the outside of a building |
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reel |
Walk as if unable to control one's movements; Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis |
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voracious |
Devouring or craving food in great quantities |
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carnal |
Marked by the appetites and passions of the body; Of or relating to the body or flesh |
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creed |
The written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group |
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loll around |
Be lazy or idle |
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fret |
Worry unnecessarily or excessively |
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whine |
Talk in a tearful manner |
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brawny |
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful |
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briskly |
In a brisk manner |
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lousy |
Infested with lice; Very bad |
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fling |
Throw with force or recklessness; Indulge oneself |
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slump |
Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly |
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induce |
Cause to arise |
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craving |
An intense desire for some particular thing |
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pang |
A sudden sharp feeling |
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tuck in |
Fit snugly into |
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bulk out |
Cause to bulge or swell outwards |
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bolus |
A small round soft mass (as of chewed food) |
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grunt |
The short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs |
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bop |
Hit hard |
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jolly |
Full of or showing high-spirited merriment |
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bland |
Lacking taste or flavour or tang; Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting |
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bloat |
Become swollen or puff up |
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uphill |
Sloping upward |
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eaves |
The overhang at the lower edge of a roof |
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twinge |
A sudden sharp feeling |
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nausea |
Disgust so strong it makes you feel sick |
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furtive |
Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed |
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cramp |
A painful and involuntary muscular contraction |
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chomp |
The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws; Chew noisily |
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skimpy |
Containing little excess |
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breeding |
The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behaviour) |
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effeminate |
Having unsuitable feminine qualities |
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untrustworthy |
Not worthy of trust or belief |
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burrow |
Move through by or as by digging |
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stifle |
Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; Smother or suppress |
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inexorable |
Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason |
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mire |
A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; Deep soft mud in water or slush |
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deception |
A misleading falsehood; The act of deceiving |
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insidious |
Beguiling but harmful; Intended to entrap |
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anguish |
Extreme mental distress |
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recline |
Lean in a comfortable resting position |
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prop |
Support by placing against something solid or rigid |
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pant |
Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted |
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albumen |
A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids; The white part of an egg; |
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plateful |
The quantity contained in a plate |
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chariot |
A light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage |
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hurl |
Make a thrusting forward movement |
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oblivion |
The state of being disregarded or forgotten |
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malign |
Evil or harmful in nature or influence; Speak unfavorably about |
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slouch |
Walk slovenly; Assume a drooping posture or carriage |
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shlep |
Walk or tramp about |
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overabundance |
A quantity that is more than what is appropriate |
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vicious |
Marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful;(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering |
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crudely |
In a unrefined manner |
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