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Waffle (verb) to eqivocate; to change ones' position
Tender (verb) to proffer or offer; to give
Table (verb) to remove from consideration
Strut (noun) the supporting structual cross-part of a wing
Steep (verb) to saturate or completely soak
Singular (adj) exceptional; unusual; odd
Scurvy (adj) contemptible; despicable
Sap (verb) to enervate or weaken the vitality of
Qualify (verb) to limit
Quail (verb) to lose courage; to become frightened
Rent (adj/noun) torn; past of rend; an opening to tear
Rail (verb) to complain about bitterly
Prize (verb/noun) To pry; to press or force with a lever something taken by force; spoils
Plastic (adj) moldable; pliable not rigid
Wag (noun) wit; joker
Obtain (verb) to be established, acceptable or customary
Occult (adj) hidden; concealed; beyond comprehension
Pedestrian (adj) commonplace; trite, unremarkable; quotidian
Pied (adj) multicolored, usually in blotches or patches
Pine (verb) To lose vigor; to yearn
List (verb) to tilt or learn to one side
Nice (adj) exacting; fastidious extremly, even excessively precise
Mince (verb) to pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully
Milk (verb) to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
Lumber (verb) to move heavily and clumsily
Intimate (verb) to imply, suggest, or insinuate
Guy (noun) a cord or cable used to steady or guide something
Grouse (verb) to complain or grumble
Ford (verb) to wade across the swallow part of a river or steam
Flip (adj) sarcastic, impertinent
Bent (noun) leaning; inclination; proclivity; tendency
Flag (verb) to sag or droop; to become spiritless to decline
Exact (verb) to demand, call for require or take
Essay (verb) to test or try; to attempt or experiment
Die (noun) a part of a machine that punches shaped holes or cuts
Damp (verb) to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
Brook (verb) to tolerate, endure or countenance
Appropriate (verb) to take for one's own use; confiscate
Alloy (verb) to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
Arrest (verb) to suspend, to engage, to hold one's attention
August (adj) majestic, venerable
Cardinal (adj) of great importance
Broach (verb) to bring up or announce, to begin to talk about
Color (verb) to change as if by dyeing, i.e. to disort, gloss, or affect
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Created September 7, 2007
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  1. Obtain(verb) to be established, acceptable or customary - 3 misses
  2. Broach(verb) to bring up or announce, to begin to talk about - 3 misses
  3. Prize(verb/noun) To pry; to press or force with a lever something taken by force; spoils - 2 misses
  4. Mince(verb) to pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully - 2 misses
  5. Intimate(verb) to imply, suggest, or insinuate - 2 misses
  6. Grouse(verb) to complain or grumble - 2 misses
  7. Bent(noun) leaning; inclination; proclivity; tendency - 2 misses