v. obfuscate
(a) turn away from sin or do penitence
(b) choose not to consume; desist
(c) make obscure or unclear
(d) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; scrutinise; inspect
v. defoliate
(a) strip the leaves or branches from
(b) bring into focus or alignment; focalize; focalise; focus
(c) treat with excessive indulgence; cosset; cocker; baby; spoil; indulge
(d) make a spot or mark onto; blob; blot
v. glut
(a) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling; skin; struggle; sputter
(b) put a law into effect by formal declaration
(c) supply with an excess of
(d) move or swing from side to side regularly
v. glean
(a) grow worse; drop; degenerate
(b) expose to atmospheric conditions
(c) chew (food); jaw
(d) gather, as of natural products
v. fritter
(a) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; block; hinder; stymie; embarrass
(b) spend frivolously and unwisely; dissipate; shoot; fool
(c) talk idly or casually and in a friendly way; schmooze; schmoose
(d) administer an oil or ointment to; oil; embrocate |
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v. sear
(a) scar; burn; brand
(b) send to an address
(c) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
(d) attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
v. disband
(a) shorten
(b) stop functioning or cohering as a unit
(c) press down tightly; pack
(d) dress up garishly and tastelessly
v. raze
(a) return to consciousness
(b) give to in marriage; plight
(c) delight greatly in
(d) tear down so as to make flat with the ground; rase; dismantle; tear down; take down; pull down
v. simper
(a) smile affectedly or derisively
(b) move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); wriggle; worm; squirm; twist
(c) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); chaffer; huckster
(d) bring up a topic for discussion
v. handbuild
(a) express a totally negative opinion of; trash
(b) wrap in swaddling clothes
(c) make without a potter's wheel; coil
(d) record in chronological order |
