v. fabricate
(a) make up something artificial or untrue; cook up; make up; invent
(b) join by interweaving strands
(c) fuse or cause to grow together
(d) cause to become widely known; circularize; propagate; broadcast
v. protract
(a) cause to be more favorably inclined; conciliate; assuage; appease; mollify; gentle; gruntle
(b) lengthen in time; extend; draw out
(c) treat, mention, or speak to rudely
(d) make froth or foam and become bubbly; suds
v. pore
(a) direct one's attention on something; center; centre; rivet
(b) be a regular customer or client of; patronage; support; keep going
(c) divulge confidential information or secrets; let the cat out of the bag; talk
(d) serve as the inciting cause of
v. compress
(a) squeeze together; compact; contract
(b) irritate or vex
(c) make repayment for or return something
(d) postpone; put off until a later time; delay
v. inaugurate
(a) be a precursor of; introduce
(b) argue over petty things; pettifog; bicker; squabble; brabble
(c) stir up or tend
(d) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; pull |
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adj. elliptical
(a) characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements
(b) lowered in value
(c) habitually reserved and uncommunicative
(d) preceding in time, order, or significance
v. yaup
(a) emit long loud cries; wail; roar; yawl
(b) cut a furrow into a columns
(c) take the place of
(d) give in, as to influence or pressure; soften
v. rubberize
(a) ridicule with satire
(b) agree or express agreement; acquiesce
(c) spot, stain, or pollute; maculate
(d) coat or impregnate with elastic material
v. envisage
(a) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; ideate
(b) initiate; start; bring about
(c) shift from one side of the ship to the other; jib; change course
(d) advance beyond the usual limit; impinge
v. muckrake
(a) walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
(b) fall away or decline
(c) explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures
(d) find repugnant; execrate |
