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n. wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
(a) quay
(b) rataplan
(c) rostrum
(d) stalemate
 
n. strong feelings of embarrassment; mortification
(a) flotsam
(b) continence
(c) altercation
(d) chagrin
 
v. spend extravagantly; waste; ware
(a) pander
(b) fructify
(c) squander
(d) allay
 
adj. of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
(a) prolix
(b) annular
(c) sartorial
(d) erotic
 
v. draft into active service; take over
(a) canvass
(b) vegetate
(c) dismember
(d) commandeer

 

n. someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
(a) gambit
(b) masochist
(c) breadth
(d) anodyne
 
adj. pleasing to the ear; mellisonant; sweet
(a) exiguous
(b) initiatory
(c) mellifluous
(d) appeasing
 
v. serve as the inciting cause of
(a) discredit
(b) instigate
(c) shun
(d) whinny
 
v. make more complex, intricate, or richer; elaborate
(a) perturb
(b) rarify
(c) scurry
(d) enwrap
 
adj. surpassing what is common or usual or expected
(a) podgy
(b) getable
(c) unembodied
(d) especial

n. wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline (a) quay
n. strong feelings of embarrassment; mortification (d) chagrin
v. spend extravagantly; waste; ware (c) squander
adj. of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring (c) sartorial
v. draft into active service; take over (d) commandeer
n. someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment (b) masochist
adj. pleasing to the ear; mellisonant; sweet (c) mellifluous
v. serve as the inciting cause of (b) instigate
v. make more complex, intricate, or richer; elaborate (b) rarify
adj. surpassing what is common or usual or expected (d) especial

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