wau 2

Harry Claude F.
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  1. arbitrator
    someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
  2. tormentor
    someone who causes others to suffer
  3. erect
    upright in position or posture
  4. step out
    go outside a room or building for a short period of time
  5. wayward
    resistant to guidance or discipline
  6. tumid
    abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
  7. afeard
    a pronunciation of afraid
  8. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  9. dawn
    the first light of day
  10. fruition
    the condition of producing seed-bearing structures
  11. cloud
    a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
  12. ditch
    a long narrow excavation in the earth
  13. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
  14. unbecoming
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
  15. manfully
    in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man
  16. befit
    accord or comport with
  17. spite
    meanness or nastiness
  18. outcry
    a loud utterance, often in protest or opposition
  19. underling
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
  20. renegade
    someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
  21. spearhead
    the head and sharpened point of a spear
  22. dilemma
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  23. devious
    turning away from a straight course
  24. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  25. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  26. sash
    a band of material worn around the waist or across the chest
  27. fraught
    filled with or attended with
  28. gloss
    the property of being smooth and shiny
Created on Mon Oct 19 08:55:03 EDT 2009 (updated Sat Dec 12 13:12:06 EST 2009)

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