dwindle
become smaller or lose substance
hurdle
a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
gristle
tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
thistle
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
guzzle
drink greedily or as if with great thirst
tattle
divulge confidential information or secrets
fickle
liable to sudden unpredictable change
barnacle
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
clavicle
bone linking the scapula and sternum
pinnacle
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
scruple
an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
maim
injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
culpable
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
fallible
wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
gullible
naive and easily deceived or tricked
preamble
a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
rumble
to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
syllable
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
syllabus
an integrated course of academic studies
huddle
a disorganized and densely packed crowd
panhandle
beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
bedraggle
make wet and dirty, as from rain
draggle
make wet and dirty, as from rain
boggle
startle with amazement or fear
entangle
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
rectangle
a parallelogram with four right angles
shingle
building material used as siding or roofing
bamboozle
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
embezzle
appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
muzzle
forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose
corpuscle
either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
sickle
an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
reap hook
an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
follicle
any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
receptacle
a container that is used to put or keep things in
quadruple
having four units or components
lapel
lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar
shrapnel
shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight
infidel
a person who does not acknowledge your god
pistil
the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
gerbil
small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
