chastisement, vociferous, mildly

Feifei Z. (United States of America)
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  1. chastisement
    a rebuke for making a mistake
  2. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  3. mildly
    to a moderate degree
  4. maim
    injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration
  5. wrath
    intense anger
  6. serrate
    notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
  7. serrate
    notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
  8. hustle
    move or cause to move energetically or busily
  9. proxy
    a person authorized to act for another
  10. taxonomy
    a classification of organisms based on similarities
  11. bluestem
    tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States
  12. insomniac
    someone who cannot sleep
  13. intricate
    having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate
  14. swale
    a low-lying area, especially a marshy area between ridges
  15. gravel
    rock fragments and pebbles
  16. taxon
    animal or plant group having natural relations
  17. chlorophyll
    any of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
Created on Mon Jan 25 18:13:46 EST 2010 (updated Tue Jan 26 23:07:40 EST 2010)

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