hooky, thrifty, frugal

Julio T. (United States of America)
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  1. hooky
    failure to attend (especially school)
  2. thrifty
    mindful of the future in spending money
  3. frugal
    avoiding waste
  4. now
    at the present moment
  5. scruples
    motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles
  6. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  7. edification
    uplifting enlightenment
  8. elixir
    a substance believed to cure all ills
  9. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  10. scold
    censure severely or angrily
  11. wrench
    a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
  12. dump
    a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
  13. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  14. hold out
    wait uncompromisingly for something desirable
  15. spoiled
    harmed by too much pampering or attention
  16. slaughter
    the killing of animals, as for food
  17. foresight
    seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
  18. legacy
    a gift of personal property by will
  19. bewildered
    extremely confused and uncertain what to do
  20. splice
    join the ends of
  21. suet
    hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep
  22. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
  23. crabby
    annoyed and irritable
  24. sting
    deliver a sudden pain to
  25. wasp
    a flying insect with a narrow waist and smooth body
  26. aphid
    any of various small plant-sucking insects
  27. vernacular
    the everyday speech of the people
  28. warm up
    rise in temperature
  29. reckless
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  30. jerk
    a sudden abrupt pull
  31. dabble
    bob under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
  32. glut
    supply with an excess of
  33. heads-up
    a warning message
  34. slob
    a coarse obnoxious person
  35. de facto
    existing, whether with lawful authority or not
  36. flaw
    an imperfection in an object or machine
  37. stringent
    demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  38. leeway
    a permissible difference
Created on Mon Feb 20 10:39:50 EST 2012

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