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  1. account
    a record or narrative description of past events
  2. alight
    settle or come to rest
  3. appeal
    earnest or urgent request
  4. apprehension
    fearful expectation or anticipation
  5. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  6. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  7. balk
    refuse to proceed or comply
  8. baste
    cover with liquid before cooking
  9. bent
    stooped (used of the back and knees)
  10. bolt
    a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
  11. bound
    confined by bonds
  12. brief
    of short duration or distance
  13. brook
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
  14. bureau
    an administrative unit of government
  15. calf
    young of domestic cattle
  16. cleave
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  17. clutch
    take hold of; grab
  18. coast
    the shore of a sea or ocean
  19. contend
    compete for something
  20. content
    satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
  21. core
    the center of an object
  22. corporal
    affecting the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  23. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  24. court
    an assembly to conduct judicial business
  25. cue
    a reminder for some action or speech
  26. current
    occurring in or belonging to the present time
  27. decline
    grow worse
  28. defect
    a failing or deficiency
  29. degree
    a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series
  30. desert
    leave in order to join an opposing cause, country, or army
  31. entrance
    something that provides access to get in
  32. exhaust
    wear out completely
  33. fancy
    not plain; decorative or ornamented
  34. fathom
    a linear unit of measurement for water depth
  35. fence
    a barrier that serves to enclose an area
  36. finish
    come or bring to an end
  37. fleet
    group of aircraft operating under the same ownership
  38. flounder
    move clumsily or struggle to move, as in mud or water
  39. fluke
    a stroke of luck
  40. foil
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  41. fresh
    recently made, produced, or harvested
  42. fuse
    any igniter used to initiate the burning of a propellant
  43. gear
    a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism
  44. gouge
    an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
  45. grill
    a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
  46. gross
    lacking fine distinctions or detail
  47. grouse
    popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs
  48. habit
    an established custom
  49. hail
    precipitation of ice pellets
  50. invalid
    no longer legally acceptable
  51. loom
    a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
  52. mace
    a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office
  53. medium
    the surrounding environment
  54. minute
    a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
  55. moor
    come into or dock at a wharf
  56. muse
    reflect deeply on a subject
  57. notice
    the act of paying attention
  58. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  59. object
    a tangible and visible entity
  60. occupation
    the principal activity in one's life to earn money
  61. peer
    look searchingly
  62. pelt
    the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
  63. perch
    an elevated place serving as a seat
  64. pine
    a coniferous tree
  65. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
  66. pore
    any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid
  67. prune
    cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  68. quail
    a small game bird
  69. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
  70. quiver
    shake with fast, tremulous movements
  71. racket
    a sports implement used to strike a ball in various games
  72. rash
    imprudently incurring risk
  73. record
    anything providing permanent evidence about past events
  74. register
    an official written record of names or events
  75. sanction
    official permission or approval
  76. scale
    an ordered reference standard
  77. sentence
    a string of words satisfying grammatical rules of a language
  78. site
    the piece of land on which something is located
  79. slate
    fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into layers
  80. smelt
    small cold-water silvery fish
  81. soil
    material in the top layer of the surface of the earth
  82. sole
    the underside of the foot
  83. spat
    a quarrel about petty points
  84. strut
    walk in a proud, confident way
  85. stump
    the base part that remains after a tree has been felled
  86. swallow
    pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
  87. swamp
    low land that is seasonally flooded
  88. swell
    increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
  89. term
    a limited period of time during which something lasts
  90. truffle
    a highly prized edible subterranean fungus
  91. trunk
    the main stem of a tree
  92. utter
    without qualification
  93. vain
    having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
  94. verse
    literature in metrical form
  95. wage
    payment for work
  96. wake
    stop sleeping
  97. yield
    give or supply
  98. ditch
    a long narrow excavation in the earth
Created on Thu Jan 10 18:26:23 EST 2013 (updated Sun Feb 21 12:56:13 EST 2016)

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