to give up a position, right, or power to reject, abandon formally act of cleansing to deny, renounce to abolish or invalidate by authority consuming moderately difficult to comprehend to touch, to be in contact with bitter, sharp in taste or temper highest point, summit to agree or comply in silence skillful, accomplished, highly competent to sketch, outline in a shadowy way nook or nest built high in the air unselfish concern for others' welfare itinerant; walking around to diminish by installment payments accessory, subordinate; helping prehistoric, ancient beyond measure; coming before the biblical flood attributing human qualities to nonhumans; having human qualities poise, confidence one who renounces a religious faith a short, instructive saying deification; glorified ideal relating to trees; living in trees diligent, persistent, hardworking drunkenly festive to refuse, shirk; prevent saintly, angelic huge creature to misrepresent; expose as false
blessing divide into two parts easily irritated, relating to bile good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer defense wall; anything serving as defense to flatter, coax, persuade disastrous, catastrophic false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation,slander a lie to strike and rebound a procession shame, embarrassment, humiliation quack, fake piece of personal property fanciful, imaginary, visionary; impossible easily angered, short-tempered rude tank for rainwater to grow together; cause to unite as one strongbox, large chest for money family name; any name, especially a nickname physical grace and beauty roomy, spacious feeling guilty or having misgivings overcoming distrust or hostility big, destructive fire similar in tastes and habits of the same origin; related by blood quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent rebellious obesity, fatness, bulkiness to mold in a shape with parallel grooves and ridges to pamper, treat with great care
small group of persons with a similar purpose group of witches cranky person downward slope harmful, destructive, detrimental flood leader or rabble-rouser who usually uses appeals to emotion or prejudice to slur or blacken someone's reputation to discover or reveal allowing light to show through; delicate authoritative statement; popular saying excessively instructive relating to a flood small to cause perplexity and embarrassment the female branch of a family to move or act confusedly or without clear purpose daily rigidly devoted to theories sadness courageous amusing in a wry, subtle way suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits outpouring of gases or vapors brilliantly shining conspicuously bad to correct a text having soothing qualities, esp. for skin warm praise belonging to a particular area, inherent boredom, lack of interest and energy person with refined taste in food and wine representative of an entire group; summary fake
to abstain from, avoid to show clearly, display, signify to expel evil spirits to wander; to discuss or describe at length to atone for, make amends for to erase, eliminate completely to censor unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment to praise to estimate witty in an inappropriate way stupid; smugly foolish; unconsciously foolish intense loyalty fertile, fruitful, productive foul-smelling, putrid doomed to steal appropriate for a child limp, flabby, weak to grow, sprout leaves to repudiate, renounce, disclaim, reject noisy dispute unruly, rebellious wildly frantic, frenzied, hectic to explode with anger excessive, overdone, sickeningly abundant secret, stealthy to deny to dance or skip around playfully crude, socially awkward to begin to grow (as in a seed or idea) to make heckling, taunting remarks fluent in an insincere manner; offhand, casual having to do with knowledge
pompous talk, fancy but meaningless language free, voluntary; unnecessary and unjustified relating to sense of taste worn out by over-use a pompous speech leadership, domination, usually by a country opposed to an established religious orthodoxy tightly sealed very old; whitish or gray from age to farm; manage carefully and thriftily peculiarity of temperament, eccentricity disgraceful and dishonorable type or kind unreal, deceptive to infuse; dye; wet, moisten poor, having no money arrogantly self-assured, domineering, overbearing unwise spontaneous, without rehearsal to call into question, attack verbally having bodily form combustible, flammable, burning easily to teach; impress in the mind to blame; charge with a crime never tired very poor habitually lazy, idle unquestionable unable to move, tending to inactivity incapable of making a mistake original, clever, inventive to bring oneself purposely into another's good graces entrance
167. INNUENDO
indirect and subtle criticism, insinuation sly, treacherous, devious insurmountable, unconquerable to forbid, prohibit someone taking part in a dialogue trespasser; meddler in others' affairs deadly to both sides to insert; change by adding new words or material a space between things clue, suggestion fearless inherent, internal to harden; accustom; become used to confirmed, long-standing, deeply rooted likely to provoke ill will, offensive wandering from place to place, unsettled to shift suddenly from one side to the other belligerent support of one's country jovial, playful, humorous huge force destroying everything in its path philosophy of law fate sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure tearful disapprove angrily relating to precious stones generosity; gift lethargy, sluggishness trickery humor, frivolity, gaiety dictionary, list of words lustful immoral; unrestrained by society clear and simple in style
medicinal liquid used externally to ease pain to treat as a celebrity easily flexed, limber, agile sorrowful, mournful gruesome, producing horror plot or scheme humorous misuse of a word ill-willed; causing evil or harm to others diverse, varied; comprised of many parts strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules overly sentimental sickeningly sentimental mental state with delusions of wealth and power dishonest beggar quick, shrewd, and unpredictable deserving reward or praise menacing, threatening relating to memory; designed to assist memory to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically caustic, biting small particle, speck diverse generous lowest point starting to develop, coming into existence vague, cloudy black magic vicious, evil new word or expression novice, beginner belief that existence and all traditional values are meaningless stinking, putrid harmful, unwholesome
coin collecting to confuse, obscure troublesome, boisterous, unruly having unlimited power having infinite knowledge to move back and forth expulsion, ejection a song of praise or thanksgiving to make less serious, ease cure-all elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise impressive array discussion, usually between enemies of limited scope or outlook, provincial stinginess piece of literature or music imitating other works scarcity, lack minor sin or offense theft of money or goods inclination next to last partial shadow walk about using circumlocution very harmful shrewd, astute, keen-witted persistent, stubborn massed group of soldiers, people, or things narrow-minded person, someone lacking appreciation for art or culture to braid resounding; plaintive applause relating to air; worked by compressed air controversy, argument; verbal attack speaker of many languages to put in position; to suggest an idea principle; law
forerunner, predecessor preference, liking having foresight lack of usual necessities or comforts honesty, high-mindedness originator, forefather, ancestor in a direct line to predict productive, fertile tedious; wordy to make known publicly nearness favorable, advantageous to induce someone to convert to a particular belief or religion lying face downward, lying flat on the ground main character in a play or story, hero prudent, frugal rustic, unsophisticated, limited in scope lustful, exhibiting lewd desires childish, immature, silly beauty an authority or critic cowardly inclined to complain, irritable occurring daily; commonplace a witty, skillful storyteller lighthearted jesting bitter hatred greedy; predatory reestablishing a cordial relationship to tear down, demolish resisting authority or control tendency to repeat previous behavior relating to obscure learning; known to only a few disloyal; cowardly relief from wrong or injury
response to go back on one's word resisting pressure, obstinate meal morally unprincipled person to return or repay interval of relief impatient, uneasy, restless group of attendants with an important person boisterous festivity humorous in a vulgar way a retort very highly ornamented round in shape; fat to contemplate, reflect upon extremely sacred; beyond criticism shrewd, wise lustful healthful ruddy; cheerfully optimistic wise sheath for sword or dagger very small amount to sparkle, flash vulgar, low, indecent behavior promoting rebellion aging, growing old aware, conscious, able to perceive typical of a place of burial angelic, pure, sublime to avoid a task due to laziness or fear to smirk, smile foolishly well-paying job or office that requires little or no work winding; intricate, complex to quench or moderate untidy, messy visit, stay
grammatical mistake belief that the self is the only reality sleepwalker producing a full, rich sound person good at arguing deviously frolicsome, playful filthy; morally repulsive self-restrained, strait-laced extremely loud striped, grooved imposing severe, rigorous standards to block or thwart trick or tactic used to avoid something to soil, stain, tarnish; taint arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condescending rude and bad-tempered characterized by secrecy person devoted to pleasure and luxury self-serving flatterer, yes-man temporary irregularity in musical rhythm vivid description, striking incident or scene something producing a magical effect equivalent in value or significance; amounting to recklessness relating to time; chronological defensible, reasonable belief, doctrine weak, insubstantial a sad poem or song to impede or hamper acute, sharp, incisive; forceful, effective shallow, superficial savage and cruel; fierce; ready to fight swollen, bloated inherent vileness, foulness, depravity beginner, novice
offense, resentment greasy, oily; smug and falsely earnest free, unrestrained clean not favorable; unruly courteous, refined, suave lending money at exorbitant rates empty, void; lacking intelligence, purposeless varied; marked with different colors manly, having qualities of an adult male thick, syrupy, and sticky reduce in value or effectiveness burning, caustic; sharp, bitter to abuse verbally loud, vocal, and noisy speaking much and easily, talkative; glib easily irritated withered, shriveled, wrinkled a ghost fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers highest point, summit