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belch
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to expel gas suddenly from the stomach through the mouth
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his words were drowned by a long loud belch from Dudley
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throb
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to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity
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his veins were throbbing in his temples
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foul
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offensive to the senses, ugly and detestable
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his foul manners
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simper
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to smile in a silly manner
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a foul, simpering smile
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rapture
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an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion
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she cried rapturously
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drench
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to wet thoroughly (as by soaking or immersing in liquid)
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he was drenched in sweat
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livid
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discolored by bruising, deficient in color: ASHEN, PALLID
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Voldemort's livid face
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jeer
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to speak or cry out with derision or mockery
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a jeering voice
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hitch up
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to move by jerks or with a tug, to catch by a hook
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he hitched up his trousers which were falling off his fat bottom
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chuck
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THROW, TOSS
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dad will chuck you out of the house
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loll
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to act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner: LOUNGE
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while he lolled around eating ice cream
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bait
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something (as food) used in luring especially to a hook or trap
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he shouldn't have risen to Dudley's bait
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falter
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to walk unsteadily: STUMBLE, to speak brokenly: STAMMER
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he heard the voices downstairs falter
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shudder
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to tremble convulsively: SHIVER, QUIVER
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he shuddered as he heard the voice
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aglow
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glowing especially with warmth or excitement
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his orb-like eyes aglow
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clap
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to place, put, or set especially energetically
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he clapped his hand over his mouth
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hoarse
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rough or harsh in sound: GRATING
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a hoarse voice
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chink
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a short sharp sound
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the chink of knives and forks
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bound (v)
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to move by leaping, REBOUND, BOUNCE
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he bounded off the bed
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punch line
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the sentence, statement, or phrase (as in a joke) that makes the point
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you just ruined the punch line of my joke
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flat-footed
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firm and well balanced on the feet
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he stomped flat-footed from the room
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sly
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displaying cleverness
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a sly comment
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wad
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a small mass, bundle, or tuft
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he pulled a wad of envelopes out
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flay
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LASH
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he promised he would flay him to within an inch of his life
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shoo
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to scare, drive, or send away by or as if by crying shoo
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shooed them out of the kitchen
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bear down
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overwhelm
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he was bearing down on Harry with furry
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relent
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to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity: SOFTEN, MOLLIFY
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they were showing no signs of relenting
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rev up
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to step up the number of revolutions per minute of
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he revved up the engine
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hoist
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LIFT, RAISE; especially to raise into position by or as if by means of tackle
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he hoisted them into the car
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pick
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to unlock with a device (as a wire) other than the key
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he took a hairpin and started to pick the lock
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hand (v)
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ADMIT
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you had to hand it to them
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tear
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to move or act with violence, haste, or force
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he tore across the room
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dumbstruck
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made silent by astonishment
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they just stood dumbstruck
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dodgy
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EVASIVE, TRICKY
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that's a dodgy affair
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strut
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to walk with a pompous and affected air
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strutting around the house
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twiddle
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to turn or jounce lightly
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he twiddled the steering wheel
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squirt
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to come forth in a sudden rapid stream from a narrow opening: SPURT
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the tea pot squirted boiling tea all over the place
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peer
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to look narrowly or curiously; especially to look searchingly at something difficult to discern
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peering down through the windshield
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glow
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brightness or warmth of color; especially: REDNESS
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a faint pinkish glow along the horizon
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clump
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a group of things clustered together
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clumps of trees and a patchwork of fields
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jumble
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a mass of things mingled together without order or plan: HODGEPODGE
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a jumble of rubber boots
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peck
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to strike or pierce especially repeatedly with the bill or a pointed tool
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chickens pecking their way across the yard
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jaunty
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sprightly in manner or appearance: LIVELY
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a jaunty winning voice
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cramped
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filled with little empty space
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the kitchen was cramped
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haphazardly
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marked by lack of plan, order, or direction
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she was cooking breakfast a little haphazadly
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cheekily
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insolently bold: IMPUDENT
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he winked cheekily up at them
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betide
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to happen especially as if by fate: BEFALL
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and woe betide if there's a single gnome left in the garden
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emblazon
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to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices
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the bedspread was emblazoned with two giant C's
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helping
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a portion of food : SERVING
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she forced him to eat forth helpings at every meal
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gad about
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to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose — usually used with about
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gadding about with ghouls
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pinch
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as much as may be taken between the finger and thumb
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a pinch of Floo powder
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churn
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to stir or agitate violently
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the sandwich he ate was churning inside him
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sulky
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to be moodily silent
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he looked sulky and bad-tempered
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quell
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to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
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a quelling look
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haggle
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BARGAIN, WRANGLE
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they haggled with the sellers
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jumpy
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NERVOUS, JITTERY
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he felt jumpy and was ready to leave
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bristle (v)
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to be full of something specified
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books bristled with details about the subject
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breakneck
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very fast or dangerous
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the breakneck journey through the tunnel
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jangle
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to make a harsh or discordant often ringing sound
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keys jangling in my pockets
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slurp
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to eat or drink noisily or with a sucking sound
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they slurped their ice cream
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clamor
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to become loudly insistent
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the bag of money was clamoring to be spent
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sidle
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to cause to move or turn sideways
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he tried to sidle back to his friend through the crowd
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limelight
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British: SPOTLIGHT, center of public attention
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he managed to move out of the limelight
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brawl
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to quarrel or fight noisily: WRANGLE
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brawling in public
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mouthwatering
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arousing the appetite
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a mouthwatering treacle pudding
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round off
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to bring to completion or perfection
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they rounded off the evening by singing songs
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reckon
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to regard or think of as: CONSIDER
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he had reckoned without the extra magic added to it
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trundle
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to transport in or as if in a wheeled vehicle: HAUL, WHEEL
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they started the engine and trundled out of the yard
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skid
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to slide without rotating
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the car skidded to a halt in front of them
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break into a run
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to switch to running
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they gathered speed and broke into a run
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rumble
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to travel with a low reverberating sound
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traffic was rumbling along the main road
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pummel
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POUND, BEAT
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they pummeled it hard
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skim
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to remove (as film or scum) from the surface of a liquid, to study superficially
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the wheels of the car skimmed the clouds
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splatter
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to scatter or fall in or as if in drops
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he came back splattered with mud
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bough
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a branch of a tree; especially a main branch
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the gnarled boughs of the tree
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tether
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the limit of one's strength or resources
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the car had reached the end of its tether
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wallop
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to beat by a wide margin: TROUNCE, to thrash or punish severely
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he had been walloped in the stomach with the branch
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awestruck
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filled with awe
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he was awestruck when he saw it
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prop
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to support by placing something under or against — often used with up
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she had the book propped open on the table
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bedraggled
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to wet thoroughly
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a bedraggled owl
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crop up
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to appear unexpectedly or casually
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he wondered when his name was going to crop up
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twinge
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a moral or emotional pang
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another twinge of guilt
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squat (adj)
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marked by disproportionate shortness or thickness
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a squat little witch
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immaculate
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having no stain or blemish: PURE
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an immaculate young man
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whiff
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a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray
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he caught a whiff of the perfume
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nonplussed
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to cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do: PERPLEX
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completely nonplussed, Harry said nothing
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go to one's head
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become snouty about something
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it was bound to go to your head once you had the first taste of it
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bawl
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to cry out loudly and unrestrained: YELL, BELLOW
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he was clearly bawling at the top of his longs
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by sight
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only by seeing
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I know him only by sight
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squirm
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to twist about like a worm: FIDGET
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they squirmed and kicked as they were unwilling to go back into the pot
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traipse
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to walk or travel about, sometimes without apparent plan but with or without a purpose
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everyone traipsed back to the castle for a quick wash
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crackle
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to make small sharp sudden repeated noises
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the wand was patched up but kept crackling and sparking at odd moments
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volley
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a burst or emission of many things or a large amount at once
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the wand let a volley of bangs like a firecracker
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knot
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a cluster of persons or things
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a knot of fifth-years laughed loudly at this
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jovially
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markedly good-humored especially as evidenced by jollity and conviviality
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"it's you", he thundered jovially
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setting one's self up
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bragging and boasting
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if I'm in the picture with you then he won't think you're setting yourself up too much
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rifle (v)
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to propel (as a ball) with great force or speed
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he rifled through the papers in front of the class
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rogue
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a dishonest or worthless person: SCOUNDREL, a mischievous person: SCAMP
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a roguish wink
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blighters
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British: a disliked or contemptible person
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devilish tricky little blighters they can be!
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pandemonium
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a wild uproar: TUMULT
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he opened the cage and it was pandemonium
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nip
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to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points, SNATCH
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just nip the rest of them back into the cages
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off the mark
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out of the spotlight
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we're going to be first off the mark this year
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stupor
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a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility
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he sank into a stupor as Wood droned on and on
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testily
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easily annoyed: IRRITABLE
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he said testily…
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flick
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a light sharp jerky stroke or movement with the finger
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he flicked a speck of dust from his shiny new broomstick
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raffle off
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to dispose of by means of a raffle
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you could raffle off your old broomsticks
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plunk
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to drop abruptly: DIVE
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he plunked a large copper basin in front of him
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slobber
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to let saliva dribble from the mouth: DROOL
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the dog was slobbering over Harry
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squelch
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to emit or move with a sucking sound, as if when drenched in water
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he coughed squelchily into his basin
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retch
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to make an effort to vomit
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he retched and ducked out of sight again
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twinkle
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to shine with a flickering or sparkling light: SCINTILLATE
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his eyes were twinkling
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glimmer
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a feeble or intermittent light
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glimmer of hope
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prattle
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to utter or make meaningless sounds suggestive of the chatter of children: BABBLE
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Lockheart's prattle about his fans
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buff up
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POLISH, SHINE, WAX
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buff up the Quidditch cup
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spate
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a large number or amount
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a sudden spate of cold among the students
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morose
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having a sullen and gloomy disposition
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he muttered morosely
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torrential
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having the characteristic of torrent: a tumultuous outpouring
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torrential rain
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plaster (v)
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COVER, COAT
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someone plastered a slimy substance over the wall
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jowl
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usually slack flesh (as a dewlap, wattle, or the pendulous part of a double chin) associated with the cheeks, lower jaw, or throat
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his jowls were aquiver
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airborne
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done or being in the air
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an airborne menace who caused havoc everywhere
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pasty
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resembling paste; especially pallid and unhealthy in appearance
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his pasty face went brick red
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on tenterhooks
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in a state of uneasiness, strain, or suspense
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he watched him on tenterhooks
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smoulder
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to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke
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the animal was smouldering on the table
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singe
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to burn superficially or lightly: SCORCH
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his hair singed as he got near the fire
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berth
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an amount of distance maintained for safety
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he was being given a wide berth by the other students
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portly
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DIGNIFIED, STATELY
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a portly ghost approached the table
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putrid
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being in a state of putrefaction: ROTTEN
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putrid fish
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lank
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not well filled out: SLENDER, THIN, hanging straight and limp without spring or curl
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lank hair
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guffaw
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a loud or boisterous burst of laughter
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he gave a hearty guffaw
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daub (v)
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to coat with a dirty substance
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words had been daubed with blood on the wall
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flurry
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a brief period of commotion or excitement
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there was a flurry of movement across the hall
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punctuate
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to break into or interrupt at intervals
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his comments were punctuated with her sobs
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blotch
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IMPERFECTION, BLEMISH
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his blotched and tearstrained face
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stifle
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to kill by depriving of oxygen: SUFFOCATE
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he stifled a snigger
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blanch
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to take the color out of
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she blanched when she heard the insult
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trance
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a sleeplike state (as of deep hypnosis) usually characterized by partly suspended animation with diminished or absent sensory and motor activity
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the question made the student jerk out of his trance
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blearily
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dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep
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he gazed blearily around the room and continued
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reedy
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made of or resembling reeds; especially: SLENDER, FRAIL
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his dry reedy voice
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torpor
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a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
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within five minutes the class went back to its usual torpor
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shunt
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to turn off to one side: SHIFT
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they were shunted along in the throng
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scorch
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CUT, SLASH
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scorch marks on his body
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gurgle
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to flow in a broken irregular current
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gurgling sobs
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haul
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to exert traction on: DRAW, also to bring before an authority: SUMMON
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Harry was hauled to the front of the class several times
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pounce
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to swoop upon and seize something with or as if with talons
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he pounced and took the creature
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screw up
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work up, amass
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he screwed up his remaining strength for a last attack
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loopy
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CRAZY, BIZARRE
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a loopy person, soon to turn loony
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git
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a foolish or worthless person
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a brainless git
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muggy
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being warm, damp, and close
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a muggy sort of day
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leaden
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made of lead, lacking spirit or animation
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the leaden sky
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speckle
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to be distributed in or on like speckles
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rain was speckling his glasses
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twirl
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to revolve rapidly
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he had to do a twirl in midair to avoid the bludger
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toddle
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to walk with short tottering steps in the manner of a young child
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toddle up to the hospital wing
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tut-tut
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used to express disapproval or disbelief
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she tut-tutted about dangerous sports the whole evening
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ebb
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the reflux of the tide toward the sea
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he felt his anger ebb away
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acrid
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sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : IRRITATING
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the acrid smell of the jet of steam hissing out of the engine
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apoplectic
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of a kind to cause or apparently cause stroke; also: greatly excited or angered
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he was apoplectic with rage
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worm [out of]
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to obtain or extract by artful or insidious questioning or by pleading, asking, or persuading
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to worm a confession out of him
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waspish
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SNAPPISH, PETULANT: INSOLENT, RUDE, characterized by ill humor: PEEVISH
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waspish remarks
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fizz
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to make a hissing or sputtering sound: EFFERVESCE
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the firework began to fizz and sputter
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lob
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to throw, hit, or propel easily or in a high arc
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he lobbed it into the cauldron
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lumber
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to heap together in disorder
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they all lumbered up to the teacher's desk
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swig
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a quantity drunk at one time
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a swig of antidote
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froth (v)
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to cause to foam
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the potion frothed and bubbled
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bare (v)
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to make or lay bare: UNCOVER
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he watched him bare his teeth
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skitter
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to glide or skip lightly or quickly
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he skittered through the crowd
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fluster
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to move or behave in an agitated or confused manner
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he stood flustered in the midst of them
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docile
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easily led or managed: TRACTABLE, OBEDIENT
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a docile pony
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stout
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BRAVE, DETERMINED, OBSTINATE, STRONG
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a stout boy
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bandy
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to toss from side to side or pass about from one to another often in a careless or inappropriate manner
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that's not the kind of thing you bandy about everywhere you go
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smithereens
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FRAGMENTS, BITS
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blasted into smithereens
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drumroll
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a roll on a drum or its sound
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his heart was doing a kind of drumroll against his ribs
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curt
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sparing of words : TERSE, CONCISE, BRUSQUE
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she gave him a curt answer
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whir
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to fly, revolve, or move rapidly with a whir
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hummingbirds whirring past
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tatter
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to make ragged
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a shabby tattered hat
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limp (adj)
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lacking firm texture, substance, or structure
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the hat hung limply in his hand
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grubby
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DIRTY, GRIMY
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grubby hands
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decrepit
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wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
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a decrepit-looking bird
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derelict
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abandoned especially by the owner or occupant; also: RUN-DOWN
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a derelict building
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skirt (v)
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to go around or keep away from in order to avoid danger or discovery
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he was tired of people skirting around him as he passed
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antic
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an attention-drawing often wildly playful or funny act or action: CAPER
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their antics made him feel unconfortable
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bout
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OUTBREAK, ATTACK
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they were planning a new bout of rule-breaking
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comeuppance
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a deserved rebuke or penalty
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he'd be getting his comeuppance in a few hours' time
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keel over
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to fall in or as if in a faint
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they both keeled over backward onto the floor
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stow
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to put away for future use: STORE
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they safely stowed them in the closet for future use
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bristle
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a short stiff coarse hair or filament
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he yanked out a couple of bristles from Crabbe's head
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glutinous
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having the quality of glue: GUMMY
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a glutinous potion was boiling in the cauldron
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splotch
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SPOT, BLOTCH
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she reread the splotched pages of the book
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dollop
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an amount given, spooned, or ladled out: PORTION
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she ladled large dollops of the potion into the glasses
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writhe
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to twist into coils or folds, WRENCH, INTERTWINE
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his insides started writhing as he drank the potion
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silhouette (v)
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the outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass
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they were all silhouetted around the fireplace
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contort
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to twist in a violent manner
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his face was contorted in fury
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uptake
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UNDERSTANDING, COMPREHENSION
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the two sycophants were always slow on the uptake
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petulant
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insolent or rude in speech or behavior: PEEVISH
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he said it in a petulant way
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ado
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time-wasting bother over trivial details
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without further ado
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straw
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the last of a series (as of events or indignities) that brings one beyond the point of endurance
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this is the final straw, I can't take it anymore!
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seep
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to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings: OOZE
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water seeped in through the crack
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sop
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a piece of food dipped or steeped in a liquid
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the sopping floor
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nondescript
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belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind: not easily described
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the book lay on the floor, nondescript and soggy
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lurid
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MELODRAMATIC, SENSATIONAL
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lurid pink flowers
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sly
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displaying cleverness: INGENIOUS
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the sly old bloke
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rove
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to move aimlessly: ROAM
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roving around the room
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barge
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to move ponderously or clumsily
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they kept barging into the classroom
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holdup
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DELAY
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he caused a holdup in the corridor
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mirth
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gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
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they were crying with mirth
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upset
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to force out of the usual upright, level, or proper position: OVERTURN
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he nearly upset his ink bottle in his attempt to quickly write back
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wizen
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to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
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a wizened frail-looking wizard
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contraption
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DEVICE, GADGET
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no whirring silver contraption
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furrow
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to make furrows, grooves, wrinkles, or lines in
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his forehead furrowed
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stockstill
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very still: MOTIONLESS
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he was standing stock-still and watching
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spread-eagle
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to stand or move with arms and legs stretched out: SPRAWL
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he lied spread-eagled in their bed
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go to lengths
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to try anything
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he'd have gone to any lengths to get a hold of the diary
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coop
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a cage or small enclosure (as for poultry)
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the monster was cooped up in that room
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tack
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a course or method of action; especially : one sharply divergent from that previously followed
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he decided to try a different tack
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knotty
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so full of difficulties and complications as to be likely to defy solution
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he asked the knottiest question
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raucous
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disagreeably harsh or strident: HOARSE
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a loud and raucous party
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pore over
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to read or study attentively
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he pored over a list of subjects
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strew
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to spread by scattering
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the leaves were strewn over the ground
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grumble
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to mutter in discontent
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they were grumbling about the match being canceled
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stub (v)
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to strike (one's foot or toe) against an object
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he stubbed his toe against something sharp
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slab
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a thick plate or slice (as of stone, wood, or bread)
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a slab of fruitcake
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rumple
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to make unkempt: TOUSLE
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rumpled gray hair
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swathe
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to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage
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he was swathed in a black cloak
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graze (v)
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to touch lightly in passing
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his hair grazed the ceiling as he passed
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irk (v)
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to make weary, irritated, or bored
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an irksome contest
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stalk (n)
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the main stem of an herbaceous plant often with its dependent parts
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he tipped an armful of withered stalks onto the compost heap
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pudgy
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being short and plump: CHUBBY
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pudgy hands
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stiffen one's resolve
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make him stronger and more determined
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the image only stiffened his resolve to find him
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trickle
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a thin, slow, or intermittent stream or movement
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a trickle of spiders lined up and moving along the wall
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facedown
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with the face down
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he sled facedown into the pit
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hollow
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an unfilled space: CAVITY, HOLE
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the spider lived in an immense hollow
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fretful
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disposed to fret : IRRITABLE, RESTLESS
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he acted in a fretful manner
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snap off
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detach itslef
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the side mirror snapped off as the car hit a branch
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teeter
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to move unsteadily: WOBBLE, WAVER, VACILLATE
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teetering on the edge of revealing information
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wan
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suggestive of poor health: SICKLY, PALLID, FEEBLE
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he looked tired and wan
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scrunch
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to draw or squeeze together tightly: CRUNCH, SQUEEZE
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a note was scrunched in her hand
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have a crack at
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an attempt or opportunity to do something
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her first crack at writing a novel
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crack
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the moment of
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the crack of dawn
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bungle (v)
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MISHANDLE, BOTCH
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the bungled affair
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slog
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to plod (one's way) perseveringly especially against difficulty
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if you want fame you must be prepared for a hard slog
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relish
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to eat or drink with pleasure
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the moment was relished
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level out
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to attain or come to a level
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the pipes leveled out 20 feet under
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draw level
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converge into an alined position
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he drew level with the pillars
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confide in
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to show confidence by imparting secrets
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he confided everything in her
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lunge
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to thrust or propel (as a blow) in a lunge
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he lunged its tail in his direction
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writhe
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to twist into coils or folds: INTERTWINE
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writhing and twisting
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hoodwink
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BLINDFOLD, to deceive by false appearance: DUPE
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hoodwinked by his dark magic
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give a start
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a sudden involuntary bodily movement or reaction
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he gave a start when he saw him
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impale
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to pierce with or as if with something pointed
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impaled upon your own sword
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recede
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to grow less or smaller: DIMINISH, DECREASE
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squeals of pain receding from around the corner
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grow on someone
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get used to something
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shame he's gone, he was starting to grow on me
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