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| tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way |
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| tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way |
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| to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
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| refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
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| habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
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| to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontations, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
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| capable of being held or defended |
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| to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
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| straying or wandering form a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
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| in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice fo a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type |
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| a legendary bird identified with the king fisher; (adj) of or relating ot the halcyon; clam, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent |
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| deliberatelky setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who cause strife |
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| nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment |
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| open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
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| tomove in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
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| to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry |
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| to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate |
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| to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression |
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| a formal statement of commendation; high praise |
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| lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable |
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| stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative |
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| developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic |
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| language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression |
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| having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity |
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| a fortified place, stronghold |
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| floating debris/homeless or impoverished people |
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| to gather bit by bit, collect |
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| humorous, jesting, joking |
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| biting or caustic in thought or manner, sharply or bitterly harsh |
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| a prickly plant/ to irritate severely |
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| consisting of or measured in money |
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| cowardly or mean spirited |
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| (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) |
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| (v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of ; enfeeble, hamstring |
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| (adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive |
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| (n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or conciousness |
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| (n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify |
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| (n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify |
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| (n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack |
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| (n.) a crude image of a despised person |
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| (n.) the state or quality of being just or fair |
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| (n.) the state or quality of being just or fair |
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| (n.) keenness in observing and understanding |
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| (adj.) complete in all aspects; absolute |
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| (n.) careful, close, and disciplined observation |
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| (n.) careful, close, and disciplined observation |
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| (adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation |
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| (v.) to object or take exception to; (n.) an objection |
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| (adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy |
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| (adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way |
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| (adj.) far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive |
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| (adj.) very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied |
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| (v.) to assert without proof or confirmation |
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| (adj.) out-and-out, shameless, blatant |
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| (n.) light and playful conversation |
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| (n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement |
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| (n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
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| (adj.) lacking spirit or interest; halfhearted |
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| (n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list |
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| (adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject |
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| (n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth |
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| (v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of |
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| (v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out |
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| (adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood |
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| to claim or take without right |
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| swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
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| swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
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| (adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private secret |
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| not usual or expected; not in character |
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| founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical |
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| founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical |
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