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| to quibble, find fault frivolously |
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| an informal word for finding fault over minute/trivial details |
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| to match exactly, occupy the same time or place |
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| sameness of the essential character of two objects, situations, or points of view |
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| to work together, cooperate |
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| secret agreement/collaboration for a fraudulent purpose |
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| to excuse by seeming to overlook, treat as if trivial |
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| excuses a person temporarily from a penalty he must still pay |
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| pardon/cancellation of sins, debts, or taxes; denotes the lessening or abating of a disease/pain for a time |
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| release from sins/errors; complete forgiveness, especially by religious authorities |
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| free one from blame for a crime or other offense one was accused of committing |
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| pardon for political crimes against a regime |
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| meditate upon, gaze at, to intend/plan |
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| to restrain through fear/doubt, hinder/discourage |
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| to convince one should not even try |
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| to restrain by making deeply aware of the dangers/problems |
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| to urge strongly to the point of forbidding, prohibiting, or taking legal action to prevent |
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| to reduce ones eagerness so he no longer has incentive |
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| to shake/weaken courage to the point where one gives up |
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| to make one feel ashamed, uneasy, or unwise in contemplating an action |
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| to make one afraid in an attempt to prevent |
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| to belittle, speak slightingly of |
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| to ridicule or make fun of |
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| to give the lowest estimate of value/importance |
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| to make derogatory remarks |
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| to scorn, despise, or undervalue merits |
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| heat/considerable noise emerge |
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| come forth (words or inanimate objects) |
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| filter gradually through a porous surface or substance |
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| obtain something from (a specified source) |
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| to serve as an example of |
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| lively willingness, briskness |
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| liveliness plus enthusiasm and spirit |
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| burning eagerness/enthusiasm/zeal |
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| aliveness/zest/vivacious activity |
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| slander, false/malicious statements |
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| obscene, coarsely jocular defamation |
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| shame/vexation/humiliation |
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| a predicament, agonizing choice |
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| inability to deal with or understand something complicated or unaccountable |
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| a deadlock/dilemma with no acceptable solution/escape |
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| a puzzle, mystery, perplexing situation |
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| learning, scholarly knowledge (book smarts) |
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| worldly knowledge of what to eat, wear, do (street smarts) |
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| fruitfulness, productiveness |
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| act of sacrificing or being sacrificed |
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| new method/custom/major change |
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| going on board/launching (romantic) |
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| businesslike beginning of a method/system/plan/affair |
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| poetic beginning hinting initial beauty/perfection |
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| the act of beginning/leading off |
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| formally putting a plan into operation/a person into office |
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| a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another |
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| an absurd pretense intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance |
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| a confusing and difficult problem or question |
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| a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze |
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| A statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that... |
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