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| (v) To clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt |
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| (n) A representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; (v) To present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way |
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| (n) A loud ringing sound; (v) To make a loud ringing noise |
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| (adj.) Side by side, touching; Near; Adjacent in time |
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| (n) An eager desire for something; Greed |
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| (adj.) Harmful, injurious |
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| (v) To raise to a higher degree; To increase the value or desirability of |
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| (v) To captivate, charm, hold spellbound; To enslave; To imprison |
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| (v) To lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses |
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| (adj.) Implied or understood though unexpressed; Without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; Potentially contained in |
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| (adj.) Sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness) |
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| (adj.) Marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy |
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| (n) A model of excellence or perfection |
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| (v) To restate in other words; (n) A statement that presents a given idea in new language |
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| (adj.) Prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; Artful, expedient |
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| (adj.) Dull, lacking in distinction and originality; Matter-of-fact, straightforward; Characteristic of prose, not poetic |
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| (adj.) Making a show of virtue or righteousness; Hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
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| (adj.) Extra, excess, more than is needed; Wordy, repetitive; Profuse, lush |
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| (adj., part.) Sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities) |
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| (adj.) Charming, attractive, pleasing )often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence) |
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| noun, an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place |
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| adj, likely but not certain to happen, possible, happening by chance; Noun, a representative group forming part of a larger body |
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| verb, to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring in by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion |
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| verb, to confirm, make more certain |
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| adj, moderate, sparing; characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
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| adj, highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, overdecorated, showy |
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| adj, deserving of blame or correction |
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| adj, passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
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| adj, poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness |
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| adj, deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
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| adj, having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
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| adj, capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized |
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| verb, to make or become dry or withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling |
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| verb, to satisfy completely, to fill to excess; adj, full, satisfied |
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| adj, awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
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| verb, to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly |
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| noun, an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
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| adj, extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
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| adj, leaping, jumping, or springing forth, prominent, standing out; noun, a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
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