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| small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout. |
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| rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party. |
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| the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness: a designer of great ingenuity. |
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| a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp. |
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| desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance. |
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| to move or force into violent, irregular action: The hurricane winds agitated the sea. |
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| to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax. |
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| tending or seeking to evade; characterized by evasion: an evasive answer. |
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| to persuade (a person) by such words or acts: She wheedled him into going with her. |
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| terse and full of meaning or substance |
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| a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc. |
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