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(N) a person who collects or removes useable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
S: rummager |
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(N) an order having the force of law; (V) to issue such an order; to command firmly or forcefully
S: (N) proclamation, edict; (V) proclaim |
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(ADJ.,ADV) with extreme care or caution
S: (ADV) cautiously, warily, circumspectly
A: (ADV) firmly, confidentaly, aggressively |
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(V) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (N) talk that is playful and teasing
S: (N) joking, raillery
A: (N) serious talk |
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(ADJ) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convection, devient
S: not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional
A: merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional |
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(N) a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea
S: regret, second thought, scruple |
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(N) a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of stretngth or rescources; (Vto fasten with a rope or chain
S: (V) tie up, chain up, leash
A: (V) untie, let loose |
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(V) tireless, continuing with vigor
S: steady, undiminishing, unremitting
A: diminishing, drooping, sagging |
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(V) to be in, or exspose oneself to, pleasant warmth; to take pleasure in opr derive enjoyment from
A: wallow, revel |
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(V) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel
A: hold out, persist |
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(V) to make calm, soothe; to releive, satisfy; to yeild to
S: pacify, mollify, placate, propitiate
A: enrage, provoke, irritate |
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(V) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
S: belittle, downplay, underrate
A: magnify, enlarger, exaggerate |
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(V) to work with, work together
S: team up, join forces
A: work alone |
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(V) to quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry, way; to obtain by argument; to heard; (N) a noisy quarrel
S: (V) squabble, bicker
A: (V) agree, concur |
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(N) a short club used as a weapon; (V) to strike with a heavy club; to ues force or strong arguments to gain some point
S: (N) cudgel; (V) clobber, clout |
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