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Daub: (verb) to coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance in a carelessly rough or liberal way. | |
Demure: (adjective) (of a woman or her behavior) reserved, modest, and shy. | |
Demoralized: (adjective) having lost confidence or hope; disheartened. | |
Frowzy: (adjective) having a messy or dirty appearance | |
Immortalize: (verb) to cause (someone or something) to be remembered forever | |
Loam: (noun) a fertile soil of clay and sand | |
Luminous: (adjective) producing or seeming to produce light | |
Rumpled: (noun) a fold or wrinkle | |
Stripling: (noun) young person | |
Sardonic: (adjective) grimly mocking or cynical. | |
Scorn: (noun) the feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt. | |
Tribulation: (noun) a cause of great trouble or suffering. | |
Repressed: (adjective) restrained, inhibited, or oppressed | |
Monetarily: (adjective) of or pertaining to money | |
Intrigue: (verb) to arouse curiosity or interest | |
Eccentric: (adjective) deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc. ;irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd | |
Immoral: (adjective) violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics. | |
Impulse: (adjective) done suddenly and without planning: resulting from a sudden impulse | |
Proposition: (noun) offer; proposal | |
Incredulous: (adjective) not able or willing to believe something : feeling or showing a lack of belief | |
Astounded: (adjective) overwhelmed with astonishment or amazement | |
Authentic: (adjective) real or genuine : not copied or false | |
Scoff: (verb) speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way | |
Vague: (adjective) not clear in meaning : stated in a way that is general and not specific | |
Transistor: (noun) a small device that is used to control the flow of electricity in radios, computers, etc. |