List Words
Pretentious
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.
Minimum
The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.
Unchristian
Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.
Deepen
To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.
Worsen
To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
Unroll
To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.
Trustworthy
Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty.
Various
Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors.
Eccentric
Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.
Guiltless
Free from guilt; innocent.
Prorated
of Prorate
Pampering
of Pamper
Identic
Identical.
Pied
of Pi
Requital
The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, ..
Substantiate
To make to exist; to make real.
Pluckless
Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
Touchstone
Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
Swerve
To stray; to wander; to rope.
Vagrant
Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
Offhand
Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses.
Shrewd
Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.
Neutral
Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.
Hunt
To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.
Argus-eyed
Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.
Touching
of Touch
Pry
A lever; also, leverage.
Ascertained
of Ascertain
Delve
To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.
Subsistence
Real being; existence.
Embodying
of Embody
Plummet
A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
Distributed
of Distribute
Mutilate
Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
Turbulence
The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.
Defile
To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
Underworld
The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth.
Ticktack
A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.
Bewitch
To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.
Misrender
To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly.
Gnaw
To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to..
Muddy
Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.
Remedy
That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
Molest
To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.
Snipe
Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
Freakish
Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.
Mummify
To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.
Strappado
A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocate..
Heretofore
Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past.
Flippant
Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
