Monkey's Paw

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  1. aghast
    struck with fear, dread, or consternation
  2. amiably
    in a friendly manner
  3. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  4. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  5. beady
    small, round, and shiny
  6. bedclothes
    coverings that are used on a bed
  7. betoken
    be a signal for or a symptom of
  8. bibulous
    given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
  9. blotchy
    marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots
  10. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  11. burly
    muscular and heavily built
  12. condole
    express one's sympathy on the occasion of someone's death
  13. courting
    a man's courting of a woman
  14. doggedly
    with obstinate determination
  15. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  16. enthral
    hold spellbound
  17. fakir
    a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk regarded as a holy man
  18. fitful
    occurring in spells and often abruptly
  19. furtive
    secret and sly
  20. fusillade
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  21. grimace
    contort the face to indicate a certain mental state
  22. henpecked
    harassed by persistent nagging
  23. hysterical
    characterized by a state of violent mental agitation
  24. ill-gotten
    obtained illegally or by improper means
  25. inaudible
    impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
  26. installment
    a payment of part of a debt
  27. intercept
    seize, interrupt, or stop something on its way
  28. interpose
    introduce
  29. leastways
    if nothing else
  30. liability
    the state of being legally obliged and responsible
  31. malign
    speak unfavorably about
  32. marred
    blemished by injury or rough wear
  33. mutilate
    destroy or injure severely
  34. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  35. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  36. proffer
    present for acceptance or rejection
  37. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  38. pulsate
    expand and contract rhythmically
  39. reverberate
    ring or echo with sound
  40. rubicund
    having a healthy reddish color
  41. shamefaced
    showing a sense of shame
  42. simian
    relating to or resembling an ape or a monkey
  43. visage
    the human face
  44. wistfully
    in a pensively sad manner
Created on 七月 16, 2010 (updated 七月 19, 2010)

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