4904651263 | forebear | a person from whom one is descended; an ancestor | 0 | |
4904653653 | veneer | (n.) - a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, façade | 1 | |
4904659095 | mantel | n. The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it. | 2 | |
4904665034 | prairie | a large area of level or rolling land with grass and few or no trees | 3 | |
4904667299 | abate | (v) Reduce, Diminish, become less in amount or intensity; | 4 | |
4904674882 | influenza | a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh, and often occurring in epidemics. Flu | 5 | |
4904680205 | swivel | a fastening that allows any part joined to it to swing freely; to turn freely around a fixed point | 6 | |
4904686600 | yoke | to link or join together | 7 | |
4904688815 | splice | join together end to end to make one continuous length; fasten together; unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N. | 8 | |
4904693353 | meek | quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive | 9 | |
4904722485 | corral | A fenced area that holds horses cattle or other animals | 10 | |
4904724982 | mezzanine | the lowest balcony in a theater; a partial story between main stories in a building | 11 | |
4904727076 | plateau | A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level | 12 | |
4904735507 | usher | (n.) a person who leads people to their seats, as in church, theater, or stadium | 13 | |
4904740697 | aclove | (n.) nook; recessed section of a room | 14 | |
4904746797 | firmament | (n.) - the sky, the heavens | 15 | |
4904755995 | conscience | A practical judgment of reason that helps a person decide the goodness or sinfulness of an action or attitude. | 16 | |
4904762461 | brim | the projecting edge around the bottom of a hat. | 17 | |
4904771523 | yonder | over there, distant but within sight | 18 | |
4904777655 | chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain | 19 | |
4904777656 | graze | to eat grass that is growing in a field | 20 | |
4904777657 | reckon | expect, believe, or suppose | 21 | |
4904782011 | bluff | a steep, high bank beside a body of water | 22 | |
4904782012 | suture | A stitch made with a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body | 23 | |
4904782013 | myriad | (adj.) consisting of a very great number (It was difficult to decide what to do Friday night because the city presented us with myriad possibilities for fun.) | 24 | |
4904784700 | shoal | a reef or underwater object; a shallow area of water | 25 | |
4904784701 | shallow | having little depth | 26 | |
4904784702 | slump | a type of mass movement that occurs when a mass of materials moves down a curved slope | 27 | |
4904787555 | notch | indentation at the end of a structure | 28 | |
4904790602 | rivulet | a small stream of water | 29 |
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