study of language or words

quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)

nook

remove (fleece or hair) by cutting

calm and unexcitable

pause

an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people)

place into a case

morbid fear

withdrawal

make unfriendly or hostile

small roofed structure for storage and shelter

symbol of immortality or rebirth

habitual return to crime (even after being punished)

supplying nourishment

pure

piebald

count

relieve (pain)

new growth from a plant

coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)

hermit

assign

scolding woman

steal things of small value

make friendly again (after quarrel)

mixture as of metals

clever

plunder

abstruse

refer indirectly

make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)

punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory

survey of enemy by soldiers

entice

shake uncontrollably

squeeze between the thumb and a finger, or other edges

narrate or tell (a story)

pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

mix together

long for

resorting to help when in trouble

money or goods given to the poor

keep away from

restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs

disloyal

upward

move (a railway train) from one track to another

small boat

countercharges

apart

lawyer using questionable methods

peak

set right

noisy quarrel

brother or sister

devout

moral correctness

unselfishly generous

prophetic

pleasantly tart-tasting

reclining

combination of different things

relating to stars

irritation

recover

(of societies or groups) combine

switch (a railroad car) to a siding

pertaining to fishing

occurring again and again

collect (gradually, in a very large amount)

put through a sieve to separate fine from coarse particles

hidden danger

odorous

female warrior

expressing a meaning

core or marrow

formidable

capable of using either hand with equal ease

sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)