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hull - NOUN
• the lowest most portion of a ship
• the shell of a seed, fruit or nut
VERB to remove the hull
hulling, hulled
concoct - VERB
• to make or prepare as in cooking,
• to devise or contrive, concoct an excuse like lying
concocter, concoctor, noun
concoctive, adjective
mellow - mel-low - ADJECTIVE
• soft and full flavored from ripeness, as in fruit
• soft and rich as in sound, tones color and light
• jovial (happy)
mellow-ly, adverb
mellowness, noun
bungalow - bun-ga-low NOUN
• a cottage
• a single storied house originated in India
deplete - de-plete VERB
• to get rid of totally - comes from Latin depletus
depleted, depletion, depletable
torrid - tor-rid ADJECTIVE
• giving off intense heat
• passionate
torrider, torridest
contraption ADJECTIVE
Etymology: perhaps blend of contrivance, trap, and invention
• device or a gadget
con-trap-tion
exhaust - ex-haust VERB OR NOUN
• to tire completely
• to draw off or let out completely
• to consider or discuss thoroughly
(exhaust all your possibilities)
exhausted, exhaustion
tentative: ten-ta-tive ADJECTIVE
• shy
• hesitant
• done as a trial or experiment
tentatively, adverb
tentativeness, noun
dinghy - din-ghy NOUN dinghies
• a type of small boat carried by a larger vessel
• a rubber life raft
summon - sum-mon VERB
sum·moned, sum·mon·ing, sum·mons
• to call forth
feverish - fe-ver-ish ADJECTIVE
• to have symptoms of a fever
• marked by intense emotion, activity or instability
feverishly, adverb
feverishness, noun
brew VERB
• to make or prepare a beverage
• to concoct in an improvised manner with strange ingredients
• to contrive or bring about
brews, brewing, brewed
clench VERB
clenched, clenching
• to hold fast
• to set or close tightly
lack-a-dai-si-cal
• lacking life, spirit, or zest
• lazy, indolent
lackadaisical - adjective
lackadaisically, adverb
lackadaisicalness, noun
hamlet - NOUN ham-let
• a legendary Danish prince and hero of Shakespeare's play Hamlet
• a small village
• a village without a church of its’ own
mull VERB
mulled, mulling
• to grind or mix thoroughly
• to consider at length
lethargic - ADJECTIVE
• indifferent
• sluggish
• apathetic
lethargical, lethargically
cleft NOUN
• a space or opening made by splitting
muster NOUN mus-ter
• an act of assembling
• to gather or summon
• to gather troops
• to come together, collect and gather
defunct - de-funct NOUN
• no longer living, existing or functioning
defunctness - ADJECTIVE
rupture rup-ture VERB or NOUN
• open hostility between nations: war
• tearing apart of tissue
• breaking apart
rupturable
grit VERB or NOUN
• firmness of mind or spirit.
makeshift - NOUN
• emergency, or temporary
• substitute
resource re-source NOUN
• a source of supply or support
• an ability to meet or handle a situation
resourceful
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