Words List

To enhance or improve by adding new touches, highlights, or adjustments, as seen in activities like refining a painting or adjusting makeup.

To move quickly or hastily; dart.

To produce a harsh and high-pitched cry or sound, often characterized by a shrill and piercing quality.

To formally withdraw from an alliance, federation, or association, such as a political union or religious organization.

Past participle of slay.

To breathe with hoarse or harsh sounds during sleep, caused by the vibrating of the soft palate.

To cause death by compressing the throat, hindering the intake of air, typically accomplished by using hands or a tightly drawn cord.

In Bacteriology, "subculture" refers to the act of cultivating a bacterial strain once again, this time on a new medium.

To fall forward, as if having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.

To make something or someone stronger or more resilient; or to become stronger or more resilient.

To remove or pull out something, typically plants or objects, by or as if by the roots.

To involuntarily open the mouth widely with a deep inhale, often accompanied by sighing or a heavy exhale, typically due to drowsiness or boredom.