Words List

To voluntarily refrain from engaging in a particular activity, especially when it is considered improper or unhealthy; often followed by "from."

To gradually gather or collect, often increasing over time; to heap up, as in accumulating wealth.

To look at with a sense of wonder, pleasure, or approval.

To make something easier to endure, lessen, or mitigate, such as alleviating sorrow or alleviating pain.

To disturb or bother a person in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates.

To determine or find out something with certainty or assurance; to discover the facts or truth.

To become awake or cause someone or something to wake up.

To immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism.

The simple past tense and past participle of the verb "burn."

To hold or treat with affection; to feel love for something or someone, such as one's native land.

To forcefully strike against each other or one against the other; experience a violent impact or crash.

To force or drive someone to take a particular action.

To force, compel, or oblige someone to do something.

To tend to meet at a point or line; to incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.

To draw a conclusion from known or assumed information; to infer.

To subtract or take away, especially from a total or amount.

To eat the main meal of the day; have dinner.

To live or stay permanently; to reside.

To provide necessary gear or tools for a specific purpose, such as preparing a ship or an army.

To remove by rubbing or scraping, typically letters or characters that are written or engraved.

To stimulate or provoke the emotions or feelings of someone; to incite a reaction, often by arousing passion or enthusiasm.

To securely attach or fix something in place to another object.

To complete all the details and put something into its final form.

to set into motion abruptly, often by using a quick motion like a snap of the fingers, causing an object to turn over in the air.

To cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.

To persistently disturb or bother, causing torment and distress, often with troubles or cares; to pester.

To place or set something to be endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc., such as taxes.

To guide or persuade someone through influence, leading them to take a particular action or adopt a certain state of mind.

To restrain, hinder, arrest, or check an action, impulse, or similar occurrence.

To make someone feel timid or fill them with fear.