Words List

To suddenly and secretly leave, especially to avoid being caught or facing legal consequences.

To cause confusion or become confused.

To openly declare or confess; assert one's beliefs or opinions without hesitation.

To prevent a sailing vessel from moving by depriving it of the wind; causing a state of calm or stillness in the surrounding air.

To smear or spread something, typically a substance, all over a surface, resulting in a soiled or besmeared appearance.

To make morally bad or evil; to vitiate; to corrupt.

To carefully see something that is unclear or distant; to discern or espy by looking attentively.

To cause confusion, discomfort, and discouragement; to make someone feel uneasy or disconcerted.

To instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.

To pour out, shed, or disseminate; for example, the town effuses warmth and hospitality.

To see something in the distance; to catch sight of.

To strongly irritate or provoke; to cause extreme annoyance or frustration.

To expel matter, such as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting.

To give something the properties of a magnet or to make it into a magnet.

To cover or wrap something in order to reduce or block the sound, as exemplified by muffling drums.

To close, shut, or block a passage, opening, or any similar pathway.

To repay or return for services, benefits, or similar actions.

To criticize or mock someone or something using satire.

In geometry, to stretch under or be positioned opposite to, such as a chord subtending an arc.

To represent as a typical example; to illustrate or embody a particular quality or characteristic.

To hesitate or be unsure in one's thoughts or opinions; to be indecisive or irresolute.

To speak or cry out loudly or noisily; shout; bawl.