Glossary
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B
C
D
E
F
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H
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J
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L
M
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O
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Z
A
abiding-place
abreast
ambuscade
amenities
antagonist
appeasement
arduous
aristocrat
aurora borealis
avail
averred
B
babel
battering ram
at bay
belligerent
besetting
boded
brumal
Dat one dam bully dog
C
cadences
cajole
callous
callowness
capsized
care a whoop
Druther break cayuses any day
cessation
chaffering
Chafing
Chinese lottery
chivalrous
clannish
cold-tubbing
commingled
communion
conciliated
conjuration
copious
coy
Cunning
D
'tween-decks
deft
deluged
demesne
diabolically
discomfited
disconsolate
dispatches
divined
docilely
dog-breakin'
domesticated
E
ebbed
economy
eloquent
enticed
ere
expediency
F
fastidiousness
fawned
feigned
ferine
Fivescore and odd
forebears
forevalued
frothing
G
gee-pole
the goose hang high
grub
H
hankering
harking
huskies
hydrophoby
hysteria
I
ignominiously
impeachment
impede
imperiously
importuned
inarticulate
incarnate
inexorable
inflammation
innocuously
insular
introspective
J
jangling
jubilant
jugular
K
L
lacerated
loaf
lolling
lope
lugubriously
M
malignant
malingerer
manifestly
metamorphosed
moccasins
monotonous
morose
multitudinous
muses
N
nomadic
O
orthodox
overhauled
P
palmated
palpitant
pandemonium
paroxysms
pell-mell
perambulating
peremptorily
pertinacity
placatingly
pompous
potent
precipitate
primeval
primordial
progeny
ptarmigan
Pullman
Q
quoth
R
rampant
ramshackle
ravenous
recesses
remonstrance
repose
repugnance
resiliency
retrogression
riotously
We've had our little ruction
S
salient
sated
shirked
shrewd
shunned
slake
slipshod
snub
soliloquized
sombre
sou
spasmodically
steeped
strove
superfluous
supremacy
surcharged
swarthy
T
tallow
tangible
tenderfoot
the mould was broke
thoroughfare
time-graven
toiled
tote
traces
transient
travail
tuition
U
uncouth
uncowed
V
vicarious
vigil
vigor
W
waxed
weazened
whale the stuffin' out of you
wheedlingly
wheeler
whoso
wonted
X
Y
Yeehats
Z
zeal
besetting
Definition
Troubling, tormenting.
Example Sentence
Crime was besetting the city.