| ambiguous |
having more than one possible meaning. |
| bate |
to moderate or control; restrain. |
| brood |
to think or worry a lot about a single subject (usually followed by "on" or "over"). |
| developmental |
of or having to do with how someone or something grows and evolves from the earliest stages. |
| encase |
to enclose. |
| fuse2 |
to become merged by or as if by melting together; amalgamate; coalesce. |
| incline |
to slope or slant. |
| insure |
to guarantee against loss or harm with an insurance policy. |
| intervene |
to enter a situation so as to change what is happening. |
| prolong |
to add length to or make last longer. |
| pulverize |
to make into powder, as by crushing, grinding, or pounding. |
| renew |
to make like new; restore. |
| scrounge |
to seek out and gather, especially by salvaging scraps (often followed by "up" or "together"). |
| subscribe |
to agree to pay for a certain number of issues of a publication such as a magazine. |
| temptation |
the condition of being lured or enticed by the possibility of pleasure to do something unwise or wrong. |