| derivative |
copied, modeled on, or extracted from something else. |
| diagnosis |
the act or process of finding out the nature of an illness or injury by examining its signs and symptoms. |
| discharge |
to shoot or fire off. |
| educational |
giving knowledge or skill. |
| frigid |
very cold; freezing. |
| gale |
a strong wind of about thirty to sixty miles per hour. |
| haunt |
to come very often and painfully to the mind or memory of (a person). |
| insincerity |
falsity or hypocrisy. |
| measly |
(informal) ridiculously inadequate or unsatisfactory; paltry. |
| mite1 |
a tiny animal that is related to the spider. Most mites are parasites and live on other animals or plants. |
| regain |
to get back; recover. |
| respiration |
the act of breathing. |
| scathe |
to injure with criticism. |
| suffuse |
of a color, liquid, or the like, to spread throughout or across the surface of. |
| tendency |
the fact of being likely to act in some way. |