| complain |
to express pain, sadness, or unhappy feelings about something. |
| dissect |
to cut open or apart in order to examine. |
| graze1 |
to feed on growing grass. |
| initial |
(usually plural) the first letters in a person's name. |
| merriment |
lighthearted and happy enjoyment, especially in the company of others; gaiety; mirth. |
| mime |
to act or portray with hand and body gestures only. |
| petrify |
to turn into stone. Minerals left behind by water petrify wood by replacing woods cells when they die. |
| proceed |
to move forward after a stop. |
| publish |
to prepare and bring out for sale for the public to read. |
| recent |
having to do with or happening in the very near past. |
| redden |
to blush. |
| slender |
slim in an attractive way. |
| spiral |
curving or circling around a fixed point but moving farther away or nearer to it. |
| strongly |
with great certainty or passion. |
| wed |
to take as husband or wife in a legal ceremony; marry. |