| adorn |
to add beauty to; decorate. |
| broker |
a person whose business is to negotiate buying and selling, especially of stocks or real estate, on another's behalf. |
| chafe |
to abrade, irritate, or wear away by rubbing. |
| chronicle |
an account of events, told in the order in which those events took place. |
| classify |
to put or order into groups of similar things. |
| embed |
to set firmly in some surrounding material. |
| fray |
to wear or rub thin. |
| infusion |
the act, process, or result of infusing. |
| lexicon |
the set of terms used by an individual, a particular group, or a profession; vocabulary. |
| off-key |
not on the right musical note or pitch; flat or sharp. |
| perishable |
likely to spoil or rot in a short time. |
| smug |
confident of or satisfied with oneself to the point of annoying other people; complacent. |
| turbulent |
marked by episodes of unrest, turmoil, violence, or the like. |
| typhoon |
a hurricane that occurs in the western Pacific area and the China Sea. |
| venom |
the poison that certain snakes, insects, scorpions, and other animals produce. Venom is put into prey by biting or stinging. |