| balmy |
soft, mild, and soothing. |
| deliberately |
intentionally or with premeditation. |
| deplete |
to lessen drastically; exhaust. |
| deprive |
to take away from; not allow to have. |
| excise1 |
a tax levied on the manufacture or sale of certain goods within a nation or state. |
| intellectual |
of or having to do with the intellect. |
| kink |
a tight curl or twist. |
| kinship |
the state or fact of being a relative or relatives, especially by birth. |
| nomad |
a member of a group or tribe that has no fixed home and moves from place to place. |
| premature |
done, happening, or born before the expected time; too soon. |
| quarry |
a large open hole or pit dug for mining stone, marble, gravel, or the like. |
| sanitary |
free from things that can cause infection; clean; sterile. |
| symbolic |
acting as a symbol (often followed by "of"). |
| tamper |
to meddle in something when one is not asked, and so change or damage it (usually followed by "with"). |
| transcribe |
to write or type a copy or full version of (something dictated or heard, shorthand notes, or the like). |