Words

to gradually and artfully work one’s way into

to suggest or imply

artificial channel for water

(past) offended

drain crossing under a road

provincial in outlook

to contract to receive monetary compensation for loss of property, life, and so on

paying careful attention

to interfere to help work out an agreement

to step in to prevent something from happening

increase or extend (power, authority, etc.)

to stick something in amongst others (especially one or more words into a text)

to estimate an intermediate value in a table by taking an average of the surrounding values

aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor

difficult to manage

extremely careful about detail

difficult to manipulate, treat, or cure

orderly and systematic

refusing to compromise

a person who is uncompromising

puzzling because of complicated structure or directions

difficult to follow or understand

ooking within one’s self and analyzing one’s inner thoughts and feelings

a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, but not using like or as (which would make it a simile), for example, “raining cats and dogs,” but not “that pepper is as hot as fire”

an abusive term

quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)

to undergo metamorphosis

strong criticism

violent language

showing or resulting from quick temperedness

to change in form or in nature

any one of two or more elements that share the same atomic number, but have different atomic weights

and nothing else

a side post or any part of a frame for a window or door

a pillar of ore

to act as an advisor or teacher

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