Embroidered-Fusty

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    • Def (adj.): (of cloth) decorated with patterns sewn on with thread.
      • “She bought an ___ dress at the store.”
      Embroidered
    • Def (adj.): (of a design) sewn on cloth with thread.
      • “A floral pattern was ___ on the jeans.”
      Embroidered
    • Def (n.): brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence
      • “She had the ___ to ask if he was okay.”
      Gall
    • Def (v.): publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm; to mock
      • “The business owner ___ his workers. No wonder people keep leaving.”
      Lampoon
    • Def (v.): (of the soul) pass into a different body after death; to cause to go from one state of existence or place to another
      • “According to my grandma, after death, our souls ___ to another body.”
      Transmigrate
    • Def (adj.): introduced but not fully naturalized
      • “The ___ weeds began to adapt to the environment slowly.”
      Adventive
    • Def (adj.): having limbs adapted for running; adapted to or involving running
      • “We saw ___ animals at the zoo.”
      Cursorial
    • Def (v.): to be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future
      • “The extra essay ___ well for your chances of admission.”
      Augur
    • Def (n.): great wisdom or sound judgment
      • “My math teacher had an air of ___.”
      Sapience
    • Def (n.): the act of proving that a person or an argument is wrong 
      • “The debate team prepared a ___.”
      Confutation
    • Def (n.): an intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding.
      • “As we stepped in the room, we had a ___ about what was about to happen.”
      Presentiment
    • Def (n.): a blank page at the beginning or end of a book.
      • “The superstar wrote a message on the admirer’s book’s ___.”
      Flyleaf
    • Def (n.): a reflective looking inward : an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings 
      • “I spent an afternoon of ___.”
      Introspection
    • Def (adj.):  relating to, having the character of, or constituting precedent
      • “This case has no ___ value.”
      Precedential
    • Def (adj.): having a changeable luster or color with an undulating narrow band of white light
      • “I admired the cat’s ___ eyes.”
      Chatoyant
    • Def (adj.): impossible to understand or interpret; not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood; mysterious 
      • “We analyzed the ___ documents.”
      Inscrutable
    • Def (v.): make (something abstract) more concrete or real; to consider or represent (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing : to give definite content and form to (a concept or idea)
      • “The teacher ___ this field into concrete ideas.”
      Reify
    • Def (adj.): (of a person) having a good understanding of things; perceptive; astute 
      • “She was a ___ woman who always understood others’ emotions.”
      Percipient
    • Def (n.): someone employed to do unskilled jobs in a kitchen in the past.
      • Anaïs worked as an ___ for five years.”
      Scullion
    • Def (v.):  instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action); to incite, to provoke 
      • “Kai ___ Jennie to do the crazy things she did.”
      Forment
    • Def (adj.): smelling stale, damp, or stuffy.
      • “The ___ smell strangled us.”
      Fusty
    • Def (adj.): old-fashioned in attitude or style; outdated, out of date 
      • “He wore a ___ outfit to the party, so the invitees derided him.”
      Fusty
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