WOTD Week 15

Pacify

• to have a calming effect

• to pass out, to faint

• to worry

• to act immature; feeling young

Bilk

• to flip something upside down

• to build; get stronger or increasing strength

• to defraud, cheat or swindle; escape paying one's debts

• to drink milk or a liquid at a fast pace

Expedite

• to join or unite together

• to speed up the progress of something

• to keep from proceeding; to delay

• to keep in custody; to confine

Commuter

• a person who travels from home to work and back

• a person who walks everywhere

• a person who works on computers

• a person who drives fast; reckless

Mar

• to outwit; to overcome

• shocked; frightened; terrified; taken back

• to render less attractive, less useful; to spoil to a certain extent

• to be in terror of; to anticipate with distaste or reluctance

Genteel

• polite; refined

• a low wall or railing

• to run; to go hastily or lightly

• a loser or predicted loser in a struggle or contest

Rue

• flexible; exercise so as to become limber

• a cheap quality

• to become weaker; to be unsteady

• to feel regret or sorrow

Plumb

• straight up and down, vertical; completely, utterly

• a feeling of illness; a disturbing feeling

• enthusiastic public praise and approval

• to give approval or support

Prone

• to speak aloud in front of an audience

• insignificant; of little value

• tending or inclined to something; lying flat

• deserted, abandoned, neglected

Wilt

• to become limp, to droop down; to be deprived of energy

• to go after and bring back

• to become saddened by someone else

• to dance freely; free-spirited