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jeer skit assess jest abdicate condone parody accord conventional recreation allege counsel to evaluate or determine the worth of a short, funny play to make fun of to forgive to give up power to joke traditional; ordinary to be in agreement a humorous imitation to advise to d...

jeer skit assess jest abdicate condone parody accord conventional recreation allege counsel to evaluate or determine the worth of a short, funny play to make fun of to forgive to give up power to joke traditional; ordinary to be in agreement a humorous imitation to advise to declare something is true without proof something done for fun debunk sustain kinetic decree ambiguous obscure inquiry amorphous remote ratify itinerant writhe motion to support to prove false hidden; hard to see unclear an order or command far away without shape a request for information to twist constantly moving for work to approve; usually a law akin extol deficient amiable placate insolent congenial animosity irate equivalent debilitating notorious lacking an essential part to praise related to; alike disrespectful; rude to quiet down; to appease friendly; good-natured enraged hostility agreeable having a bad reputation weakening; harmful equal to profane barrage quiver recalcitrant brig plight warlock hovel rue abyss indictment benign container for arrows; to shake rapidly a flood to abuse; put to ill use a bad situation prison on a ship stubborn; disobedient to regret a shack male witch harmless having been charged with a crime a deep, bottomless pit exquisite imply eradicate immaculate lament excavate robust reminiscence fundamental illuminate dormant innate to wipe out; to get rid of to express indirectly beautifully designed to dig up to express grief; to mourn perfectly clean; no dirt basic; an essential part a fond memory of the past healthy; strong not learned; possessed at birth temporarily inactive; asleep to light up; to make clear merge inscribe toil adept novice vend facet procure vigor ingenuity tenacious wane to work hard to write or etch words into a surface to blend together to sell a beginner very skilled with great energy to obtain; to get an aspect of something decrease in size or strength stubborn; sticking to a belief innovation; creativity admiring brash jubilant ambivalent cautious objective analyze dubious sarcastic biased ironic skeptical overly joyful bold regarding with approval or respect not influenced by personal opinion; just the facts careful having mixed feelings about something using witty language to insult doubtful; not convincing use logic to figure something out doubtful having an unintended meaning preferring one side over another somber arid exasperate subjective delusion gaunt temperament despair impediment abominable dread laden to make very angry or inpatient extremely dry, like a desert very serious; dark and gloomy very thin and bony a false idea or opinion influenced by personal opinion; not objective an obstacle; something that gets in the way hopelessness; to lose hope your usual mood or behavior weighed down with something heavy to be very afraid of really horrible or unpleasant parch revile extinct pungent scorn hackneyed rancid authentic hoary repugnant era obsolete no longer existing to criticize with abusive language to make very thirsty over-used and old-fashioned to abuse; treat with no respect sharp biting taste or smell very old; gray from old age genuine and true; not fake having a nasty taste or smell out of date; no longer useful a period of time (usually in the past) highly disgusting; offensive posterity concede obdurate premise contrition obstinate retrospect implore pardoned absolved indignant penitent stubborn to give; to surrender all of a person's descendants stubborn deep regret for doing something wrong an essential fact that others are based on forgiven to beg or ask earnestly the review of past events; hindsight to feel sorry for doing something wrong feel insulted about an injustice or wrongdoing freed from guilt or blame placate adage oration revere assert preamble abridge cumulative ail academic genre bewilder a formal speech an old saying to please; to make less angry introduction to formal document to strongly state a viewpoint to deeply respect or admire to be sick increasing over time to shorten in length to confuse specific style of art or literature having to do with school or education confound dilute squalid crevice distort circulate decompose quibble evacuate deteriorate rift fluctuate appearing dirty to weaken; to add water to a solution to puzzle or confuse to spread around to bend out of shape a narrow crack, usually in a rock to leave or withdraw to complain about little things to decay; to break down to shift back and forth or up and down a narrow break to get worse