A-Z-33 — Words

To indulge with attention, comfort, and kindness

To provide what someone wants or demands even though it is not proper, good, or reasonable.

To make or become dry through intense heat.

To ward off a weapon or attack, especially with a countermove

A sudden sharp pain or painful emotion

A person who is easily taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something

A repeated light tapping

A large or protruding abdomen or stomach

A cause of annoyance

A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something

Energy or enthusiasm

A thing on which a bird alights or roosts, typically a branch or a horizontal rod or bar in a birdcage

A very small amount of something, indicating that it has little importance or worth

Cheerful and lively

Lively and high-spirited

Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar

Look quickly, typically in a furtive manner

A very poor person

Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness

A feeling of gloom

Serious and immediate danger

An ideal or idyllic place or state

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Confusing and difficult to understand

To overcome resistance with tremendous force

A quick and typically furtive look

To change a system, process, or organization in a major way.

The way two things can share space, features, or time.

Overwhelmed with emotions or mental strain due to excess pressure.

To go beyond what is proper, reasonable, or safe—especially in power or ambition; to stretch too far and fail as a result.

Done or shown openly, without any attempt to hide or conceal.

To flood or overload someone or something, or to overpower emotionally.

Showing diligence and thoroughness in completing a task.

A solution or remedy for all problems or difficulties.

A sudden, uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing irrational behavior or chaos.

To feel or experience sudden, uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often leading to irrational actions.

More important than anything else; of utmost importance; dominant or supreme.

Unreasonably or obsessively suspicious or fearful, especially of others' intentions.

To forgive someone for a crime or wrongdoing, and end imprisonment or bad feelings.

A powerful desire or drive, a strong and intense emotion.

To strike or bite something lightly and quickly.

A record of ancestry or lineage, showing its background or origin.

Having no money at all; completely broke.

The outer edge or boundary of an area or object, outside the central focus.

To cease to exist or come to an end; disappear or be destroyed.

Continuing firmly or stubbornly despite challenges or opposition.

The standard or expected level of performance, quality, or ability.

Full of danger or risk; hazardous.

Unusual or odd, often in a way that is distinctive or not easily understood.

So powerful or intense that it is difficult to resist, cope with and manage.

Pleasant or acceptable to what was expected; tasty or enjoyable to eat.

An outcast, someone who is disliked and rejected.

A situation or idea that seems strange because it involves two aspects that are very different and seem to contradict each other, and both may be true.

To defeat or overcome with superior strength, force, or pursuasiveness.

To enter something and move through it.

To spread through something and be present in every part of it.

Friendly and easy to get along with

To become involved with or take part in something with other people

To continue in a course of action even in the face of great difficulty.

To fail to see or notice something.