front 1 gawk | back 1 look with amazement |
front 2 sullen | back 2 showing a brooding ill humor |
front 3 zeal | back 3 excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end |
front 4 random | back 4 lacking any definite plan or order or purpose |
front 5 motto | back 5 a favorite saying of a sect or political group |
front 6 smug | back 6 marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction |
front 7 pantomime | back 7 a performance using gestures and movements without words |
front 8 fossil | back 8 the remains of a plant or animal from a past geological age |
front 9 mishmash | back 9 a random assortment of things |
front 10 modest | back 10 limited in size or scope |
front 11 sprightly | back 11 full of spirit and vitality |
front 12 preamble | back 12 a preliminary introduction, as to a statute or constitution |
front 13 subside | back 13 wear off or die down |
front 14 dwindle | back 14 become smaller or lose substance |
front 15 mesmerize | back 15 attract strongly, as if with a magnet |
front 16 caravan | back 16 a procession traveling together in single file |
front 17 outskirts | back 17 area relatively far from the center, as of a city or town |
front 18 gravitate | back 18 move toward |
front 19 disparage | back 19 express a negative opinion of |
front 20 castanets | back 20 pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone made to click together |
front 21 torrent | back 21 an overwhelming number or amount |
front 22 improvise | back 22 perform without preparation |
front 23 vaudeville | back 23 a genre of variety show with songs, comic acts, etc. |
front 24 raucous | back 24 unpleasantly loud and harsh |
front 25 silhouette | back 25 a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object |
front 26 saunter | back 26 walk leisurely and with no apparent aim |
front 27 clench | back 27 squeeze together tightly |
front 28 stampede | back 28 act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse |
front 29 collide | back 29 crash together with violent impact |
front 30 flinch | back 30 draw back, as with fear or pain |
front 31 wince | back 31 draw back, as with fear or pain |
front 32 vamoose | back 32 leave suddenly |
front 33 wry | back 33 humorously sarcastic or mocking |
front 34 primordial | back 34 having existed from the beginning |
front 35 wistful | back 35 showing pensive sadness |
front 36 squabble | back 36 argue over petty things |
front 37 mull | back 37 reflect deeply on a subject |
front 38 stratum | back 38 one of several parallel layers of material |
front 39 lark | back 39 any carefree episode |
front 40 baffle | back 40 be a mystery or bewildering to |