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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| why | 1. for what? for what reason, cause, or purpose? 2. for what cause or reason. |
| night (nightless, adjective nightlessly, adverb nightlike, adjective) | 1. the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise. 2. of or relating to night: |
| cry (cry, noun, plural countercries. ) | 1. to utter inarticulate sounds, especially of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears. 2. the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail. |
| quit ( quittable, adjective unquitted, adjective) | 1. to stop, cease, or discontinue: 2. to depart from; leave (a place or person) |
| flight (fightable, adjective fightability, noun fightingly, adverb outfight, verb) | 1. a battle or combat. 2. any contest or struggle |
| try (pretry, verb (used with object), pretried, pretrying. retry, verb, retried, retrying.) | 1. to attempt to do or accomplish 2. to test the effect or result of (often followed by out). |
| sigh (sigher, noun outsigh, verb (used with object unsighing, adjective.) | 1. to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief. 2. to yearn or long; pine. |
| might (mightless, adjective.) | 1. simple past tense of may. 2. (used to express possibility. |
| write (miswrite, verb (used with object), miswrote, miswritten, miswriting.) | 1.to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: 2. to express or communicate in writing; give a written account of. |
| twice (1. two times; on two occasions or in two cases: he coughed twice 2.double in degree or quantity: twice as long) | 1. two times, as in succession. 2. on two occasions; in two instances. |
| bright (brightish, adjective brightly, adverb overbright, adjective overbrightly, adverb) | 1. radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining. 2. filled with light. |
| fight the act of fleeing or running away, as from danger 2. put to flight, to cause to run away; rout 3. take flight, take to flight, to run away or withdraw hastily; flee. | 1. the act, manner, or power of flying. 2. the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object. |
| sight (sightable, adjective sighter, noun resight, verb (used with object) undersight, noun.) | 1.the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision. 2. an act, fact, or instance of seeing. |
| since (during or throughout the period of time after: since May it has only rained once.) | 1.from then till now (often preceded by ever. 2. between a particular past time and the present; subsequently. |
| shy (shyer, noun shyly, adverb shyness, noun.) | 1. bashful; retiring. 2.easily frightened away; timid. |
| quick (quickness, noun unquick, adjective unquickly, adverb unquickness, noun.) | 1. done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate. 2.that is over or completed within a short interval of time. |
| high over high, adjective over highly, adverb. | 1.having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically lofty tall. 2.having a specified extent upward. |
| sky (skyless, adjective skylike, adjective) | 1. the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth. 2.the heavens or firmament, appearing as a great arch or vault. |
| fly (flyable, adjective flyability, noun nonflyable, adjective reflyable, adjective unflyable, adjective) | 1. to move through the air using wings. 2. to be carried through the air by the wind or any other force or agency. |
| rise (half-rise, noun rerise, verb, rerose, rerisen, rerising. unrisen, adjective) | 1.to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position. 2. to get up from bed, especially to begin the day after a night's sleep. |
| white (half-white, adjective unwhite, adjective.) | 1. of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light. 2.light or comparatively light in color. |
| right (rightable, adjective half-right, adjective, noun unrightable, adjective unrighted, adjective.) | 1.in accordance with what is good, proper, or just. 2.in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle; correct. |