Question | Answer |
of your voice : to produce sound in an unsteady way especially because you are afraid or nervous: tremble | quaver |
to separate and go in different directions | scatter |
to produce a clear liquid from your skin when you are hot or nervous : sweat | perspire |
to quickly eat all of (something) especially in a way that shows that you are very hungry | devour |
to hit against (something) repeatedly | pelt |
to go forward quickly without control | careen |
to hit the side of a vehicle with the side of another vehicle | side-swipe |
A thin, sharp piece of something such as wood, glass, etc.) that has broken off a larger piece : sliver | splinter |
to push or drive (someone or something) forward or in a particular direction | propel |
the section on a passenger ship in the past where passengers who had the cheapest tickets would stay | steerage |
to have pock-marks, small permanent circular scars on the skin, especially one left by smallpox, chickenpox, or acne | pock-marked |
to hold tight, as by grasping or embracing | cling |
to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly | skitter |
a series of steps between one floor or landing of a building and the next floor | flight |
a dirty mark or smear | smudge |
an untrained or inexperienced person | greenhorn |
decrease the noise made by (something) | muffle |
inflamed or made raw, as a part of the body | irritated |
extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture:emaciated | gaunt |
a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a city | tenement |
having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information | naive |
common and in some cases deadly infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria that mainly affects the lungs; (old-fashioned) consumption | tuberculosis |
a very tall building in a city | skyscraper |