Words in February
The cost to ride a bus or subway
fare
Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure
leisure
As a noun, it's a flat boat; as a verb, it's often used with "in" & means to rudely interrupt
barge
Centennial
100
In a Grimm fairy tale, he's Gretel's brother
Hansel
Extremely uncommon, or how I like my steak
rare
The occasional misspelling is noticable on a telecast like "Jeopardy!"
noticeable
It's the white space around printed matter
margin
Triennial
3
Claw & ball-peen are types of these
hammer
Exercise rail used by ballet dancers
barre
If you supersede the competition, you will excede all expectations
exceed
Wash one's mouth and throat with a liquid kept in motion by exhaling through it.
gargle
Septennial
7
In times of national mourning, the U.S. flag is flown this hyphenated way
half-staff (or half-mast)
Grain for sandwich bread
rye
We want you to be committed to catagorizing your collectibles cohesively
categorizing
A type of pants or shorts with many pockets
cargo
Quadricentennial
400
Figuratively speaking, when you make peace with someone, you "bury" this ax
hatchet
For Mercury it's only 88 days long
a year
The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best
accommodations
I'm so sluggish & apathetic; I'm so this that I can hardly finish reading the cl...
lethargic
Novennial
9
Si! In Spanish-speaking countries, it's a large estate or the main house on such a property
a hacienda