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These gold coin were used in some old European countries.
What is a ducat?
Some people's blood cannot do this, so they cannot take medicine that may thin the blood.
What is to coagulate?
She got paid to address envelopes during the campaign season, but she said the work was very _______________.
What is tedious?
The first thing the predator did was rip open the prey's stomach and devour the innards, something a butcher would consider as the ____________.
What is offal?
Did the emperor of the Tang Dynasty need those 40,000 concubines, or was he just ____________?
What is wanton?
Intergalactic space travel happens in this.
What is the firmament?
When a person walks out onto the ledge of a skyscraper, the other people do this to try to get him/her not to jump.
What is expostulate?
This word is the opposite of simple and shallow meaning.
What is profound?
This word is synonymous with a feudal lord.
What is a liege?
The plague is very harmful, so we can give it this adjective.
What is pestilent?
This little hawk and his brothers wait for adult hawks to feed them.
What is an eyas?
Thou shalt not _______________ asunder what the Lord thy God has joined together.
What is cleave?
If I wear a cowboy hat, ride a horse, speak with a drawl, and go out of my way to be polite and respectful, am I the ___________________ example of an Oklahoman?
What is quintessential?
A weaver has to make this before it can be hung as artwork on the wall.
What is an arras?
This verb means to gather info bit by bit.
What is glean?
Roadkill is another word for this.
What is carrion?
A person who determines the content and quality of a tract of land gets paid to do this.
What is assay?
If you write in a wordy way, your writing is not this.
What is succinct?
What is a diadem?
"Do you mean to tell me" is a modern way to say "Do you _____________ to tell me"
What is purport?
The bald, rocky formations jutting up around the coastline are called this.
What is a promontory?
I would as _______________ do that as I would willingly jump off a cliff!
What is fain?
We asked the lawyer if he was charging for the first meeting, but he said it was _________________.
What is gratis?
When Joseline didn't know Romeo existed, and later when he learned Juliet was a Capulet, he felt a great degree of this.
What is melancholy?
A big 'ole eye booger is an example of this, but so is the watery discharge that drips from your nose sometimes when you've sneezed.
What is rheum?