(N) SHORTNESS

(V) TO BEAR ONESELF OR TO BE IN AGREEMENT

(ADJ) EXPRESSING MUCH IN A FEW WORDS

(ADJ) SOBER OR SERIOUS IN MANNER

(N) A LESSENING IN VALUE, BELITTLING

(V) TO LOWER IN QUALITY OR VALUE "WEAR AWAY"

(V) TO TELL, REVEAL; TO MAKE PUBLIC

(ADJ) FREE FROM IGNORANCE AND FALSE IDEAS

(V) TO PREVENT BY ACTING FIRST

(V) TO DISTORT IN A WAY TO MAKE UNINTELLIGIBLE

(N) ONE WHO PUTS FORWARD A PROPOSAL OR SUPPORT A CAUSE

(V) TO SHAKE, TREMBLE; TO TRILL

(V) TO SPRING BACK (N) THE ACT OF SPRINGING BACK

(V) TO MAKE UP FOR, REGAIN

(N) UNPLEASANT SMELL (V) TO GIVE TERRIBLE ODERS

(ADJ) UNYIELDING, HARSH, WITHOUT PITY

(N) A SMALL STREAM

(V) TO SPEND FOOLISHLY, WASTE

(ADJ) DETACHED OR DISCONNECTED IN SOUND OR STYLE

(N) A LAW THAT NEEDS TO BE OBEYED