accosted

verb / uh-kos-tid / accost / accosts / accosting to approach and speak to someone in a challenging way I SAW a man pursuing the horizon;Round and round they sped.I was disturbed at this;I accosted the man.“It is futile,” I said,“You can never” — “You lie,” he cried,And ran on. Stephen Crane (I Saw a Man)

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acid

adjective / as-id / acidic / acidly / acidness / nonacid / preacid (Emotions) a way of speaking that causes irritation or discomfort (Seeing) extremely vibrant, possibly irritating, in color (Smelling) violently pungent odor (Tasting) sour in flavor (Touching) leaving a stain As Harry and Ron rounded the clump of trees behind which Harry had first heard the dragons roar, a witch leapt out from behind them. It was Rita Skeeter. She was wearing acid-green robes today; the Quick-Quotes Quill […]

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dwindled

verb / dwin-dl / dwindle / dwindling to gradually diminish in size and splendor The fire that we kindled,A beacon by night,When darkness has dwindledGrows pale in the light. George William Russell (Truth)

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fuzzy

adjective / fuhz-ee / fuzzier / fuzziest / fuzziness / fuzzily / (Touching) Covered in short fur or having an unclear surface(Seeing) Blurry and difficult to identify(Patterns & Shapes) Having unclear or blended edges where assumptions are made (Emotions) Warm and sentimental I had a dream about you. I opened your chest like a cabinet, it had doors, and when I opened the doors, I saw all kinds of soft things inside you–teddy bears, tiny fuzzy animals, all these soft, […]

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