temperature just below the boiling point | simmer![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to be thrown off balance or fall back | reel![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
handle clumsily | fumble![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment | writhe![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
1. a mannequin; 2. a man short in stature | manikin![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
arising from impulse; spontaneous and unthinking | instinctive![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to fall straight down; plunge | plummet![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to wave or swing vigorously; thrash | flail![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
1. an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion; 2. a ghost or an apparition | phantom![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
the act or an instance of breathing out | exhalation![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to make impure or unclean by contact or mixture | contaminate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air | hover![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
a bright trail or streak that appears in the sky when a meteoroid is heated to incandescence by friction with the earth's atmosphere | meteor![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative | musk![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
on guard; watchful | wary![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
happening, existing, or done at the same time | simultaneous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
1. a form or part that is folded or coiled; 2. a complication of form or structure; 3. one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain.
| convolution![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
devastation; ruin | desolation![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life | Ecclesiastes![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |