buhm bəl intransitive verb 1. to act or speak clumsily or blunderingly. He bumbled around the kitchen in the dark. She bumbled here and there during her speech. transitive verb to spoil…
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carom
kae rəm intransitive verb to strike and rebound from another object or surface (usu. fol. by off). The baseball caromed off the wall.
bastion
baes chən noun 1. a pentagon-shaped portion of a rampart or fortification that projects outward. From the bastion of the castle, they could see the army advancing. 2. a fortified or well-protected…
mesmerize
mez mə raIz verb to induce a hypnotic trance in; hypnotize. The psychiatrist spoke in a lulling voice when he mesmerized his patients. to hold the attention or compel the obedience of,…
utopia
yu to pi ə noun (often cap.) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, esp. in its laws, ethics, and customs. In his vision of utopia, there would be…