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requite

Posted on September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 by Lynn

rih kwaIt transitive verb 1.  to return in kind; give or feel in return. She cared for him but could not requite his love.

tarry

Posted on September 26, 2017September 25, 2017 by Lynn

taer i intransitive verb 1.  to delay or postpone starting or acting; linger. If you tarry much longer, you won’t finish in time.

carouse

Posted on September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 by Lynn

k@ raUz intransitive verb to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner. They’d been carousing in the bar and were now staggering home, still singing and shouting.

labyrinthine

Posted on September 22, 2017September 18, 2017 by Lynn

lae b@ rIn thihn  [or]  lae b@ rIn thin adjective 1.  of, resembling, or forming a labyrinth. We followed our guide through the labyrinthine catacombs.

gratuitous

Posted on September 21, 2017September 18, 2017 by Lynn

gr@ tu ih t@s  [or]  grae tu ih t@s adjective 1.  given or done without sufficient reason or justification; unwarranted. The movie’s gratuitous violence earned it low ratings from critics. 2.  given…

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