v. to shorten; to reduce in length compress; to diminish; to make brief (*) engender (*) abbreviate (*) constrain (*) waive

v. to free from guilt; to declare innocent (*) exculpate (*) saturate (*) beseech (*) enhance

adj. in few words; brief; condensed; succinct; short yet comprehensive (*) awry (*) improvident (*) concise (*) trite

adj. softening or soothing to the skin; having power to soften or relax living tissues (*) inconclusive (*) emollient (*) benign (*) azure

adj. awkward; lacking social grace; crude; tactless; clumsy (*) brindled (*) nascent (*) toxic (*) gauche

adj. extremely talkative or wordy; loquacious; chatty (*) determinate (*) bilateral (*) garrulous (*) capricious

adj. without preparation; spontaneous (*) precipitate (*) hypocritical (*) loquacious (*) impromptu

n. person who eats and drinks to excess; overeater (*) glutton (*) prattle (*) materialism (*) analogy

adj. constant and unending; unceasing; continuous (*) aghast (*) infamous (*) incessant (*) cognizant

adj. crooked; uneven; unsound; twisted (*) awry (*) immaculate (*) connotative (*) brusque