Vocabulary Word
Word: quaff
Definition: drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment);
Definition: drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment);
Sentences Containing 'quaff'
Yea, verily, hearts alive, we'd brew choice punch in the spread of his spout-hole there, and from that live punch-bowl quaff the living stuff."
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::: rapacious - voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds
::: conifer - pine tree (usu. evergreen); cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen
::: sedulous - diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N. sedulity
::: misanthrope - one who hates mankind; misanthropist
::: sinuous - twisting; winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
::: benevolent - generous; charitable; having a wish to do good
::: sinecure - well-paid position with little responsibility; CF. sine cure: without care; CF. San Serif
