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Word: suffuse

Definition: spread through or over (with a color or liquid); charge; Ex. A blush suffused her cheeks.


More Vocab Words

::: militant - combative; bellicose; N.
::: contumacious - stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)
::: recondite - abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret
::: slovenly - untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless
::: purveyor - furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V. purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF. provide
::: banal - hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich\'ed
::: protocol - diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport.
::: sturdy - strong and firm (in the body)
::: extemporaneous - not planned; impromptu; extempore
::: spurn - reject disdainfully; scorn; Ex. She spurned all offers of help.