Etymology chapter 2

bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate

movies; motion-picture industry

overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious

overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify

arouse by words; advise; strongly; urge

specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how; expertness

excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety

make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex

brazen boldness; nerve

lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; isipid; jejune; vapid

compensate for loss, damgae, or injurym reimburse; repay

west; countries of america and europe

read; look at fairly attentively; study

struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple

thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject

fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a sholarship winner

close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision

moderately warm; lukewarm

• risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet
• noun-bet

decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink