A Fatal Misstep

The exercise was created 2025-12-05 by LovisaEngelholm. Question count: 29.

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  • quaver shake slightly
  • disobey refuse to follow instructions, defy
  • stiff here; high, steep
  • penalty here: fine, price
  • vast enormous, extensive
  • tangle untid/confused mass, jumble
  • mere simple
  • conduct arrange, carry out
  • sway move slowly and rhythmically from side to side
  • envelop enclose, surround
  • finicky requiring or showing great attention to detail
  • annihilate destroy
  • expendable disposable, of little importance
  • throttle choke, strangle
  • wax literary grow, becoming larger
  • teeming crowded, full
  • infinitesimal formal, tiny
  • disproporation formal: imbalance
  • resilient hardy, strong
  • coil curl, twist
  • save here; formal; but, except for
  • talon claw
  • remit here; pay back, settle
  • wrench pull hard, yank
  • gush flood, spurt
  • gauze thin transparent fabric
  • valve tap, regulator
  • mooring place where something is fixed or tied
  • fumble move your hands around clumsily

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