Attractive because of being unusual and especially old-fashioned.
Quaint
Suddenly filled with strong feelings of shock and worry.
Aghast
Wireframes
An unkind expression on your face that shows you do not respect or approve of someone or something.
Sneer
A box-shaped container, without a top, that is part of a piece of furniture. It slides in and out to open and close and is used for keeping things in.
(Bedside) drawer
Having a rough mark on the surface.
Scuffed
A long, narrow space between rows of seats in an aircraft, cinema, or church.
Aisle
Dead or decaying flesh.
Carrion
Thin fog produced by very small drops of water collecting in the air just above an area of ground or water.
Mist
Tight or completely stretched.
Taut
To push something or someone gently, especially to push someone with your elbow to attract the person's attention.
Nudge
An unpleasant situation that you can accept or deal with.
Bearable
Not in the intended manner, or out of position, or wrong.
Awry
A man who is paid to murder someone.
Hitman
An alcoholic drink made from grain and hops (= a type of plant).
Beer
Someone or something that has great skill or perfect style.
Polished
A name chosen by a writer to use instead of using his or her real name when publishing books.
Pen name
To change something slightly, especially in order to make it more correct, effective, or suitable.
Tweak
In the direction of the longest side.
Lengthwise
A thick covering for the hand, used for taking hot things out of an oven.
Oven mitt
Great ability or skill.
Prowess
A long roll of paper or similar material with usually official writing on it.
Scroll
(Of clothes) torn and not in good condition. (Of a person) Untidy, dirty, and wearing old, torn clothes.
Ragged
Anger.
Ire
Tending to move unsteadily from side to side.
Wobbly
To cause something to be not straight or exact; to twist or distort.
Skew
A covering for a bed, made of two layers of cloth with a layer of soft filling between them, and stitched in lines or patterns through all the layers.
Quilt
A group of different types of something.
Assortment
Without stopping, or seeming to have no end.
Ceaseless
Mud, dirt, or a sticky natural substance such as animal waste.
Muck
A slight smell, carried on a current of air.
Whiff
Unusual, funny, and pleasant ideas or qualities.
Whimsy
In the air, or carried by air or wind or by an aircraft.
Airborne
To join two pieces of rope, film, etc. together at their ends in order to form one long piece.
Splice
A device for removing corks from bottles, that consists of a handle with a twisted metal rod to push into the cork and pull it out.
Corkscrew
In the air or in a higher position.
Aloft
A deep, rough sound, usually made in anger.
Snarl
A person who serves customers in a shop.
Clerk
Relating to teaching that is intended to help people who have difficulties in reading or writing.
Remedial
To annoy someone by not doing or saying what they want.
Cross
The part of society, including employers and people who run large companies, that has most of the money and power which it gets from the work of ordinary people.
Burgeoisie
Cut into thin strips.
Shredded
(Especially of animals) Not wild or dangerous, either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans.
Tamed
To hit and kick someone, usually to frighten or threaten them.
Rough someone up
Something that fails to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent, in a way that is shocking or offensive.
Travesty
To stay in a public place without an obvious reason to be there.
Loiter
Angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people.
Sullen
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