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Cartoon Vocabulary  (List 20)

1.    assail (verb)            to attack violently
(ah SAIL)
Link:    SAIL

2.    quail (verb)            to shrink with fear; to cower; to
(kwayl)            lose heart and courage
Link:      QUAIL (bird)

3.    dwell (verb)            to remain for a time; to reside; to focus
(dwel)                attention on; to speak or write about at length
Link:     HILL

4.    quell (verb)            to extinguish; to put down or suppress by force
(kwel)
Link:  QUILT

5.    quaff (verb)            to drink heartily
(kwaf)
Link:  GIFAFFE

6.    estrange (verb)        to alienate; to treat as a stranger; to turn an
(eh STRAINJ)            affectionate attitude into an unfriendly one
Link:  STRANGE

7.    disconcert (verb)        to disturb the composure of; upset; to frustrate;
(dis cun SURT)        (as a plan) by throwing into disorder
Link:  THIS CONCERT

8.    annex (verb)            to add or attach
(an NEKS)
Link:  NECKS

9.    espouse (verb)            to adopt; to support
(eh SPOWZ)
Link:  SPOUSE

10.    reproach (verb)        to express disapproval of
(rih PROHCH)
Link:    COACH

Extra 5 words:  voracious, wretched, xylem, yacht, zoology