Putnam's Word Book by Louis A. Flemming
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bit, n. morsel, fragment, scrap, crumb; mite, ace, scintilla, particle, whit, iota, tittle, grain, atom, jot, molecule, speck, mote. bit by bit. piecemeal. bitch, n. slut; whore. bite, v. champ, nibble, chew; sting, smart, tingle; take hold of, adhere; nip, blight, blast. bite, n. mouthful; wheal. biting, a. stinging, sharp, cutting, sarcastic, caustic, scathing, bitter, satirical, pungent, piquant; nipping, blasting; erosive, corrosive, acrid, mordant. bitter, a. acrid, acerb; poignant, intense; calamitous, distressing, virulent, acrimonious; implacable. bitterness, n. acridity, acerbity; gall, wormwood; poignancy, intensity, severity; rancor, malice, malignity, implacableness. bizarre, a. fantastic, whimsical, grotesque. blab, n. babbler, blabber, telltale.--v. tell, tattle. black, a. sable, ebon, inky, Stygian, Cimmerian, lowering, murky; Ethiopian, Papuan, negro. |
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