pallor pal-lor \'pal-er\ n [L, fr. palle^-re to be pale -- more at FALLOW] (1656) :deficiency of color esp. of the face: PALENESS ameliorate ame-lio-rate \e-'me^-l-ye-,ra^-t, -'me^--le^--e-\ vb -rat-ed; -rat-ing [alter. of meliorate] vt (1790) :to make better or more tolerable ~ vi :to grow better indignant in-dig-nant \in-'dig-nent\ adj [L indignant-, indignans, prp. of indignari to be indignant, fr. indignus unworthy, fr. in- + dignus worthy -- more at DECENT] (1590) :filled with or marked by indignation -- in-dig-nant-ly adv crone c rone \'kro^-n\ n [ME, fr. ONF carogne, lit., carrion, fr. (assumed) VL caronia -- more at CARRION] (14c) :a withered old woman flailing a beating by a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely daft- daft \'daft\ adj [ME dafte gentle, stupid; akin to OE gedaefte mild, gentle, ME defte deft, L faber smith] (14c) 1a: SILLY, FOOLISH 1b: MAD, INSANE 2 Scot: frivolously gay -- daft-ly adv -- daft-ness \'daf(t)-nes\ n suspicion- 1sus-pi-cion \se-'spish-en\ n [ME, fr. L susicion-, susicio, fr. suspicere to suspect -- more at SUSPECT] (13c) 1a: the act or an instance of suspecting something wrong without proof or on slight evidence: MISTRUST 1b: a state of mental uneasiness and uncertainty: DOUBT 2: a slight touch or trace syn see UNCERTAINTY 2suspicion vt sus-pi-cined; sus-pi-cin-ing \-'spish-(e-)ni{nj}\ chiefly substand (1637) :SUSPECT lechery lech-ery \'lech-(e-)re^-\ (13c) :inordinate indulgence in sexual activity: LASCIVIOUSNESS 1