Wordscapes Level 3540 Answers

ELM

a tall deciduous tree that typically has rough serrated leaves and propagates from root suckers

EMU

a large flightless fast-running Australian bird resembling the ostrich, with shaggy grey or brown plumage, bare blue skin on the head and neck, and three-toed feet

LET

not prevent or forbid; allow

LUMP

a compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape

LUTE

a plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape

MELT

make or become liquefied by heat

MET

a secondary malignant growth at a distance from a primary site of cancer; a metastasis

MULE

the offspring of a donkey and a horse (strictly, a male donkey and a female horse), typically sterile and used as a beast of burden

MUM

one's mother

MUTE

refraining from speech or temporarily speechless

PELT

hurl missiles repeatedly at

PET

stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately

PLUM

an oval fleshy fruit which is purple, reddish, or yellow when ripe and contains a flattish pointed stone

PLUME

a long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament

PLUMMET

fall or drop straight down at high speed

PUMMEL

strike repeatedly with the fists

TEMP

a temporary employee, typically an office worker who finds employment through an agency