VaLeNTiNe - Answers1. To examine closely, to investigate and evaluate thoroughly. The nominee for the Supreme Court was vetted at length by the Senate committee.2. Sad and mournful (often meaning exaggeratedly so). They would cry in their beers as they listened to lugubrious love songs. 3. Swimming or floating. The tiny oyster hatchlings are natant for a while, then sink to the bottom and attach themselves to the ocean floor. 4. Third. In his value system, power was primary, money was secondary, and morality was tertiary. 5. Sweet stuff, like candy (or a similar confection made from sugar or honey, with nuts and fruit mixed in). He gave her a box of fancy nougats for Valentine’s day, but ate most of them himself. |
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