The word “turpitude” means: (1) Vile, shameful, or base character; depravity. (2) A vile or depraved act.”

Machine Brief:
Option #1: turpitude= TURP
Option #2: turpitude= TURPTD
Option #3: turpitude= TURP/TAOUD
Option #4: turpitude= TURP/TAO*UD

The word “slake” has the following meanings:

“(1) To allay by satisfying.
(2) To cool or refresh.
(3) To make less active, vigorous, intense, etc.
(4) To cause disintegration of by treatment with water.
(5) To make loose or less tense; slacken.”

Machine Brief:
Option #1: slake= SLAIK

An analphabet is a person who cannot read; an illiterate.

Machine Brief:
Option #1: analphabet= A*N/AFL/BET
Option #2: analphabet= A*N/AFBT

The word, “picayune” can be used as an adjective or a noun. As an adjective, it has the following meanings: “(1) Of little value of account; small; trifling. (2) Petty, carping, or prejudiced.”

As a noun, “picayune” means: “(1) A coin equal to half a Spanish real. (2) Any small coin, as a five-cent piece. (3) An insignificant person or thing.”

Machine Brief:
Option #1: picayune= PIK/YI/AOUN

Pusillanimous is defined as “lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.”

Machine Brief:
Option #1: pusillanimous= PAOUS/LAN/MUS
Option #2: pusillanimous= PAOUS/A/LAN/A/MUS
Option #3: pusillanimous= PAOUS/A/LAN//MUS