v. beseech (a) to transform (b) to ask earnestly; to entreat; to plead; to beg (c) to feel love for; to care for; to treasure (d) to weaken; to deprive of nerve or strength
adj. ignominious (a) contemptible; degrading; humiliating; base; mean (b) faithless; treacherous; deceitful; adulterous (c) speechless; unable to speak clearly; indistinct; unclear (d) harmful to one's health
adv. amiss (a) wrong; askew (b) in a defective manner (c) a sideways glance of disapproval (d) sloppy; untidy; careless; unclean
v. raze (a) to scrape or shave off; to obliterate; to tear down completely; to demolish (b) to force; to compel; to restrain; to coerce; to oblige (c) to introduce a change; to depart from the old; to bring in something new (d) to talking foolishly; to chatter; to gab; to babble
v. malinger (a) to stop the progress of; to obstruct; to delay; to hinder; to prevent (b) to pretend to be ill in order to escape work (c) to make understandable; to adorn; to explain; to elucidate; to illustrate (d) to make weak; to weaken |
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adj. palatial (a) difficult to please; dainty; choosy; critical (b) harmful; hostile; unfriendly (c) large and impressive; palace-like; magnificent (d) proud of oneself and scornful of others; snobbish; arrogant; disdainful
adj. recalcitrant (a) glowing through haze; shocking; sensational; appalling; horrible (b) distant in interest; reserved; cool (c) baffling; puzzling; mysterious; ambiguous; unclear (d) stubbornly rebellious; disobedient
n. pittance (a) person related through ancestry; relative; kin (b) rounded, upward-projecting front of a saddle (c) small amount (d) dilemma; state of confusion
adj. rudimentary (a) immature; not fully developed; fundamental (b) working or done for payment only; hired for service (c) barring future action; that cannot be denied, changed, etc.; aggressive (d) happening accidentally; by chance
adj. incorporeal (a) having lines or grooves (b) not consisting of matter; having no material existence; insubstantial (c) quarrelsome; warlike (d) idealistic; impractical; not amorous not sensual |