adj. intangible
(a) incapable of being touched; immaterial; hard to grasp; insubstantial; difficult to perceive
(b) based on one's preference or judgment; unrestricted
(c) very talkative; garrulous; wordy
(d) unusual; rare; uncommon
adj. jocund
(a) vulgar; joking; mocking; offensive; crude
(b) happy; cheerful; gay; jolly; mirthful
(c) commonplace; trite; banal; unoriginal
(d) having a smell of decay; malodorous; smelly; stinky
adj. occult
(a) hidden; beyond human understanding; mystical; supernatural; secret
(b) dark and depressing; gloomy; glum; mournful; sad
(c) filled with love and desire; charmed; delighted
(d) out of the way; remaining quietly in the background; inconspicuous
adj. impromptu
(a) without preparation; spontaneous
(b) basic; necessary; essential; elemental
(c) careful; cautious; prudent; watchful; guarded
(d) flamboyant; flowery; showy
adj. ribald
(a) vulgar; joking; mocking; offensive; crude
(b) having to do with conversation; informal speech
(c) making things worse; villifying; depreciatory
(d) depending upon another; risky; uncertain; unstable; unsteady |
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adj. jeering
(a) morally bad; vile; wicked
(b) new; strange
(c) disrespectful and shameless; insolent; cheeky
(d) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; professional vocabulary
v. stanch
(a) to profane; to violate the sanctity of; to pollute; to defile
(b) to surrender; to admit; to give up; to yield
(c) to consider carefully; to think through; to ponder; to chew cud
(d) to stop; to check the flow of; to staunch
adj. scrupulous
(a) having a stern look; having strict self-discipline; rigid; ascetic; modest
(b) honorable; exact; moral; precise; meticulous
(c) wishing evil; malicious (opposite: benevolent)
(d) colored; blotched together; spotted
adj. authentic
(a) real; genuine; trustworthy; reliable
(b) inactive; changeless; stationary; motionless
(c) inadequate; sparse; meager; deficient
(d) winding; wandering aimlessly
adj. contemporary
(a) living or happening at the same time; modern; current
(b) acting as a dictator; demanding obedience
(c) the clear blue color of the sky
(d) noble; honorable; candid; artless; honest; innocent |
