n. cessation
(a) act of clarifying; adding details; act of improving; careful planning
(b) art of taking something for oneself; seizure
(c) incoherent speech; specialized vocabulary in certain fields
(d) ceasing; stopping
n. consternation
(a) amazement or terror that causes confusion; shock; dismay; alarm
(b) shrillness or harshness of sound
(c) connection; similarity of structure
(d) person who holds opinion contrary to that which is generally accepted
n. aspersion
(a) formal statement of either fact or opinion; maxim; pronouncement; saying
(b) rude person
(c) slanderous statement; damaging or derogatory criticism; false rumor
(d) feeling of hatred or ill will; resentment
n. fetish
(a) charity; unselfishness; goodwill toward mankind
(b) testing the quality of a substance; test; examine; try; attempt
(c) anything to which one gives excessive devotion; idolized object
(d) goal; purpose; target; aim
n. ebullience
(a) quitting; submission; abdication
(b) division in an organized group; separation into opposing parties
(c) overflowing of high spirits; effervescence; exuberance; excitement
(d) words of praise, especially for the dead |
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n. levee
(a) travel plan; schedule; course; record of a journey
(b) landing on the edge of a river or field
(c) childish babble; chatter
(d) division into two parts or kinds
n. clemency
(a) very small piece; particle; tiny amount
(b) substitution of a milder or socially acceptable word or phrase
(c) mercy toward an offender; mildness; mercy; grace
(d) harsh, inharmonious collection of sounds; dissonance
n. surfeit
(a) overindulgence
(b) showy yet useless thing
(c) peculiar behavior; startling twist; strange habit
(d) lack of facial color; wanness; paleness
n. rout
(a) slyness; deceit; fraud; cunning; trickery
(b) noisy or disorderly crowd; retreat; terrible defeat
(c) plant which blooms every two years; event which occurs every two years
(d) equipment; accessories; tools
n. delusion
(a) coward; abject person
(b) false belief or opinion; illusion
(c) formal statement of either fact or opinion; maxim; pronouncement; saying
(d) lack of seriousness; instability; frivolity |
