n. prescience
(a) friendly relations; friendship
(b) disinclination to action or labor; laziness
(c) refutation; opposition; contradiction
(d) knowing about something before it happens; foresight
n. schism
(a) division in an organized group; separation into opposing parties
(b) family relationship; adoption; natural attraction; affinity
(c) very hard work; intense pain or agony; toil
(d) closeness in time or place; closeness of relationship; resemblance
n. abeyance
(a) fake show intended to deceive; deception; pretense; diversionary tactic
(b) clumsy or dumb person; simpleton
(c) state of temporary suspension; inactivity
(d) stunned or bewildered condition; apathy; shock; daze
n. derision
(a) having the characteristics of an island; narrowness of mind
(b) indirect reference (often literary); hint
(c) courteous respect for; honor; esteem; reverence
(d) act of mocking; ridicule; mockery; scorn
n. solemnity
(a) copy; representation; reproduction; duplicate
(b) extra payment; tip; side income
(c) praise in excess
(d) gravity; sincerity |
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n. throe
(a) spasm; pang; agony; suffering
(b) showy yet useless thing
(c) very hard work; intense pain or agony; toil
(d) closing section of a play or novel providing further comment; speech delivered to the audience after the end of a play
adj. salient
(a) noticeable; prominent; remarkable
(b) not yet fully formed; rudimentary; unorganized; incomplete
(c) clever; resourceful; talented; inventive
(d) puzzling; hard to explain
n. larceny
(a) theft; stealing; robbery
(b) belief; faith; fidelity
(c) short and amusing account of happenings
(d) great wastefulness; large abundance of; excess; squandering; lavishness
n. implement
(a) foolhardiness; impetuosity; rashness; boldness
(b) setting forth facts; public exhibition; show; clarification
(c) something used in a given activity; piece of equipment
(d) vileness; wickedness
n. bombast
(a) pompous speech; pretentious words; trite cliches
(b) poverty
(c) relatives and acquaintances; family members
(d) danger; peril; hazard |
