n. solubility
(a) novel or play that uses humor or irony to expose folly
(b) natural tendency towards; bias; aptitude; tendency; inclination
(c) that can be solved; that can be dissolved
(d) payment for work done; allowance; salary
n. turpitude
(a) chest where money or valuables are kept; treasury; strongbox
(b) vileness; wickedness
(c) stockpile; store; heap; hiding place for goods
(d) wall for protection; low wall or railing
v. parley
(a) to work into gradually and indirectly; to allude to; to hint; to gain favor through indirect means
(b) to speak with another; to discourse
(c) to guess; to presume; to assume; to think; to suppose
(d) to be violently disturbed; to soak; to rage; to steep
adj. arduous
(a) friendly; genial; pleasant
(b) laborious; difficult; strenuous; hard
(c) clearly stated; characterized by conciseness; short and to the point
(d) showing good judgment in conduct; prudent; modest; circumspect; unobtrusive
adj. opprobrious
(a) abusive; humiliating; insulting
(b) disposed to find fault; picky; narrow-minded
(c) having close kinship and appropriateness; related; pertinent; connected; relevant
(d) skilled; practiced; proficient |
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adj. ineluctable
(a) vulgar; joking; mocking; offensive; crude
(b) neutral; unbiased; impartial; indifferent
(c) not voiced or expressed; communicated wordlessly
(d) something inevitable; inescapable
adj. baleful
(a) reasonable; practical; achievable; likely; possible
(b) harmful; malign; sinister; malicious
(c) being dormant; slow; sluggish; inert; apathetic
(d) renowned; having an unfavorable connotation; known for disgrace
adj. pristine
(a) speechless; unable to speak clearly; indistinct; unclear
(b) pertaining to or used in a court of law; rhetorical; argumentative
(c) primitive; pure; uncorrupted; unpolluted
(d) getting to the heart of things; to the point
n. mercenary
(a) hired soldier; greedy person
(b) plundering or laying waste; pillaging; ravishing; plundering
(c) small person; word, expressing smallness formed when a suffix is added
(d) official paper containing information; deed; certificate
adj. trite
(a) commonplace; overused; stale
(b) unreal; false; deceptive; illusive
(c) old-fashioned; unusual; odd; strange
(d) having a bad odor; spoiled; decomposed; musty |
