n. ascetic
(a) mystery; secret; perplexity; puzzle; riddle
(b) expert; authority (usually refers to a wine or food expert)
(c) person who leads a simple life of self-denial; recluse; hermit
(d) condition of being under a guardian or a tutor; guardianship
n. conciliation
(a) critical point; crisis; period; joint; connection
(b) attempt to make friendly or placate; appeasement; compromise
(c) guess; assumption; supposition
(d) charge; act of attributing a fault or misconduct to another
adj. unfeigned
(a) stretched tightly; organized; tense; nervous
(b) genuine; real; sincere
(c) undecided
(d) damp and chilly; clammy and wet; moist
n. spelunker
(a) person who studies caves
(b) substitution of a milder or socially acceptable word or phrase
(c) passion; intensity of feeling; ardor; eagerness
(d) honesty; decency; integrity; uprightness
adj. abysmal
(a) wrong; awry; wrongly; mistaken; erroneous
(b) roving in search of adventure; roving; straying; erring; wandering
(c) very deep; terrible
(d) possessing the power to think or meditate; meditative; capable of perception; aware; perceptive |
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n. liberalism
(a) being stripped; act of unclothing; deprivation of a right or privilege
(b) believing in personal freedom (favoring reform or progress)
(c) collection of beliefs; system of religious laws
(d) avoiding of a duty; avoidance; dodging
n. zephyr
(a) attack; hostile invasion; raid; entering; infiltration
(b) gentle wind; breeze; lightweight fabric
(c) division into two parts or kinds
(d) absolute power; autocracy
v. loiter
(a) to make a journey; to migrate
(b) to move secretly; to sneak about
(c) to spend time aimlessly; to idle
(d) to alleviate; to lessen; to soothe; to soften; to appease
adj. ornate
(a) pale in color; ashen
(b) quarrelsome; warlike
(c) flamboyant; flowery; showy
(d) having the nature of fire; volcanic; fiery
adj. pellucid
(a) clever; resourceful; talented; inventive
(b) indebted to; obligated
(c) soggy; dull in action as if from alcohol; wet; lumpy; doughy
(d) transparent; intelligible; lucid; clear; understandable |
