n. homily
(a) tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true
(b) solemn moral talk; sermon; exhortation; lesson
(c) spontaneous motion; mobility
(d) scarcity; fewness
adj. derisive
(a) likely to happen without delay; forthcoming; impending
(b) showing disrespect or scorn for; contemptible; ridiculous; contemptuous
(c) feeling sorry for what one has done; ascetic; repentant
(d) trite; without freshness or originality; commonplace; stale; usual
n. pique
(a) resentment at being slighted; irritation; grudge
(b) avoiding of a duty; avoidance; dodging
(c) pure essence of anything; epitome
(d) feeling of embarrassment due to failure or disappointment; humiliation
v. educe
(a) to break; to split in two; to divide
(b) to connect; to associate with; to accept as a member
(c) to force out of hiding; to search for; to discover; to investigate; to worry
(d) to draw out; to infer from information; to elicit
adj. irreproachable
(a) quick; changeable; fickle; mercury
(b) giving generously; lavish
(c) without blame or faults
(d) traditional; accepted; conservative |
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n. jester
(a) tough person; hoodlum; hooligan; bully; thug
(b) fear of foreigners or strangers
(c) controversy; dispute
(d) person employed to amuse; joker; prankster; entertainer
n. laggard
(a) person who has fallen behind; person who moves slowly
(b) aid; assistance; help
(c) children; offspring; outcome
(d) inscription on a monument; in honor or memory of a dead person; commemoration
v. codify
(a) to excite; to agitate; to inflame
(b) to organize laws or rules into a systematic collection; to arrange systematically
(c) to rush; to fall; to flow
(d) to grow or develop quickly; to blossom; to expand
adj. disputatious
(a) describing knowledge which resides in people's heads and is not easily written down
(b) not wasteful; thrifty; frugal; saving
(c) mandatory; necessary; legally or morally binding
(d) argumentative; inclined to disputes; fond of debate
n. profusion
(a) final act or result; effect; consequence
(b) speculation; representative way of thinking; philosophy; doctrine
(c) great wastefulness; large abundance of; excess; squandering; lavishness
(d) oddity; inconsistency; deviation from the norm; exception; deviation |
