adj. mangy
(a) using or knowing more than one language
(b) having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
(c) relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
(d) foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
adv. gingerly
(a) without error; accurately
(b) adcrookedly; slanted; at an angle
(c) at a great height
(d) cautiously; carefully
v. check
(a) attach or become attached to a stem word
(b) verify; examine
(c) put into a bad mood or into bad humour
(d) make amends for; atone
n. nadir
(a) the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
(b) agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
(c) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; poilu
(d) the time between two reigns, governments, etc.
n. hatch
(a) any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
(b) informal terms for a (young) woman; skirt; chick; bird
(c) a person who is not very bright; stupe; dullard; pudding head; pudden-head; poor fish; pillock
(d) an opening in a wall or floor |
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adj. pathological
(a) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam; pagan
(b) involving or constituting a cause
(c) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows; conventual
(d) of the study of diseases; sickly
n. discrimination
(a) a sudden jarring impact; shock
(b) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
(c) assemblage
(d) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals; dross
adj. lachrymose
(a) coming at a subsequent time or stage; posterior
(b) showing sorrow; tearful; weeping
(c) given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments
(d) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; inexorable; intransigent
n. balker
(a) partly lighted area around any shadow
(b) farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
(c) an obsolete firearm with a long barrel; hackbut; hagbut
(d) a person who refuses to comply; noncompliant
n. momism
(a) excessive protection; overshielding
(b) act of inventing possible reasons for an action that are not based on the true reasons
(c) loud confusing disagreeable sounds
(d) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage; crawler; lackey; ass-kisser |
