n. nomenclature
(a) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; language
(b) traveler who moves from one region or country to another
(c) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines; hachure
(d) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud; chiseller; chiseler; gouger; scammer; grifter
n. trajectory
(a) mode of rule; system of government
(b) the path followed by an object moving through space
(c) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic; throwback
(d) a clear seasoned broth
n. lucre
(a) the basic unit of money in Japan
(b) a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
(c) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses); net profit; earnings
(d) similarity by virtue of corresponding
n. enclave
(a) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name; slander; denigration
(b) a colorless oily liquid; phenylethylene; vinylbenzene
(c) beginning again
(d) an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
n. verdigris
(a) a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time
(b) the branch of zoology that studies insects
(c) a person who exercises control over workers; gaffer; boss
(d) beginning again |
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n. rotunda
(a) a very intense and uncontrolled fire
(b) any of various large flies that annoy livestock
(c) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator; absolutism; authoritarianism; one-man rule; shogunate; totalitarianism; tyranny
(d) a large circular room
n. portent
(a) a change of position that does not entail a change of location; move
(b) a feeling of anger and animosity
(c) a sign of something about to happen; presage; prognostic; prognostication; prodigy
(d) distinctive appellation denoting rank or achievement
n. blunder
(a) the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
(b) an ardent follower and admirer; lover
(c) an optical toy in a tube
(d) an embarrassing mistake; blooper; bungle; pratfall; foul-up
n. egression
(a) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; foretoken; preindication
(b) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter; humour; wittiness
(c) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
(d) the act of coming (or going) out; emergence
n. guck
(a) any thick, viscous matter; goop; gook; muck; ooze
(b) the act of starting something for the first time; foundation; institution; origination; creation
(c) any structure that makes progress difficult; obstructer
(d) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist |
