n. tempo
(a) rhythm; beat
(b) a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
(c) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms; moralist
(d) person who makes animal hides into leather
n. parlance
(a) any red eruption of the skin; efflorescence; skin rash
(b) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
(c) the close of a musical section; meter; metre; measure; beat
(d) the act of making a choice
n. warranty
(a) a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications; warrantee
(b) a long narrow opening; crevice; fissure; scissure
(c) agreement on a secret plot
(d) heavenly state that exists beyond the cycle of reincarnation
n. precursor
(a) a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior; systematist
(b) antecedent; predecessor
(c) statement which is unspecific or lacking in detail
(d) wrongful conduct by a public official
n. enormity
(a) atrociousness; offensiveness
(b) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures); nonindulgence
(c) a proposed route of travel
(d) fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
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n. bluff
(a) deceit; deception
(b) an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
(c) act of putting off to a future time; deferral
(d) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants; dasheen
n. skinflint
(a) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend; scrooge; churl
(b) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; thievery; thieving; stealing
(c) an onerous or difficult concern; encumbrance; incumbrance
(d) a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
v. salvage
(a) collect discarded or refused material
(b) anticipate with dread or anxiety
(c) make without a potter's wheel; coil
(d) give new life or energy to; reanimate; revive; repair; quicken; vivify; revivify
n. conserves
(a) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines; hachure
(b) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar; preserves
(c) an inadequate payment
(d) thick cushion used as a seat; puff; hassock
n. parable
(a) a formal expression of praise; panegyric; paean; pean
(b) a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal; gas
(c) proverb; short tale that teaches a moral lesson
(d) an event that is a beginning |
