n. cleft
(a) a long narrow opening; crevice; fissure; scissure
(b) trespasser
(c) an offensive disrespectful impudent act
(d) the immediate descendants of a person; issue
n. invective
(a) reply; answer; response
(b) a person who uses the mind creatively
(c) a name that has been assumed temporarily; false name
(d) abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will; vitriol
n. troth
(a) any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
(b) a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease
(c) rebuking a person harshly; objurgation; tongue-lashing
(d) a solemn pledge of fidelity
n. vogue
(a) extravagant exaggeration
(b) crossbreed
(c) the pivot about which a lever turns
(d) a current state of general acceptance and use
n. clavicle
(a) bone linking the scapula and sternum
(b) a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
(c) excessive sternness; harshness; rigor; rigorousness; inclemency; stiffness
(d) a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence |
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n. diadem
(a) someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
(b) an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty; crown
(c) a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
(d) periapsis in Earth orbit
n. dotage
(a) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit; scholastic
(b) excessive intolerance of opposing views; zealotry
(c) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint; halo; nimbus; glory; gloriole
(d) senility; infatuation
adj. ligneous
(a) causing fear or dread or terror; dreaded; dreadful; horrendous; horrific; terrible
(b) uncomfortably or inconveniently small
(c) made of wood
(d) puffed up with vanity; pompous; portentous
n. nincompoop
(a) a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
(b) a stupid foolish person; ninny
(c) engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
(d) a source of danger; peril; risk; endangerment
adj. abdominous
(a) of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband
(b) of the study of diseases; sickly
(c) marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
(d) having a large belly; paunchy; potbellied |
