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adj. awash
(a) covered with water; flooded; inundated; overflowing
(b) purported
(c) filled with melancholy and despondency; grim; blue; depressed; dispirited; low-spirited
(d) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; airy; ethereal
 
adj. scurrilous
(a) characterized by extreme care and great effort
(b) expressing offensive reproach
(c) resembling starch; amyloid; amyloidal; farinaceous
(d) relating to a small administrative district or community
 
adj. emaciated
(a) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; gaunt; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted
(b) incapable of being placated
(c) (of a male) unable to copulate
(d) allowing passage in and out
 
adj. pejorative
(a) gray; white; ancient; old
(b) improperly forward or bold; impudent; overbold; smart; saucy; sassy; wise
(c) expressing disapproval
(d) not given careful consideration; shortsighted
 
v. maul
(a) give an incentive for action; propel; move; prompt; incite
(b) injure badly by beating
(c) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
(d) warm by rubbing, as with the hands

 

adj. eerie
(a) having calluses; thickened
(b) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; pliable; pliant; tractile
(c) lacking in power or forcefulness; unable
(d) inspiring a feeling of fear
 
n. carcinogenic
(a) something of sentimental value; token
(b) a cruel and oppressive dictator; despot
(c) a choice or delicious dish
(d) causing or tending to cause cancer
 
adj. versatile
(a) having spots or patches of color
(b) fulfilling many functions
(c) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; perverted; reprobate
(d) taking delight in beauty
 
adj. addlepated
(a) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; grabby; grasping; greedy
(b) having a puzzling terseness
(c) little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
(d) stupid and confused; puddingheaded; muddleheaded
 
adj. finite
(a) impressive in appearance; noble; stately
(b) extremely cold; gelid; icy; polar
(c) having limitations; having bounds
(d) caused to be unloved

adj. awash (a) covered with water; flooded; inundated; overflowing
adj. scurrilous (b) expressing offensive reproach
adj. emaciated (a) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; gaunt; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted
adj. pejorative (c) expressing disapproval
v. maul (b) injure badly by beating
adj. eerie (d) inspiring a feeling of fear
n. carcinogenic (d) causing or tending to cause cancer
adj. versatile (b) fulfilling many functions
adj. addlepated (d) stupid and confused; puddingheaded; muddleheaded
adj. finite (c) having limitations; having bounds

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