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n. hermitage
(a) having temperamental and changeable moods
(b) wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
(c) a person of exceptional importance and reputation; giant; heavyweight; titan
(d) retreat; isolated dwelling
 
n. cascade
(a) the range of vision
(b) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
(c) the act of killing a king
(d) a point conceded or yielded
 
n. arroyo
(a) careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement
(b) the activities of educating or instructing; teaching; didactics; educational activity
(c) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; business leader; king; magnate; mogul; power; top executive
(d) intermittent river
 
v. ravage
(a) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; devastate; desolate; scourge
(b) be asphyxiated; asphyxiate
(c) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; fork; furcate; separate
(d) kill in large numbers; extinguish; eradicate; wipe out; decimate; carry off
 
adj. unsightly
(a) capable of arousing and holding the attention; fascinating; gripping
(b) devoid of intelligence; mindless; vacuous
(c) unpleasant to look at
(d) tending to or capable of propelling; propelling

 

n. choreography
(a) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses); net profit; earnings
(b) a notation used by choreographers
(c) the condition or result of being changeable
(d) the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; indifference
 
adj. definitive
(a) located below or beneath something else
(b) deficient in alertness or activity
(c) overly sweet; syrupy; treacly
(d) supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
 
v. gerrymander
(a) consider in a comprehensive way
(b) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); evoke; raise; provoke
(c) wish ill or allow unwillingly
(d) divide unfairly and to one's advantage
 
v. constringe
(a) fill something that had previously been emptied; fill again
(b) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; waver
(c) become tight or as if tight; narrow
(d) join; unite; fuse; mend
 
n. aristocracy
(a) a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
(b) the most powerful members of a society
(c) an inadequate payment
(d) something of small importance; trifle; small beer

n. hermitage (d) retreat; isolated dwelling
n. cascade (b) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
n. arroyo (d) intermittent river
v. ravage (a) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; devastate; desolate; scourge
adj. unsightly (c) unpleasant to look at
n. choreography (b) a notation used by choreographers
adj. definitive (d) supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
v. gerrymander (d) divide unfairly and to one's advantage
v. constringe (c) become tight or as if tight; narrow
n. aristocracy (b) the most powerful members of a society

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