adj. taciturn
(a) resembling or made to resemble leather; leatherlike; leathery
(b) habitually reserved and uncommunicative
(c) not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed; nonmedicinal
(d) native; local; indigenous
adj. puerile
(a) abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
(b) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; juvenile
(c) subjected to great tension
(d) lying outside the sphere of morals
adj. vindictive
(a) showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
(b) incapable of being overcome or subdued; unvanquishable
(c) feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; lukewarm
(d) decorated with channels or grooves
adj. terse
(a) filled or abounding with clouds; sunless
(b) having the sticky properties of an adhesive; gummy; mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscid; viscous
(c) presaging ill fortune
(d) brief and to the point; laconic
adj. prehensile
(a) not restrained or controlled; uncurbed; ungoverned
(b) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
(c) affected with madness or insanity; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced; unhinged
(d) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; grabby; grasping; greedy |
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n. flippancy
(a) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
(b) inappropriate levity
(c) harsh criticism or disapproval
(d) individual's strong point; talent
adj. insubstantial
(a) highly imaginative but unlikely
(b) containing seeds of later development
(c) lacking in nutritive value
(d) of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory; mnemotechnical
adj. stealthy
(a) completely satisfactory; copesetic; copesettic
(b) consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
(c) favorable to health of mind or body
(d) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; sneaky; surreptitious
adj. sixpenny
(a) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
(b) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion; stirred; touched
(c) of trifling worth
(d) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; grimy; grubby; grungy; raunchy
adj. disquieted
(a) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; disturbed; upset; worried
(b) containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
(c) intelligible; clear in meaning; understandable
(d) affectedly dainty or refined; niminy-piminy; prim; twee |
