n. tranquillity
(a) the property of excessive fatness; stoutness
(b) a disposition free from stress or emotion; placidity; serenity; tranquility
(c) a formal exposition
(d) any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
adj. caustic
(a) moving and bending with ease; slender; supple; svelte; sylphlike
(b) showing lack of favoritism; impartial (vs. partial)
(c) of a substance, especially a strong acid; erosive; vitriolic; mordant
(d) relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
adj. cryptic
(a) having a puzzling terseness
(b) being of the underworld
(c) formed or united into a whole; integrated; unified
(d) tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument
n. psychosis
(a) travelling about without any clear destination; vagabondage
(b) a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
(c) the collection of rules imposed by authority
(d) any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
n. clique
(a) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity; pompousness; pretentiousness; puffiness; splashiness; inflation
(b) a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
(c) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose; ingroup; inner circle; pack; camp
(d) expression of general truth; code of behavior |
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adj. overwrought
(a) deeply agitated especially from emotion
(b) berserk; possessed (predicate)
(c) darkened by clouds; sullen; threatening
(d) unpleasantly cool and humid
n. revulsion
(a) a manner lacking seriousness
(b) intense aversion; horror
(c) noisy quarrel; fracas
(d) court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
adj. mordant
(a) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; uneasy; unquiet
(b) after the expected or usual time; tardy
(c) of a substance, especially a strong acid; erosive; vitriolic
(d) not properly maintained or cared for
adj. paltry
(a) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; shrewd
(b) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; uneasy; unquiet
(c) contemptibly small in amount
(d) stiff or rigid with anger
v. desolate
(a) relinquish possession or control over; deliver; give up
(b) have as a necessary feature
(c) argue over petty things; pettifog; bicker; squabble; brabble
(d) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; devastate; ravage; scourge |
n. tranquillity (b) a disposition free from stress or emotion; placidity; serenity; tranquility
adj. caustic (c) of a substance, especially a strong acid; erosive; vitriolic; mordant
adj. cryptic (a) having a puzzling terseness
n. psychosis (d) any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
n. clique (c) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose; ingroup; inner circle; pack; camp
adj. overwrought (a) deeply agitated especially from emotion
n. revulsion (b) intense aversion; horror
adj. mordant (c) of a substance, especially a strong acid; erosive; vitriolic
adj. paltry (c) contemptibly small in amount
v. desolate (d) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; devastate; ravage; scourge
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