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n. reminiscence
(a) formal conversation
(b) system of stars held together by gravity
(c) a loud resonant repeating noise; clangour; clank; clash; crash
(d) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
 
n. assessment
(a) the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
(b) a purging medicine; physic
(c) the act of constraining
(d) obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
 
n. facet
(a) the act of submitting
(b) the basic unit of money in Japan
(c) a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
(d) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; catholicon; cure-all
 
n. parameter
(a) variable which determines the form of a function
(b) a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
(c) the funds of a government or institution or individual
(d) an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking
 
n. victuals
(a) any substance that can be used as food; eatable; pabulum
(b) the act of becoming formally connected or joined
(c) inheritance; bequest
(d) playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

 

n. nirvana
(a) coming of Christ
(b) a large gathering of people; concourse
(c) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
(d) heavenly state that exists beyond the cycle of reincarnation
 
n. relish
(a) a long narrow opening; fissure; scissure
(b) a notice of someone's death; necrology
(c) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth; flavour
(d) a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
 
n. tycoon
(a) omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
(b) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest; remonstration; objection
(c) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; business leader; king; magnate; mogul; power; top executive
(d) the act of ceding
 
n. labyrinth
(a) a complex system of interconnecting cavities
(b) a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
(c) significant events and incidents in a person's early life
(d) aim; purpose; goal
 
n. emptor
(a) compulsory force or threat
(b) a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
(c) a person who buys; vendee
(d) a person who lacks good judgment; saphead; tomfool

n. reminiscence (d) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
n. assessment (a) the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
n. facet (c) a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
n. parameter (a) variable which determines the form of a function
n. victuals (a) any substance that can be used as food; eatable; pabulum
n. nirvana (d) heavenly state that exists beyond the cycle of reincarnation
n. relish (c) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth; flavour
n. tycoon (c) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; business leader; king; magnate; mogul; power; top executive
n. labyrinth (a) a complex system of interconnecting cavities
n. emptor (c) a person who buys; vendee

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