n. extrapolation
(a) act of guessing or inferring
(b) intense aversion; horror
(c) someone who fights with his fists for sport
(d) informal terms for insanity; flakiness
n. decoy
(a) seasoning
(b) specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
(c) a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts
(d) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed; lure
n. conspiracy
(a) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose; ingroup; inner circle; pack; camp
(b) intrigue; plot
(c) a formal expression by a meeting
(d) reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
n. amble
(a) reading carefully with intent to remember; poring over; studying
(b) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place); saunter; stroll; perambulation
(c) the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom)
(d) a disposition to behave in a certain way
n. sleight
(a) a feathered plume on a helmet
(b) a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
(c) a notable achievement
(d) adroitness in using the hands |
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n. trilogy
(a) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it; pulpit; rostrum; ambo; stump; soapbox
(b) a display of bad temper; scene; conniption
(c) a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
(d) a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme
n. jurisprudence
(a) a specialist in wine making; fermentologist
(b) powerful and effective language; smoothness
(c) the collection of rules imposed by authority
(d) activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
n. array
(a) a certain degree of unwillingness; hesitation; indisposition
(b) possessing muscular strength; muscle; muscularity; sinew; heftiness
(c) the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
(d) an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
n. immurement
(a) the state of being imprisoned; incarceration
(b) a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
(c) the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
(d) line; file; row
n. cunctation
(a) person who makes a gift of property; presenter; conferrer
(b) the act of procrastinating; shillyshally
(c) a person holding a fief; liegeman; liege subject; feudatory
(d) someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity; shammer |
