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n. odyssey
(a) someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs; doubter
(b) approaching; coming soon; looming
(c) an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
(d) a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
 
n. lineage
(a) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
(b) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; guiding light; notable; notability
(c) a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
(d) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline; derivation; filiation
 
v. loll
(a) be lazy or idle; bum around; loaf; frig around; lounge about
(b) drop sharply
(c) warm by rubbing, as with the hands
(d) divulge confidential information or secrets; let the cat out of the bag
 
n. granary
(a) a basis for comparison; measure
(b) a disorderly outburst or tumult; commotion; flutter; hurly burly
(c) a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
(d) a strong liking; predilection; taste
 
adj. conclusive
(a) morally reprehensible; vile; slimy; unworthy; worthless; wretched
(b) having self-possession upset
(c) forming an end or termination
(d) (of reputation) free from blemishes; unsullied; untainted; untarnished

 

n. impunity
(a) the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
(b) any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
(c) exemption from punishment or loss
(d) the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
 
n. sextant
(a) everyone being of one mind
(b) a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects
(c) exception; deviation
(d) the body of teachers and administrators at a school
 
adj. mellifluous
(a) banned
(b) slow to learn or understand; dull; dumb; slow
(c) pleasing to the ear; mellisonant; sweet
(d) being the last or concluding element of a series
 
adj. august
(a) spreading by diffusion; dispersive; disseminative
(b) accompanied by bloodshed; sanguineous; slaughterous; butcherly
(c) profoundly honored; venerable
(d) persistent petty and unjustified criticism; faultfinding
 
n. constraint
(a) the property of being extremely abundant; richness; cornucopia
(b) the act of constraining
(c) thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
(d) a meeting for boat races

n. odyssey (d) a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
n. lineage (d) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline; derivation; filiation
v. loll (a) be lazy or idle; bum around; loaf; frig around; lounge about
n. granary (c) a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
adj. conclusive (c) forming an end or termination
n. impunity (c) exemption from punishment or loss
n. sextant (b) a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects
adj. mellifluous (c) pleasing to the ear; mellisonant; sweet
adj. august (c) profoundly honored; venerable
n. constraint (b) the act of constraining

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