n. prude
(a) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
(b) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
(c) the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
(d) a person who is very poor
n. repulsion
(a) a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
(b) addition to a will
(c) detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)
(d) the act of repulsing or repelling an attack
n. tenacity
(a) the quality of being lax and neglectful; slackness
(b) persistent determination; persistence; persistency; tenaciousness; pertinacity
(c) any substance that can be used as food; eatable; pabulum; victual; victuals
(d) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it; pulpit; rostrum; ambo; stump; soapbox
n. welt
(a) a raised or strengthened seam
(b) something illusory and unattainable
(c) a person who makes a will
(d) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; liliopsid
n. distortion
(a) tendency to believe readily
(b) close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
(c) hell; purgatory; inferno
(d) the mistake of misrepresenting the facts |
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n. impinging
(a) abundant wealth
(b) a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier); criminal; felon; crook
(c) someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes; disarmer
(d) the physical coming together of two or more things; striking
n. gerontocracy
(a) someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs; doubter
(b) a political system governed by old men
(c) witty remark; sally
(d) weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy; lethargy; slackness
n. prickling
(a) a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
(b) formal and explicit approval; endorsement; warrant; imprimatur
(c) a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles; tingling
(d) causing or tending to cause cancer
n. crosspatch
(a) a bad-tempered person; crank; churl
(b) loud confused noise from many sources; brouhaha; katzenjammer
(c) traveling or wandering around
(d) a bowl-shaped drinking vessel
n. proletarian
(a) the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
(b) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
(c) the feeling of being bored by something tedious; tedium
(d) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); worker |
