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adj. downlike
(a) flossy; fluffy
(b) briefly giving the gist of something; succinct; summary
(c) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; enticing; tempting
(d) marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
 
adj. effeminate
(a) skillful in statecraft or management
(b) having unsuitable feminine qualities; epicene; cissy; sissified; sissyish; sissy
(c) slow; inactive; lethargic
(d) using or knowing more than one language
 
adj. visceral
(a) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; iridescent; shot
(b) capable of arousing and holding the attention; fascinating; gripping; riveting
(c) wilfully obstinate
(d) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
 
adj. improvident
(a) not given careful consideration; shortsighted
(b) heedful of potential consequences
(c) reluctant to draw attention to yourself; retiring
(d) childish; puerile
 
adj. runic
(a) of a color at the end of the color spectrum; blood-red; carmine; cerise; cherry; crimson
(b) relating to or consisting of runes
(c) not worth considering; trifling
(d) cheap and shoddy

 

adj. eminent
(a) relating to or containing or caused by mercury
(b) of imposing height; soaring; towering
(c) likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; pestiferous; plaguey
(d) the single one of its kind
 
adj. plauditory
(a) heat-generating
(b) applauding; commending
(c) incongruous; derisory; idiotic; laughable; nonsensical; preposterous; ridiculous
(d) shockingly repellent; gruesome; macabre; sick
 
adj. devout
(a) joined together into a whole; consolidated; fused
(b) earnest; heartfelt
(c) of or relating to an apocalypse
(d) tangled in knots or snarls; snarly
 
adj. nosey
(a) likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; pestiferous; plaguey
(b) offensively curious or inquisitive; prying; snoopy
(c) taking delight in beauty
(d) joyously unrestrained; high-spirited
 
adj. cussed
(a) unrestrained by convention or morality; degraded; dissipated; dissolute; libertine; riotous; fast
(b) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; obstinate; unrepentant
(c) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; stupefying
(d) habitually reserved and uncommunicative

adj. downlike (a) flossy; fluffy
adj. effeminate (b) having unsuitable feminine qualities; epicene; cissy; sissified; sissyish; sissy
adj. visceral (d) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
adj. improvident (a) not given careful consideration; shortsighted
adj. runic (b) relating to or consisting of runes
adj. eminent (b) of imposing height; soaring; towering
adj. plauditory (b) applauding; commending
adj. devout (b) earnest; heartfelt
adj. nosey (b) offensively curious or inquisitive; prying; snoopy
adj. cussed (b) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; obstinate; unrepentant

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