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n. cite
(a) washing
(b) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; acknowledgment; credit; reference; mention; quotation
(c) ceremony; procedure
(d) lively high-spirited playfulness; sportiveness
 
n. ductility
(a) the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets
(b) the act of killing a king
(c) operation on logical values
(d) an event that departs from expectations; variant
 
n. repertoire
(a) the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom)
(b) the topmost projecting part of an entablature
(c) a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule
(d) an ore that is the chief source of zinc; sphalerite
 
n. mogul
(a) transmission; transfer
(b) a wad of something chewable as tobacco; cud; quid; plug; wad
(c) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone; sophistication
(d) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; king; magnate; power; top executive; tycoon
 
n. reproach
(a) disgrace or shame
(b) someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs; doubter
(c) the property of excessive fatness; stoutness
(d) a wise and trusted guide and advisor

 

n. animadversion
(a) flourish played by trumpets
(b) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
(c) harsh criticism or disapproval
(d) a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual; mannerism
 
n. tome
(a) a (usually) large and scholarly book
(b) aggressive woman
(c) any thick, viscous matter; goop; gook; muck; ooze
(d) a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
 
adj. adverse
(a) in an opposing direction
(b) produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
(c) characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
(d) of or relating to a melodic subject
 
n. berretta
(a) pretending to be another person
(b) an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
(c) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; birretta
(d) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; junk; detritus
 
n. auspices
(a) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; ascendence; ascendency; control
(b) an angry dispute; row; words; run-in
(c) kindly endorsement and guidance; aegis
(d) the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food

n. cite (b) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; acknowledgment; credit; reference; mention; quotation
n. ductility (a) the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets
n. repertoire (c) a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule
n. mogul (d) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; king; magnate; power; top executive; tycoon
n. reproach (a) disgrace or shame
n. animadversion (c) harsh criticism or disapproval
n. tome (a) a (usually) large and scholarly book
adj. adverse (a) in an opposing direction
n. berretta (c) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; birretta
n. auspices (c) kindly endorsement and guidance; aegis

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