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v. pester
(a) annoy persistently; bug; beleaguer
(b) assign great social importance to; celebrate
(c) remove the consecration from a person or an object; deconsecrate
(d) expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
 
adj. irrepressible
(a) involving or likely to cause controversy
(b) devoid of intelligence; mindless; vacuous
(c) not clearly understood or expressed
(d) unrestrainable; uncontrollable
 
adj. discombobulated
(a) capable of relieving pain; anodyne
(b) characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; slatternly; sluttish
(c) abstaining from sexual intercourse
(d) having self-possession upset
 
v. refute
(a) prove to be false or incorrect; controvert
(b) make secure underneath
(c) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); chaffer; huckster
(d) introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions
 
n. toady
(a) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea; exponent
(b) the act of umpiring; officiating
(c) boredom; depression
(d) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage; crawler; lackey; ass-kisser

 

n. malfeasance
(a) a movement back from an impact; rebound; backlash
(b) an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; porta
(c) wrongful conduct by a public official
(d) a trait of dignified seriousness; solemnity; solemness
 
v. satiate
(a) overeat or eat immodestly; overindulge; glut; stuff; engorge
(b) occur as a result of
(c) shower with love
(d) make a crushing noise; scraunch; crackle
 
adj. unchained
(a) morally degraded; sleazy; sordid; squalid
(b) not bound by shackles and chains; unshackled; untied
(c) disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority; resistive
(d) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; fluent; silver; silver-tongued; smooth-spoken
 
n. androgyny
(a) showing characteristics of both sexes; bisexuality
(b) logical and methodical reasoning
(c) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event; sentry; watch; spotter; scout; picket
(d) act of anointing; pouring of oil
 
n. oneirism
(a) absentminded dreaming while awake; daydream; daydreaming; air castle; castle in the air; castle in Spain
(b) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend; scrooge; churl
(c) one who lives in solitude; solitary; solitudinarian; troglodyte
(d) proverb; short tale that teaches a moral lesson

v. pester (a) annoy persistently; bug; beleaguer
adj. irrepressible (d) unrestrainable; uncontrollable
adj. discombobulated (d) having self-possession upset
v. refute (a) prove to be false or incorrect; controvert
n. toady (d) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage; crawler; lackey; ass-kisser
n. malfeasance (c) wrongful conduct by a public official
v. satiate (a) overeat or eat immodestly; overindulge; glut; stuff; engorge
adj. unchained (b) not bound by shackles and chains; unshackled; untied
n. androgyny (a) showing characteristics of both sexes; bisexuality
n. oneirism (a) absentminded dreaming while awake; daydream; daydreaming; air castle; castle in the air; castle in Spain

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