n. hindrance
(a) a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles; tingling
(b) a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
(c) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding; interference
(d) a variety of leaf bug; capsid
n. aegis
(a) shelter; protection; sponsorship; auspices
(b) any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
(c) heavenly state that exists beyond the cycle of reincarnation
(d) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
n. forte
(a) the act of coming (or going) out; emergence
(b) system of stars held together by gravity
(c) individual's strong point; talent
(d) a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
n. mosaic
(a) a singer of folk songs; minstrel; poet-singer; troubadour
(b) lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life; juvenility
(c) the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; kt
(d) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
n. comeuppance
(a) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved; comeupance
(b) back country
(c) a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
(d) a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) |
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n. perspicuity
(a) kinship; blood relation
(b) a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
(c) mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
(d) clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous; plainness
n. fanfare
(a) flourish played by trumpets
(b) any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon; olefin
(c) a state of extreme confusion and disorder; bedlam; topsy-turvydom; topsy-turvyness
(d) a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time
n. gaffe
(a) a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family
(b) the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation
(c) a communication that makes you afraid to try something
(d) a socially awkward or tactless act; solecism; slip; gaucherie
n. imbalance
(a) injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
(b) a person who refuses to comply; noncompliant
(c) instability; unequal distribution of weight
(d) extreme excess; superfluity; embarrassment
n. proximity
(a) a worker who holds or is invested with an office
(b) shelter; protection; sponsorship; auspices
(c) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
(d) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that objects or events that are near to one another are perceived as belonging together as a unit |
