n. bigotry
(a) the intolerance and prejudice
(b) an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; bricole; mangonel; onager
(c) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; patronage
(d) a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome
n. tumult
(a) small individual study area in a library; cubicle; stall
(b) the act of making a noisy disturbance; ruction; ruckus; rumpus
(c) the time between two reigns, governments, etc.
(d) a moving crowd; swarm
n. sepulcher
(a) agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
(b) a rise in the temperature of the body; pyrexia; feverishness
(c) boredom; depression
(d) sepulchre; sepulture
n. patina
(a) voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing; self-abasement
(b) someone who educates young people
(c) conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
(d) a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
n. repercussion
(a) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs; chemist; pill pusher; pill roller
(b) enduring strength and energy; toughness
(c) a movement back from an impact; rebound; backlash
(d) enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause) |
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n. palimpsest
(a) a person who shows no gratitude; ungrateful person
(b) a manuscript on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
(c) the creation of something in the mind; excogitation; design
(d) pardon; clemency
n. peon
(a) hell; purgatory; inferno
(b) a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
(c) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work; navvy; galley slave
(d) a tart spicy quality; piquancy; piquantness; zest
n. feudatory
(a) a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public
(b) a person holding a fief; liegeman; liege subject
(c) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
(d) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral; lagune
n. fiasco
(a) a sudden and violent collapse
(b) poor handwriting; scrawl
(c) a fear of foreigners or strangers
(d) showing your contempt by derision; mockery; scoff; scoffing
n. mendicant
(a) someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs; doubter
(b) a pauper who lives by begging
(c) stroll; promenade
(d) a person holding a fief; liegeman; liege subject |
