adj. hackneyed
(a) used of persons; conniving; scheming
(b) infinitely or immeasurably small
(c) fitting or appropriate and deserved
(d) repeated too often; commonplace; old-hat; shopworn; threadbare
adj. irascible
(a) highly praised
(b) related by blood or marriage
(c) characterized by anger
(d) done with very great haste and without due deliberation; precipitant; precipitous
adj. minute
(a) very long lasting; undestroyable
(b) curving inward
(c) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
(d) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; pliable; pliant; tractile
adj. gaudy
(a) (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display; jazzy; showy; sporty
(b) on or near the back
(c) not firmly fastened or secured; unlatched; unlocked; unsecured
(d) (usually followed by 'to') strongly opposed
adj. rigid
(a) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; overzealous
(b) hard; stiff; inflexible
(c) characterized by extreme care and great effort; scrupulous
(d) used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law |
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adj. unconscionable
(a) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; outrageous; steep; usurious
(b) only partly in existence
(c) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
(d) annoyed and irritable; cross; fussy; grouchy; grumpy; bad-tempered; ill-tempered
adj. factious
(a) of or belonging to the family Equidae
(b) not straightforward or candid
(c) used of the voice
(d) dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
n. implication
(a) a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
(b) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
(c) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); worker
(d) a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
adj. perdurable
(a) pardonable
(b) wilfully obstinate
(c) consisting of or forming human or animal figures
(d) very long lasting; undestroyable
adj. amylaceous
(a) relating to or affected by an aneurysm; aneurysmatic; aneurismatic
(b) resembling starch; amyloid; amyloidal; farinaceous
(c) long and slender with a very small internal diameter
(d) relating to or consisting of runes |
