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n. comity
(a) a device that retards something's motion
(b) blatant or sensational promotion; hype; plug
(c) a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect
(d) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink); gastronome; bon vivant; epicurean; foodie
 
adj. fantastic
(a) disdainfully or ironically humorous
(b) of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning
(c) having a large belly; paunchy; potbellied
(d) extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
 
n. clangor
(a) an expression of approval and commendation; extolment
(b) a loud resonant repeating noise; clank; clash; crash
(c) hanging down from something; ornament (hanging from a necklace, etc.)
(d) a person with an obsessive desire to light fires
 
n. privation
(a) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
(b) a person who does not acknowledge your god; gentile; infidel
(c) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing; gewgaw; novelty; trinket
(d) the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one; niner; Nina from Carolina
 
n. rave
(a) the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
(b) an extravagantly enthusiastic review
(c) person who makes a gift of property; presenter; conferrer
(d) revelry in drinking; bender; toot; booze-up

 

adj. famed
(a) widely known and esteemed; famous; illustrious; notable; noted; renowned
(b) extremely cold; gelid; icy; polar
(c) not modified or restricted by reservations; flat; unconditional
(d) bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; deplorable; vicious
 
n. archives
(a) leaves
(b) noisy talk; yakety-yak; chatter; cackle
(c) collection of records especially about an institution
(d) the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct; magnanimousness
 
adj. sunk
(a) doomed to extinction; undone; washed-up
(b) certified; licensed
(c) (of a male) capable of copulation
(d) of or relating to or used in cooking
 
n. resolve
(a) compensation for a past injury; correction of problems or malfunctions
(b) declaration that something is true
(c) righteousness by virtue of being pious
(d) a formal expression by a meeting
 
adj. annular
(a) excessively mournful
(b) not easily irritated; good-tempered; placid
(c) shaped like a ring; annulated; circinate; ringed; ring-shaped; doughnut-shaped
(d) filled with vapor; vaporous; vapourous

n. comity (c) a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect
adj. fantastic (d) extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
n. clangor (b) a loud resonant repeating noise; clank; clash; crash
n. privation (a) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
n. rave (b) an extravagantly enthusiastic review
adj. famed (a) widely known and esteemed; famous; illustrious; notable; noted; renowned
n. archives (c) collection of records especially about an institution
adj. sunk (a) doomed to extinction; undone; washed-up
n. resolve (d) a formal expression by a meeting
adj. annular (c) shaped like a ring; annulated; circinate; ringed; ring-shaped; doughnut-shaped

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