n. hovel
(a) a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
(b) promise; pledge
(c) attraction; closeness
(d) small crude shelter used as a dwelling; hutch; shack; shanty
n. quarry
(a) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding; interference
(b) animal hunted or caught for food
(c) verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way; slickness; hanky panky; jiggery-pokery; skullduggery
(d) an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
n. tightwad
(a) excessive sternness; severeness; harshness; inclemency; hardness; stiffness
(b) a miserly person
(c) leader of 100 soldiers in the Roman army
(d) a procession of people traveling on horseback
n. matriarch
(a) a person who uses the mind creatively
(b) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone; predecessor; herald; precursor
(c) periapsis in Earth orbit
(d) a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)
n. mishap
(a) place of purification
(b) abstaining from excess
(c) a state of commotion and noise and confusion; uproar
(d) an instance of misfortune; mischance |
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n. incarnation
(a) manifestation of a deity or spirit in an earthly form
(b) wooden floor
(c) the evasion of work or duty; soldiering; goofing off; goldbricking
(d) something intended to deceive; hoax; humbug; put-on
n. innovation
(a) fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
(b) a person who does not acknowledge your god; gentile; infidel
(c) a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume
(d) the act of starting something for the first time; foundation; institution; origination; creation
n. oratorio
(a) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
(b) animal hunted or caught for food
(c) study of poetic meter
(d) a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
n. diversion
(a) an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
(b) a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
(c) organized opposition to authority; revolt; rising; uprising
(d) mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
n. accretion
(a) expansion or increase due to gradual buid-up or additions
(b) an obsolete firearm with a long barrel; hackbut; hagbut
(c) a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea
(d) a compact mass; lump; clump; chunk |
