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n. hyperbole
(a) public statement listing policies and objectives
(b) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
(c) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; morass; slack
(d) extravagant exaggeration
 
n. franchise
(a) common language
(b) either of two large muscles of the chest; pectoralis; musculus pectoralis
(c) license to market a company's goods or services
(d) unintelligible talking
 
n. preamble
(a) a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
(b) an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others; self-importance
(c) a metric unit of volume (capacity)
(d) decorations; ornaments; adornments
 
n. egoism
(a) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair; twist
(b) selfishness; vanity
(c) the process of pulling or holding or drawing a part back
(d) foil in thin strips
 
n. bent
(a) a special way of doing something; hang
(b) front part of a vessel or aircraft; stem
(c) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
(d) someone who fights for a cause; hero

 

n. unguent
(a) balm; ointment
(b) essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers; athar; ottar
(c) a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula; blastodisc; germinal area
(d) extended verbal expression in speech or writing; preaching; treatment
 
n. tithe
(a) variation
(b) an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
(c) a sign of something about to happen; presage; prognostic; prognostication; prodigy
(d) a person with an obsessive desire to light fires
 
n. economy
(a) favorable; beneficent
(b) someone who spends money prodigally; spender; scattergood
(c) an act of economizing
(d) information about recent and important events; word
 
n. outturn
(a) brief description accompanying an illustration
(b) inactivity; immobility
(c) what is produced in a given time period; turnout
(d) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
 
n. conveyance
(a) an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation
(b) a rate that is rapid; rapidity; rapidness; speediness
(c) transmission; transfer
(d) a shape that spreads outward

n. hyperbole (d) extravagant exaggeration
n. franchise (c) license to market a company's goods or services
n. preamble (a) a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
n. egoism (b) selfishness; vanity
n. bent (a) a special way of doing something; hang
n. unguent (a) balm; ointment
n. tithe (b) an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
n. economy (c) an act of economizing
n. outturn (c) what is produced in a given time period; turnout
n. conveyance (c) transmission; transfer

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