n. embezzlement
(a) an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others; self-importance
(b) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
(c) joviality
(d) the fraudulent appropriation of funds; defalcation; misapplication; misappropriation
adj. infantile
(a) ending in a sharp point; sharp; needlelike
(b) of or pertaining to the smell secreted by certain animals
(c) childish; puerile
(d) having a natural fragrance; perfumed; scented; sweet; sweet-scented; sweet-smelling
v. transpire
(a) give off (water) through the skin
(b) cross; pass over
(c) offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
(d) laugh at with contempt and derision; flout; barrack
n. blowhard
(a) edge; brink
(b) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
(c) a very boastful and talkative person; boaster; line-shooter; vaunter
(d) a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
n. palette
(a) physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression); uneasiness
(b) an unfavorable omen
(c) unrestrained merrymaking
(d) one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor |
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v. actuate
(a) give an incentive for action; propel; move; prompt; incite
(b) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling; shin; shinny; skin; struggle; sputter
(c) grow worse; drop; degenerate
(d) invent possible reasons for an action which are not the true reasons
v. exemplify
(a) blow gently
(b) indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
(c) clarify by giving an example of; instance
(d) scratch repeatedly
adj. bumbling
(a) (followed by 'to') informed about something secret or not generally known
(b) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; butterfingered; ham-fisted; ham-handed; handless; heavy-handed; left-handed
(c) showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; granitic; obdurate; stony
(d) incapable of absorbing or mixing with
adj. unctuous
(a) having the sticky properties of an adhesive; gummy; mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscid; viscous
(b) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; oily; oleaginous; smarmy; soapy
(c) in deplorable condition; derelict; ramshackle; tatterdemalion; tumble-down
(d) involving risk or danger; wild
n. spendthrift
(a) the act of obeying
(b) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
(c) the process of pulling or holding or drawing a part back
(d) someone who spends money prodigally; spender; scattergood |
