n. irony
(a) the humanistic study of language and literature
(b) either of two large muscles of the chest; pectoralis; musculus pectoralis
(c) a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
(d) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
n. diffidence
(a) injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
(b) act of quitting a position; relinquishment
(c) a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
(d) lack of self-confidence; self-distrust
n. atrocity
(a) an act of atrocious cruelty
(b) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
(c) proverb; short tale that teaches a moral lesson
(d) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to); amiability; amiableness; bonhomie
n. vantage
(a) great and constant diligence and attention; concentration
(b) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
(c) pompously embellished language; flatulence
(d) great merriment; mirthfulness; glee; gleefulness
n. fusillade
(a) the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
(b) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone; predecessor; herald; precursor
(c) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; volley; burst
(d) a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet |
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n. modicum
(a) a small or moderate or token amount
(b) an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
(c) an established custom
(d) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting); order of business
n. expletive
(a) a disputant who quibbles; pettifogger
(b) a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
(c) a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
(d) tendency of a system to safeguard internal stability
n. crevice
(a) an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
(b) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
(c) a long narrow opening; fissure; scissure
(d) looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth); tweediness
n. title
(a) a small natural hill; hillock; hummock; hammock
(b) duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio; fax
(c) distinctive appellation denoting rank or achievement
(d) an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; visitation
n. blende
(a) foolish or senseless behavior; craziness; lunacy; indulgence
(b) one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons
(c) an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge
(d) an ore that is the chief source of zinc; sphalerite |
