n. facade
(a) a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
(b) order; command
(c) the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
(d) hypothesis
n. anachronism
(a) a person who seems to be displaced in time
(b) rebuking a person harshly; objurgation; tongue-lashing
(c) a female fox
(d) one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons
n. liability
(a) a feeling of evil to come; boding
(b) a deep opening in the earth's surface
(c) the quality of being something that holds you back
(d) someone who is morally reprehensible; dog; hound; heel
n. sleeper
(a) an ornamental caparison for a horse
(b) a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
(c) railroad passenger car with beds
(d) a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
n. fatalism
(a) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
(b) a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
(c) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; pundit
(d) a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them |
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n. mote
(a) a person having a strong liking for something
(b) an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode
(c) a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome
(d) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything; particle; corpuscle; speck
n. somnambulist
(a) a family of similar musical instrument playing together
(b) someone who walks about in their sleep; noctambulist
(c) collection of records especially about an institution
(d) an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
n. levee
(a) an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
(b) any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
(c) a fear of foreigners or strangers
(d) official written document summoning a witness to appear in court
n. eddo
(a) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants; dasheen
(b) an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
(c) railroad passenger car with beds
(d) the state of being under the control of another person; vassalage
n. piddle
(a) the harsh sound of a duck
(b) the process of pulling or holding or drawing a part back
(c) liquid excretory product; pee; weewee; water
(d) shelter; refuge; mental home |
