n. amnesia
(a) a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol; intoxication; tipsiness; insobriety
(b) someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
(c) partial or total loss of memory; blackout
(d) a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
n. insolence
(a) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; ascendence; ascendency; control
(b) a short pithy instructive saying; apophthegm
(c) an offensive disrespectful impudent act
(d) the extent of something from side to side
n. remnant
(a) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold; oddment
(b) a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; cwm
(c) a brilliant and notable success
(d) the process of flowing in
n. knell
(a) person who makes a gift of property; presenter; conferrer
(b) a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
(c) the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
(d) timely convenience; timeliness
n. melee
(a) a device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs
(b) material for starting a fire; touchwood; spunk; punk
(c) a noisy riotous fight; battle royal
(d) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration |
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n. antecedents
(a) the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint
(b) verbal punishment
(c) significant events and incidents in a person's early life
(d) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals; steward
n. atavism
(a) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic; throwback
(b) feelings of great warmth and intensity; fervor; fervour; fervency; fire; fervidness
(c) a small stream; run; runnel; streamlet
(d) income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
adj. pallid
(a) bluish; very angry
(b) doing arduous or unpleasant work; labouring; toiling
(c) present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
(d) lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
n. dustup
(a) a short moral story (often with animal characters); allegory
(b) an angry dispute; row; words; run-in
(c) the condition of prospering
(d) lawyer; attorney
n. blaring
(a) a person who makes maps
(b) a person who dribbles; slobberer
(c) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
(d) a loud harsh or strident noise; cacophony; clamor; din |
