n. sinecure
(a) a person who makes plans; deviser
(b) someone who assaults others sexually; ravisher
(c) a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
(d) an office that involves minimal duties
n. shrew
(a) the floating wreckage of a ship
(b) someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
(c) small mouselike mammal with a long snout
(d) fearless daring
n. penance
(a) voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing; self-abasement
(b) quality of being quick to react
(c) any of various large flies that annoy livestock
(d) an embarrassing mistake; blooper; bungle; pratfall; foul-up
n. foil
(a) book containing the main principles of Christianity
(b) light sword; thin metal sheets
(c) significant events and incidents in a person's early life
(d) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved; comeupance
n. taxonomist
(a) an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
(b) a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
(c) a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior; systematist
(d) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink); gastronome; bon vivant; epicurean; foodie |
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n. saboteur
(a) a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
(b) a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
(c) severe criticism
(d) all future generations
n. skulduggery
(a) a person without moral scruples
(b) a twisting force
(c) verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way; slickness; hanky panky; jiggery-pokery; skullduggery
(d) remedy that alleviates pain without curing; alleviator
adj. unripened
(a) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin; pimply; pustulate
(b) invested with a bodily form especially of a human body
(c) not fully developed or mature; immature
(d) arranged in layers
n. pouffe
(a) the act of getting possession of something; procural
(b) a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair
(c) changing a particular word or phrase; rephrasing
(d) thick cushion used as a seat; puff; hassock
n. crabbiness
(a) an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); lyssa; madness
(b) a disposition to be ill-tempered; crossness
(c) a narrow groove beside a beading
(d) the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; indifference |
