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adj. hazy
(a) blurry; foggy; fuzzy; muzzy
(b) shockingly repellent; grisly; gruesome; sick
(c) of the same period; contemporaneous
(d) disposed to venture or take risks; venturesome; venturous
 
adj. glutinous
(a) having the sticky properties of an adhesive; gummy; mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscid; viscous
(b) very lively and profitable; prospering; prosperous; roaring; thriving
(c) (of reputation) free from blemishes; untainted; untarnished
(d) young and inexperienced; callow
 
adj. inveterate
(a) characterized by extreme care and great effort
(b) having a secret or hidden meaning; qabalistic; cryptic; cryptical
(c) habitual
(d) irritable as if suffering from indigestion; liverish
 
adj. irrelevant
(a) decorated with channels or grooves
(b) informal terms; quirky; way-out
(c) characterized by extravagance and profusion; lush; plush; plushy
(d) having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
 
adj. impalpable
(a) having a variety of colors
(b) not perceptible to the touch
(c) characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity
(d) being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars

 

adj. recondite
(a) marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
(b) characterized by extravagance and profusion; lush; plush; plushy
(c) showing inventiveness and skill
(d) difficult to penetrate
 
adj. dapper
(a) subjected to cruel treatment; mistreated
(b) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; jaunty; natty; raffish
(c) of the night
(d) without civilizing influences; savage; uncivilized; uncivilised; wild
 
adj. cognate
(a) softly bright or radiant; lucent; luminous
(b) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; inglorious; opprobrious; shameful
(c) allowing passage in and out
(d) related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
 
adj. astringent
(a) tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
(b) persistent petty and unjustified criticism; faultfinding
(c) incapable of harmonious association
(d) of an instrument of certain death
 
adj. obscure
(a) remote and separate physically or socially
(b) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions
(c) transparent; easy to understand
(d) fixed in place; unchangeable

adj. hazy (a) blurry; foggy; fuzzy; muzzy
adj. glutinous (a) having the sticky properties of an adhesive; gummy; mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscid; viscous
adj. inveterate (c) habitual
adj. irrelevant (d) having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
adj. impalpable (b) not perceptible to the touch
adj. recondite (d) difficult to penetrate
adj. dapper (b) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; jaunty; natty; raffish
adj. cognate (d) related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
adj. astringent (a) tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
adj. obscure (a) remote and separate physically or socially

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