n. shard
(a) conformity with rules or standards
(b) a broken piece of a brittle artifact; fragment
(c) statement that seems to be self-contradictory
(d) the act of decreasing or reducing something; reduction; step-down
n. scaffold
(a) a theatrical performer; player; thespian; role player
(b) belief in a single God
(c) a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
(d) complete denial of all established authority and institutions
n. grimace
(a) a servile or fawning dependant
(b) overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness
(c) a contorted facial expression
(d) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral; lagune
n. carillon
(a) an upward slope or grade (as in a road); rise; raise; climb; upgrade
(b) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound; stridency
(c) a medicine used to relieve pain; painkiller; pain pill
(d) playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
n. tantrum
(a) a display of bad temper; scene; conniption
(b) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold; oddment
(c) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability; comradeliness; comradery; comradeship
(d) a social scientist who specializes in anthropology |
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n. onomatopoeia
(a) influencing strongly; impact
(b) using words that imitate the sound they denote
(c) a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
(d) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
n. medley
(a) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
(b) a manuscript on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
(c) a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources; pastiche
(d) extreme distress of body or mind
n. papyrus
(a) desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
(b) decorated metal band worn around the head
(c) paper reed; ancient document
(d) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature; cap
n. welter
(a) depressant; downer
(b) a confused multitude of things; muddle; fuddle; smother
(c) something of little value or significance; frivolity
(d) lack of sophistication or worldliness; naiveness
n. recasting
(a) a specialist in wine making; fermentologist
(b) a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
(c) a person holding a fief; liegeman; liege subject; feudatory
(d) changing a particular word or phrase; rephrasing |
