adj. covetous
(a) slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
(b) formally expressing praise; panegyric; panegyrical
(c) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile
(d) being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order
adj. virulent
(a) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; obstinate; unrepentant
(b) highly praised
(c) noisy like the sound of a bee
(d) harsh or corrosive in tone; acerbic; blistering; caustic; sulfurous
adj. funereal
(a) suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
(b) used of persons or behavior
(c) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; meddling; officious
(d) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
adj. doctrinaire
(a) most frequent or common; predominant; dominant; rife
(b) stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
(c) characterized by dignity and propriety
(d) attempting to win favor by flattery; sycophantic; toadyish
adj. sententious
(a) free from provincial prejudices or attachments
(b) concise and full of meaning
(c) rapidly changing; fickle
(d) in opposition to a civil authority or government; subversive |
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adj. burly
(a) banned
(b) elastic; lively; springy
(c) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows; conventual
(d) sturdy; strong
adj. variegated
(a) showing hovering attentiveness
(b) having a variety of colors
(c) having legal efficacy or force
(d) exalted; noble; lofty
adj. perennial
(a) petty or reluctant in giving or spending; scrimy
(b) capable of being repaired or rectified
(c) lasting throughout the whole year
(d) (usually followed by 'to') strongly opposed
adj. woozy
(a) characterized by profanity or cursing; profane
(b) existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; transcendental
(c) rounded like an egg; elliptical; oval; oval-shaped; ovate; oviform; prolate
(d) having or causing a whirling sensation; vertiginous
adj. cannular
(a) stimulating evacuation of feces
(b) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; stupefying
(c) having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
(d) constituting a tube; tubelike; tube-shaped; vasiform |
