n. chalice
(a) a bowl-shaped drinking vessel
(b) a disputant who advocates reform; crusader; social reformer
(c) the power to foresee the future
(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
n. dormer
(a) a difficult problem; brain-teaser
(b) the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
(c) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name; defamation; denigration
(d) a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
n. credo
(a) a sound defeat; drubbing; slaughter; trouncing; whipping
(b) any system of principles or beliefs
(c) a swaggering show of courage
(d) longing for something past
n. notoriety
(a) the object of a feeling of intense aversion
(b) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; language
(c) the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
(d) the words of an opera or musical play
n. aviary
(a) a building where birds are kept; volary
(b) an arrangement of branching parts
(c) a wad of something chewable as tobacco; cud; quid; plug; wad
(d) a Mass celebrated for the dead |
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n. gesticulation
(a) a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
(b) a fee charged for exchanging currencies; premium; exchange premium
(c) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed; lure
(d) a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
n. torrent
(a) an overwhelming number or amount; deluge
(b) someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
(c) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
(d) a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
n. apothecary
(a) a regular patron; fixture
(b) fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
(c) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs; chemist; pill pusher; pill roller
(d) a quantity much larger than is needed; surplusage
adj. incitive
(a) arousing to action or rebellion; inflammatory; instigative; rabble-rousing; seditious
(b) narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
(c) capable of being remedied or redressed
(d) fixed in place; unchangeable
n. demise
(a) a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
(b) an excited state of agitation; fuss; tizzy; flap
(c) disturbance usually in protest; upheaval; hullabaloo
(d) the time when something ends |
