adj. supercilious
(a) expressive of contempt; snide
(b) consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny
(c) capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; pliant; waxy
(d) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; clever
adj. prophylactic
(a) having the nature of or resulting from malice
(b) characteristic of the dawn
(c) characterized by jokes and good humor; jocular; joking
(d) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
adj. predatory
(a) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
(b) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose
(c) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
(d) used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law
adj. inured
(a) made tough by habitual exposure; hardened
(b) showing a brooding ill humor; glowering; glum; moody; morose; sour; sullen
(c) having the characteristics of pitch or tar; resiny; tarry
(d) disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority; resistive
adj. touchy
(a) difficult to handle
(b) unable to meet or discharge financial obligations
(c) having a low center of gravity
(d) precisely accurate |
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n. virtue
(a) female sheep
(b) an understanding of something that is not correct
(c) a particular moral excellence
(d) either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
adj. inarticulate
(a) impalpable; cannot be seen or touched
(b) without or deprived of the use of speech or words
(c) attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); olde worlde
(d) believing the worst of human nature and motives; misanthropical
adj. bleak
(a) impossible to reconcile
(b) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; placative; placatory
(c) unpleasantly cold and damp; raw
(d) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; blameable; blameful; censurable
adj. haemal
(a) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; cruel; roughshod; savage; vicious
(b) relating to the blood vessels or blood; hematal; haematal
(c) offensively malodorous; foul; noisome; smelly; stinking
(d) characterized by abundance of verdure
adj. desultory
(a) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; suave; bland
(b) of plants or persons; bloodsucking
(c) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose
(d) formally expressing praise; panegyric; panegyrical |
