n. ordination
(a) a formal written statement of relinquishment; discharge
(b) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand; chiromancy
(c) the act of ordaining
(d) compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)
adj. grisly
(a) capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; waxy
(b) shaped like a ring; annulated; circinate; ringed; ring-shaped; doughnut-shaped
(c) shockingly repellent; gruesome; macabre; sick
(d) containing seeds of later development; seminal
adj. cumulative
(a) knocked unconscious by a heavy blow; stunned
(b) increasing by successive addition
(c) evidencing little spirit or courage
(d) showing sorrow; tearful; weeping
v. refrain
(a) put forward, as of an idea
(b) give qualities or abilities to; gift; empower; invest; endue
(c) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; devastate; desolate; scourge
(d) choose not to consume; desist
adj. hibernal
(a) generous in assistance to the poor; eleemosynary; philanthropic
(b) characteristic of or relating to winter; hiemal
(c) taking place by degrees
(d) of a substance, especially a strong acid; erosive; mordant |
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adj. tainted
(a) of very great significance
(b) touched by rot or decay
(c) having a variety of colors
(d) shining intensely; dazzling; fulgent; glaring; glary
adj. bracing
(a) of or pertaining to the smell secreted by certain animals
(b) lacking even the rudiments of courage
(c) imparting vitality and energy; fresh; refreshing; refreshful; tonic
(d) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; mossy; stodgy
adj. brinded
(a) having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; tabby
(b) quick and energetic; lively; merry; rattling; snappy; zippy
(c) having two horns or horn-shaped parts; bicornuate; bicornuous
(d) suitable for cutting or piercing
n. jocoseness
(a) stadium; arena
(b) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it; pulpit; rostrum; ambo; stump; soapbox
(c) getting something back again; restoration; regaining
(d) the trait of merry joking; merriness; humorousness
adj. mantic
(a) migratory; roving; wandering
(b) resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; sibylline; sibyllic; vatic; vatical
(c) marked by great carelessness; slipshod; sloppy
(d) relating to the blood vessels or blood; hematal; haematal |
