v. ascribe
(a) indicate by signs; portend; prognosticate; omen; betoken; foreshadow
(b) hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.; fall back; fall behind
(c) attribute or credit to; assign; attribute
(d) undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; condense
adj. parsimonious
(a) inflexible; stubborn; unyielding
(b) trying; severe; demanding
(c) pleasing to the ear; mellisonant; sweet
(d) excessively unwilling to spend
adj. compensatory
(a) cleverly amusing in tone; tongue-in-cheek
(b) tending to discourage (especially of prices)
(c) curved down like an eagle's beak
(d) serving to make up for or atone
adj. reputable
(a) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
(b) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; mossy; stodgy
(c) full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; shelvy; shoaly
(d) having a good reputation
adj. odorous
(a) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season (of plants and shrubs)
(b) painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; knifelike; piercing; stabbing; lancinating
(c) having a natural fragrance; perfumed; scented; sweet; sweet-scented; sweet-smelling
(d) communicated in words; verbalized; verbalised |
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n. hubbub
(a) an ornamental caparison for a horse
(b) in former times was free and cultivated his own land
(c) a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom
(d) loud confused noise from many sources; brouhaha; katzenjammer
adj. livid
(a) puffed up with vanity; pompous; portentous
(b) detached; having distinct breaks between successive tones
(c) annoyed and irritable; cross; fussy; grouchy; grumpy; bad-tempered; ill-tempered
(d) bluish; very angry
adj. insurgent
(a) not extreme
(b) in opposition to a civil authority or government; subversive
(c) of or relating to or similar to bears
(d) able to walk about
adj. prosy
(a) relating to or involved in therapy
(b) not pleasing in odor or taste; unsavoury
(c) lacking wit or imagination; earthbound
(d) wet through and through
v. rase
(a) tear down so as to make flat with the ground; dismantle; tear down; take down; pull down
(b) shift; divert; alter the course of
(c) censure severely; objurgate; chasten; correct
(d) coat with plaster; plaster; smear |
