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adj. coriaceous
(a) being the last or concluding element of a series
(b) resembling or made to resemble leather; leatherlike; leathery
(c) casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
(d) under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; provisionary; tentative
 
adj. figurative
(a) affectedly dainty or refined; niminy-piminy; prim; twee
(b) excessively or hypocritically pious; pietistical; sanctimonious; self-righteous
(c) consisting of or forming human or animal figures
(d) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; florid; sanguine
 
adj. chaffing
(a) resembling swine; piggy; porcine; swinish
(b) stimulating evacuation of feces
(c) teasing
(d) bold; insolent; forward
 
adj. avuncular
(a) deeply agitated especially from emotion
(b) taking on different forms
(c) being or relating to an uncle
(d) curved or curving in and out; wiggly
 
adj. bicameral
(a) consisting of two chambers
(b) excessively or hypocritically pious; pietistical; sanctimonious; self-righteous
(c) existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; preternatural; transcendental
(d) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull

 

adj. thespian
(a) characteristic of or relating to winter; hiemal
(b) of or relating to drama
(c) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; oily; oleaginous; smarmy; soapy
(d) making great mental demands; knotty; problematic; problematical; tough
 
adj. offhand
(a) of something having a dusty purplish pink color; rosaceous
(b) characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
(c) casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
(d) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
 
adj. doddery
(a) mentally or physically infirm with age; gaga; senile
(b) deviating from a straight course; roundabout
(c) having made preparations; prepared
(d) morally degraded; sleazy; sordid; squalid
 
adj. coalesced
(a) given to merry frolicking; frolicky; rollicking; sportive
(b) brief and to the point; laconic
(c) joined together into a whole; consolidated; fused
(d) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; florid
 
adj. acetose
(a) full of trivial conversation; loquacious; talkative; talky
(b) including markedly dissimilar elements
(c) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
(d) tasting or smelling like vinegar; vinegary; vinegarish

adj. coriaceous (b) resembling or made to resemble leather; leatherlike; leathery
adj. figurative (c) consisting of or forming human or animal figures
adj. chaffing (c) teasing
adj. avuncular (c) being or relating to an uncle
adj. bicameral (a) consisting of two chambers
adj. thespian (b) of or relating to drama
adj. offhand (c) casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
adj. doddery (a) mentally or physically infirm with age; gaga; senile
adj. coalesced (c) joined together into a whole; consolidated; fused
adj. acetose (d) tasting or smelling like vinegar; vinegary; vinegarish

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