v. behoove
(a) drop sharply
(b) be appropriate or necessary
(c) cut the wings off (of birds)
(d) be pregnant with; carry; expect
n. malefactor
(a) a young woman; missy; young lady; young woman
(b) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers); fascicle
(c) a disposition to be ill-tempered; crossness
(d) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime; crook; outlaw
v. bait
(a) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
(b) lay bare; strip
(c) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; cut short
(d) attack with dogs or set dogs upon
adj. rococo
(a) incapable of being retracted or revoked
(b) formally expressing praise; panegyric; panegyrical
(c) having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
(d) based on or told of in traditional stories; mythologic; mythological
n. stolidity
(a) one who lives in solitude; solitary; solitudinarian; troglodyte
(b) a confused multitude of things; muddle; fuddle; smother
(c) rushing about hastily in an undignified way; scurry
(d) an indifference to pleasure or pain; stolidness |
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n. infraction
(a) a crime less serious than a felony; violation; infringement
(b) hanging down from something; ornament (hanging from a necklace, etc.)
(c) horny projecting mouth of a bird; neb; pecker
(d) scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought
adv. indubitably
(a) distrustfully
(b) cautiously; carefully
(c) unquestionably; without a doubt
(d) in a hurried and disorganized fashion
n. abeyance
(a) relative importance
(b) an act of undue intimacy; indecorum; liberty
(c) persistent determination; persistence; persistency; tenaciousness; pertinacity
(d) temporary cessation or suspension
adj. audacious
(a) characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements
(b) tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument
(c) disposed to venture or take risks; venturesome; venturous
(d) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; mad; unrestrained
adj. debonnaire
(a) dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
(b) having a sophisticated charm; suave
(c) somewhat ill or prone to illness; sickly; unwell; under the weather; seedy
(d) curving or bulging outward |
