n. rigor
(a) the dead and rotting body of an animal
(b) any substance that can be used as food; eatable; pabulum; victual; victuals
(c) excessive sternness; severeness; harshness; inclemency; hardness; stiffness
(d) unrestrained merrymaking
n. furor
(a) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
(b) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses); net profit; earnings
(c) a sudden outburst (as of protest)
(d) the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research)
adj. sporadic
(a) taking place by degrees
(b) pleasing to the ear; mellifluous; mellisonant; sweet
(c) recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
(d) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms; parasiticidal
n. bugaboo
(a) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals; steward
(b) variable which determines the form of a function
(c) a source of concern
(d) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire); fillagree
n. proclivity
(a) falsification by the use of sophistry
(b) a natural inclination; leaning
(c) abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will; vitriol
(d) an upward slope or grade (as in a road); rise; raise; climb; upgrade |
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n. parquet
(a) line; file; row
(b) wooden floor
(c) a small cave (usually with attractive features)
(d) a farm building for housing poultry; henhouse
n. pantomime
(a) a performance using gestures and body movements without words; dumb show
(b) depressant; downer
(c) a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.
(d) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age); debility; feebleness; frailness; valetudinarianism
adj. ubiquitous
(a) marked by a ready flow of speech
(b) being present everywhere at once
(c) having branches; ramose; ramous
(d) morally reprehensible; vile; slimy; unworthy; worthless; wretched
n. citadel
(a) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
(b) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
(c) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
(d) formal separation from an alliance or federation
v. apostatize
(a) act in advance of; counter
(b) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances; tergiversate
(c) print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil
(d) overcome or allay; appease |
