n. obelisk
(a) fortuneteller
(b) the pivot about which a lever turns
(c) a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
(d) a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
n. merger
(a) trivial nonsense; piffle
(b) the act of rubbing together
(c) extravagant elaborateness; showiness
(d) an occurrence that involves the production of a union; unification
n. mayhem
(a) a complex system of interconnecting cavities
(b) the act of making a choice
(c) violent and needless disturbance
(d) memorization by repetition
n. connotation
(a) an idea that is implied or suggested
(b) a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
(c) leader of 100 soldiers in the Roman army
(d) unwillingness to tell lies
n. precept
(a) a doctrine that is taught; commandment
(b) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; savant
(c) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
(d) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum |
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n. tiro
(a) reply; answer; response
(b) a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
(c) someone new to a field or activity; tyro; initiate
(d) the act of obeying
n. alias
(a) a name that has been assumed temporarily; false name
(b) back country
(c) a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
(d) a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
v. necrose
(a) undergo necrosis; mortify; sphacelate
(b) become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
(c) bear fruit
(d) be exposed
n. frippery
(a) something of little value or significance; frivolity
(b) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest; remonstration; objection
(c) someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
(d) a duplicate copy; twin
n. garboil
(a) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
(b) the matter ejected in vomiting; puke
(c) the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
(d) a state of commotion and noise and confusion; uproar |
