n. burnoose
(a) a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification; protective embankment
(b) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; burnouse
(c) a notable achievement
(d) a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry
n. neologism
(a) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; king; magnate; power; top executive; tycoon
(b) in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
(c) the characteristic sounds made by a horse; whicker; whinny
(d) the act of inventing a word or phrase; coinage
n. legacy
(a) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator; absolutism; authoritarianism; one-man rule; shogunate; totalitarianism; tyranny
(b) a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
(c) inheritance; bequest
(d) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age); debility; feebleness; frailness; valetudinarianism
n. catastrophe
(a) a channel for communication between groups; contact; inter-group communication
(b) a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
(c) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
(d) the state of being senile
n. perusal
(a) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; disaster; tragedy; cataclysm
(b) reading carefully with intent to remember; poring over; studying
(c) a small stream; run; runnel; streamlet
(d) the outside boundary or surface of something; outer boundary |
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n. eddy
(a) a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
(b) wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
(c) a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
(d) the belief in government by divine guidance
n. pastille
(a) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; acknowledgment; credit; reference; mention; quotation
(b) kinship; blood relation
(c) mixed feelings or emotions
(d) a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat; cough drop; troche
n. grotto
(a) a primitive method of determining a person's guilt
(b) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
(c) a small cave (usually with attractive features)
(d) someone who wastes time; mope; lounger
n. deciliter
(a) a metric unit of volume (capacity)
(b) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
(c) a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
(d) the deep vascular inner layer of the skin; derma
n. fatso
(a) someone who insists on something
(b) a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
(c) the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
(d) a rotund individual; roly-poly; butterball |
