adj. cursory
(a) hasty and without attention to detail; perfunctory
(b) not having enough money to pay for necessities; penurious; pinched
(c) remote and separate physically or socially
(d) deviating from a straight course; roundabout
n. ramification
(a) an arrangement of branching parts
(b) a set of clothing (with accessories); rig; turnout
(c) thinks about unfortunate things that might happen; worrywart
(d) man made object
n. crescendo
(a) license to market a company's goods or services
(b) the trait of being intransigent
(c) unequal curvature of the lens of the eye creating a distorted image
(d) a gradual increase in loudness (music)
v. fructify
(a) move or swing back and forth; wave
(b) bear fruit
(c) overcome or allay; appease
(d) find repugnant; execrate
n. detonation
(a) a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
(b) smallness of stature; stuntedness
(c) a socially awkward or tactless act; slip; gaucherie
(d) the act of detonating an explosive |
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n. pest
(a) an effortful attempt to attain a goal; pains; strain
(b) any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
(c) the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
(d) an individual's prescribed share of work
adj. absolute
(a) old
(b) not capable of being violated or infringed; inviolable
(c) softly bright or radiant; lucent; luminous
(d) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; supposed; suppositional; suppositious; supposititious
v. abye
(a) be exposed
(b) expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
(c) make amends for; atone
(d) remove the consecration from a person or an object; deconsecrate
adj. dauntless
(a) reduced to liquid form by heating; liquified
(b) showing lack of favoritism; impartial (vs. partial)
(c) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; fearless; hardy; intrepid; unfearing
(d) pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced
adj. ominous
(a) resistant to guidance or discipline; perverse; wayward
(b) suggestive of sexual impropriety; gamey; juicy; naughty; racy; spicy
(c) presaging ill fortune
(d) exalted; noble; lofty |
