v. attenuate
(a) become thin; diminish
(b) extract from; bring out
(c) express criticism towards
(d) drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
n. gastronomy
(a) a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment
(b) headdress that protects the head from bad weather; lid
(c) someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs; doubter
(d) the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
n. homage
(a) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
(b) a solemn pledge of fidelity
(c) an abject coward; recreant
(d) respectful deference
n. tureen
(a) a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
(b) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; veneration
(c) line; file; row
(d) large deep serving dish with a cover
adj. acned
(a) forming an end or termination
(b) marked by a lack of interest
(c) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin; pimply; pustulate
(d) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; mixed; motley |
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v. bandy
(a) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; adulterate; stretch
(b) fight
(c) beat through cleverness; outsmart; outfox; beat
(d) censure severely or angrily; rebuke; rag; reprimand
v. clamber
(a) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling; shin; shinny; skin; struggle; sputter
(b) produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
(c) defeat thoroughly; mop up; whip; rack up
(d) fill or cover completely, usually with water; submerge
adj. laxative
(a) stimulating evacuation of feces
(b) having the characteristics of pitch or tar; resiny; tarry
(c) lifeless; spiritless
(d) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; grimy; grubby; grungy; raunchy
n. consensus
(a) abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; struma; thyromegaly
(b) a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft; journeyman; artificer
(c) agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
(d) attraction; closeness
n. temperament
(a) manner of speaking which uses a negative to state a positive
(b) an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
(c) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; satire; caustic remark
(d) righteousness by virtue of being pious |
