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n. cataclysm
(a) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; disaster; tragedy
(b) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose; ingroup; inner circle; pack; camp
(c) a journey taken for pleasure; outing; pleasure trip; expedition; sashay
(d) the discharge of semen in males
 
n. indignation
(a) a feeling of righteous anger
(b) a person who lacks good judgment; saphead; tomfool
(c) state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
(d) a branch that flows into the main stream; confluent; affluent
 
n. braggart
(a) a source of concern
(b) a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
(c) a very boastful and talkative person; boaster; blowhard; line-shooter; vaunter
(d) excessive sternness; severeness; harshness; inclemency; hardness; stiffness
 
n. fortitude
(a) courage; endurance
(b) a colony of rabbits
(c) vengeful opponent
(d) the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
 
n. wastrel
(a) a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; pinny
(b) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked); gammon
(c) the atmosphere of an environment
(d) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently

 

n. colander
(a) shrewd or crafty management of public affairs
(b) the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner; blandness; smoothness
(c) bowl-shaped strainer
(d) kindly endorsement and guidance; aegis
 
n. pluck
(a) the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
(b) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.; renegade; recreant; ratter
(c) demonstration or indication or something
(d) small crude shelter used as a dwelling; hutch; shack; shanty
 
v. binge
(a) overeat or eat immodestly; overindulge
(b) become tight or as if tight; narrow
(c) compose; write in words
(d) draw back, as with fear or pain; cringe; shrink; wince; recoil; quail
 
n. endogen
(a) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; liliopsid
(b) stock; supply; military force that is not on active duty but can be mobilized as needed
(c) the act of deriding or treating with contempt
(d) a state of extreme dishonor
 
n. proviso
(a) a stipulated condition
(b) an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
(c) animal hunted or caught for food
(d) a miniature model of something

n. cataclysm (a) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; disaster; tragedy
n. indignation (a) a feeling of righteous anger
n. braggart (c) a very boastful and talkative person; boaster; blowhard; line-shooter; vaunter
n. fortitude (a) courage; endurance
n. wastrel (d) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
n. colander (c) bowl-shaped strainer
n. pluck (a) the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
v. binge (a) overeat or eat immodestly; overindulge
n. endogen (a) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; liliopsid
n. proviso (a) a stipulated condition

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