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v. chasten
(a) have as a necessary feature
(b) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; enclose
(c) determine; decide
(d) correct by punishment or discipline; subdue
 
n. provenance
(a) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; place of origin; provenience
(b) inactivity; immobility
(c) a special way of doing something; hang
(d) a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
 
n. icon
(a) image; statue; idol
(b) footwear usually with wooden soles; patten; sabot
(c) a burst of deep loud hearty laughter
(d) a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public
 
n. fodder
(a) small individual study area in a library; cubicle; stall
(b) in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held
(c) loud confusing disagreeable sounds
(d) food fed to livestock
 
v. demean
(a) make stronger or defensible
(b) make wet and dirty, as from rain
(c) dance the slam dance; thrash
(d) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; disgrace; put down

 

adj. combustible
(a) of or characteristic of or resembling a king of beasts
(b) capable of igniting and burning
(c) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; supposed; suppositional; suppositious; supposititious
(d) alone; unique; unparalleled
 
v. flag
(a) become less intense; slacken off
(b) cause to be nervous or upset
(c) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
(d) reflect deeply on a subject; think over; meditate; contemplate; reflect
 
v. propitiate
(a) insert something new
(b) become less in amount or intensity; slack off; slack; die away
(c) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold; engild
(d) make peace with
 
adj. formidable
(a) invested with a bodily form especially of a human body
(b) marked by active interest and enthusiasm
(c) tending to move apart in different directions
(d) inspiring fear; unnerving
 
v. retaliate
(a) report or maintain; say
(b) make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
(c) live in a country area
(d) attract; enamor; captivate; entrance; enchant

v. chasten (d) correct by punishment or discipline; subdue
n. provenance (a) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; place of origin; provenience
n. icon (a) image; statue; idol
n. fodder (d) food fed to livestock
v. demean (d) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; disgrace; put down
adj. combustible (b) capable of igniting and burning
v. flag (a) become less intense; slacken off
v. propitiate (d) make peace with
adj. formidable (d) inspiring fear; unnerving
v. retaliate (b) make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil

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