n. farce
(a) a family of similar musical instrument playing together
(b) mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
(c) one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder; rung
(d) encouraging; helpful
n. subterfuge
(a) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; standard
(b) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
(c) to presume; to suppose
(d) the feeling of a hostile person; ill will
n. philistine
(a) demonstration or indication or something
(b) bowl-shaped strainer
(c) a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
(d) a disrespectful laugh; snigger
v. plagiarize
(a) copy another person's written work without giving the proper acknowledgement
(b) transform a solid directly into a gas
(c) dress or groom with elaborate care; plume; dress
(d) use persuasion successfully
v. enfranchise
(a) spend frivolously and unwisely; dissipate; shoot; fool
(b) grant voting rights
(c) measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
(d) apply small dots or dabs of paint or ink to a surface |
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v. nurture
(a) lay bare; strip
(b) provide with nourishment; sustain
(c) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly; piffle; palaver; tittle-tattle
(d) climb; ascend; weigh
v. oscillate
(a) go back to bad behavior; regress; retrogress; fall back
(b) call together
(c) move or swing from side to side regularly
(d) supply with an excess of
n. paucity
(a) an insufficient quantity or number
(b) individual's strong point; talent
(c) adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing; diamante
(d) a confused multitude of things; muddle; fuddle; smother
n. runniness
(a) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; savant
(b) approaching; coming soon; looming
(c) a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
(d) the property of flowing easily; liquidity; liquidness
v. enfeoff
(a) lengthen or extend in duration or space; keep up
(b) coat with a green incrustation
(c) put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society
(d) consider not very seriously; play |
