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n. hymnal
(a) a songbook containing a collection of hymns; hymnary
(b) an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
(c) a theatrical performer; player; thespian; role player
(d) excessive protection; overshielding
 
n. warren
(a) a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
(b) the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
(c) a name given to a product or service; brand
(d) a colony of rabbits
 
n. kaleidoscope
(a) the discharge of semen in males
(b) event or circumstance that can be observed
(c) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work; navvy; galley slave
(d) an optical toy in a tube
 
n. propellant
(a) any substance that propels
(b) stick of wax with a wick in the middle; wax light
(c) picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
(d) a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
 
n. dais
(a) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; patronage
(b) a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome
(c) intermittent river
(d) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it; pulpit; rostrum; ambo; stump; soapbox

 

n. machinations
(a) informal terms for a (young) woman; skirt; chick; bird
(b) transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
(c) act of plotting or scheming; conspiracy
(d) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving; filling; pick
 
n. nutrient
(a) a crude idol of Krishna
(b) any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
(c) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; assumption
(d) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving; filling; pick
 
adj. pedantic
(a) (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous; zoftig
(b) most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied
(c) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
(d) wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; plundered; ransacked
 
v. entreat
(a) cry loudly, as of animals; yammer; yowl
(b) ask for or request earnestly; adjure; press; conjure
(c) make amends for; atone
(d) make a groove in
 
n. baring
(a) overbearingness
(b) the removal of covering; uncovering; husking
(c) intense aversion; horror
(d) a young woman making her entry into society

n. hymnal (a) a songbook containing a collection of hymns; hymnary
n. warren (d) a colony of rabbits
n. kaleidoscope (d) an optical toy in a tube
n. propellant (a) any substance that propels
n. dais (d) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it; pulpit; rostrum; ambo; stump; soapbox
n. machinations (c) act of plotting or scheming; conspiracy
n. nutrient (b) any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
adj. pedantic (c) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
v. entreat (b) ask for or request earnestly; adjure; press; conjure
n. baring (b) the removal of covering; uncovering; husking

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