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n. friskiness
(a) lively high-spirited playfulness; sportiveness
(b) sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation; contriteness
(c) a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
(d) animal belonging to a subdivision of animals whose bodies and limbs are composed of segments jointed together
 
n. recluse
(a) one who lives in solitude; solitary; solitudinarian; troglodyte
(b) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; assumption
(c) a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
(d) extreme excess; superfluity; embarrassment
 
n. emetic
(a) the removal of covering; uncovering; husking
(b) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting; vomitive; nauseant
(c) the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; ventilation
(d) demonstration or indication or something
 
v. energize
(a) provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; tempt
(b) raise to a higher energy level; energise
(c) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; rationalize; rationalise
(d) confine; imprison
 
n. viper
(a) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire); fillagree
(b) venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
(c) act of exiting; going out
(d) a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry

 

adj. corrosive
(a) spitefully sarcastic
(b) lasting throughout the whole year
(c) stubbornly unyielding; persistent; pertinacious; tenacious; unyielding
(d) generous in assistance to the poor; eleemosynary; philanthropic
 
adj. febrile
(a) of or relating to or characterized by fever
(b) made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
(c) suffering shame; dishonored; shamed
(d) capable of being obtained; obtainable; procurable
 
v. deride
(a) talk in a monotonous voice
(b) get or gather together; accumulate; pile up; compile; hoard
(c) polish and make shiny; furbish
(d) treat or speak of with contempt
 
adj. antsy
(a) concerned with or related to the past
(b) covered with water; flooded; inundated; overflowing
(c) nervous and unable to relax; fretful; itchy
(d) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; meddling; officious; busy; busybodied
 
n. predilection
(a) fearless daring
(b) a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea
(c) disorderly fighting; dogfight; rough-and-tumble
(d) a strong liking; taste

n. friskiness (a) lively high-spirited playfulness; sportiveness
n. recluse (a) one who lives in solitude; solitary; solitudinarian; troglodyte
n. emetic (b) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting; vomitive; nauseant
v. energize (b) raise to a higher energy level; energise
n. viper (b) venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
adj. corrosive (a) spitefully sarcastic
adj. febrile (a) of or relating to or characterized by fever
v. deride (d) treat or speak of with contempt
adj. antsy (c) nervous and unable to relax; fretful; itchy
n. predilection (d) a strong liking; taste

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