v. fleece
(a) shear the wool from
(b) dismiss from priestly office
(c) say (something) with great enthusiasm
(d) place out of sight
n. anticlimax
(a) floater; vagabond
(b) a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
(c) the body of teachers and administrators at a school
(d) voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge
v. chastise
(a) disavow; deny
(b) stop the flow of a liquid; staunch; halt
(c) walk unsteadily; totter; paddle; waddle
(d) censure severely; objurgate; chasten; correct
v. pillage
(a) indicate by signs; portend; prognosticate; betoken; augur
(b) change from one system to another; convert; change over
(c) steal goods; loot; reave; strip; rifle; ransack; foray
(d) mix; merge; blend; join; unite
adj. monumental
(a) imposing in size or bulk or solidity
(b) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; jaunty; raffish; rakish; spiffy; snappy; spruce
(c) (of clothing) custom-made; made-to-order; tailored; tailor-made
(d) causing debilitation; enfeebling; weakening |
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n. girth
(a) transmission; transfer
(b) the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time; inconsistency
(c) a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds; epos
(d) stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
adj. impermeable
(a) of a pale to moderate greyish violet color
(b) preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through
(c) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; sanguine
(d) subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
v. abscond
(a) make a parody of; parody
(b) run away; absquatulate; decamp; run off; go off; make off
(c) make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the shoes
(d) reduce the seriousness of
adj. inopportune
(a) having many aspects; miscellaneous
(b) untimely; unsuitable; inappropriate
(c) showing sorrow; lachrymose; tearful; weeping
(d) adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
v. founder
(a) stumble and nearly fall
(b) assemble or get together; collect; pull together
(c) overeat or eat immodestly; overindulge; glut; stuff; engorge
(d) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; disgrace; put down |
