n. jaunt
(a) a formal exposition
(b) an inlaid furniture decoration; buhl
(c) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); worker
(d) a journey taken for pleasure; outing; pleasure trip; expedition; sashay
n. malediction
(a) a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
(b) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
(c) tone of voice; quality of sound
(d) inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; phrenitis
n. solecism
(a) bowl-shaped strainer
(b) a socially awkward or tactless act; slip; gaucherie
(c) an event that is a beginning
(d) a singer of folk songs; minstrel; poet-singer; troubadour
n. postulate
(a) stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
(b) to presume; to suppose
(c) any of various plants of the genus Salvia
(d) a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (beneath a church)
n. litotes
(a) retreat; isolated dwelling
(b) manner of speaking which uses a negative to state a positive
(c) ancestor
(d) timely convenience; timeliness |
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n. transition
(a) book containing the main principles of Christianity
(b) a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
(c) a bad-tempered person; crank; churl
(d) restoration to good condition; renewal
n. adjuration
(a) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing; gewgaw; novelty; trinket
(b) a loud resonant repeating noise; clank; clash; crash
(c) a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
(d) encouragement; implied permission
n. adiposis
(a) irregular atmospheric motion
(b) the property of excessive fatness; stoutness
(c) style; way; manner; fashion
(d) one related on the father's side; patrilineal kin; patrisib; patrilineal sib
n. conundrum
(a) a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles; tingling
(b) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar; preserves
(c) a difficult problem; enigma; brain-teaser
(d) the qualities of a hero or heroine
n. betise
(a) reprehensible acquisitiveness; covetousness; rapacity
(b) the product of a body's mass and its velocity
(c) a stupid mistake; folly; foolishness; imbecility
(d) a downward slope or bend; fall; decline; declination; declension; downslope |
