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n. purgatory
(a) premise; basic assumption
(b) a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
(c) fortuneteller
(d) place of purification
 
n. frieze
(a) an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty; crown
(b) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; battery; bombardment; shelling
(c) a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
(d) any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
 
n. ewe
(a) a disorderly outburst or tumult; commotion; flutter; hurly burly
(b) style; way; manner; fashion
(c) female sheep
(d) a contrived or fantastic idea
 
n. gargoyle
(a) a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
(b) a channel for communication between groups; contact; inter-group communication
(c) an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
(d) a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
 
n. decomposition
(a) the analysis of a vector field; disintegration; the organic phenomenon of rotting; decay
(b) a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
(c) a stupid mistake; folly; foolishness
(d) the position of greatest importance or advancement; cutting edge

 

v. chronicle
(a) record in chronological order
(b) form granulating tissue
(c) regret strongly; bemoan
(d) raise in rank, character, or status
 
adj. soldierly
(a) concerned with or related to the past
(b) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; roiled; roily; turbulent
(c) in opposition to a civil authority or government; subversive
(d) (of persons) befitting a warrior; warriorlike; martial
 
v. ware
(a) turn away from sin or do penitence
(b) spend extravagantly; waste
(c) shear the wool from
(d) adjust to a specific need or market
 
v. divagate
(a) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; wander
(b) offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
(c) reduce the speed of
(d) prove to be false or incorrect; controvert
 
n. pinafore
(a) written statement made under oath
(b) a course introducing a new situation or environment
(c) a sudden uncontrollable attack; convulsion
(d) a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; pinny

n. purgatory (d) place of purification
n. frieze (c) a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
n. ewe (c) female sheep
n. gargoyle (c) an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
n. decomposition (a) the analysis of a vector field; disintegration; the organic phenomenon of rotting; decay
v. chronicle (a) record in chronological order
adj. soldierly (d) (of persons) befitting a warrior; warriorlike; martial
v. ware (b) spend extravagantly; waste
v. divagate (a) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; wander
n. pinafore (d) a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; pinny

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