n. rider
(a) a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
(b) showing characteristics of both sexes; bisexuality
(c) breeze
(d) addition or appendix to a document
n. disapprobation
(a) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
(b) sexual instinct
(c) infection by a disease-causing ameba; amebiosis; amoebiosis
(d) an expression of strong disapproval
v. sunder
(a) sign as evidence of legal transfer
(b) break apart or in two, using violence
(c) shear the wool from
(d) call together
v. expunge
(a) fill with apprehension or alarm
(b) avoid speaking to or dealing with
(c) be in an inactive or dormant state
(d) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; excise
v. underscore
(a) cause to grow thin or weak
(b) draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to
(c) cooperate as a traitor
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n. gadfly
(a) any of various large flies that annoy livestock
(b) a postulated sequence of possible events
(c) a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction
(d) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.; renegade; turncoat; recreant; ratter
adj. exemplary
(a) propelled violently in a usually narrow stream; spurting; squirting
(b) excessively abundant
(c) serving to warn; monitory
(d) fitting or appropriate and deserved
n. purloo
(a) discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)
(b) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; poilu
(c) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound; stridency
(d) a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
adj. kayoed
(a) deviating from a straight course; roundabout
(b) characteristic of the provinces or their people
(c) consisting of or causing a climax
(d) knocked unconscious by a heavy blow; stunned
adj. unflurried
(a) lacking interest or significance or impact
(b) free from emotional agitation or nervous tension; unperturbed; unruffled
(c) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
(d) of or relating to the cultivation of plants |
