n. armada
(a) a large fleet
(b) a servile or fawning dependant
(c) someone who kills by strangling; strangler; throttler; choker
(d) a shape that spreads outward
adj. capricious
(a) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses); spooky; nervous
(b) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; whimsical
(c) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; debonaire; jaunty
(d) having a sophisticated charm; suave
adv. aloof
(a) adin a state of rage
(b) mistakenly; unintentionally
(c) in a hurried and disorganized fashion
(d) adapart; reserved
v. burnish
(a) draw back, as with fear or pain; funk; cringe; shrink; wince; recoil; quail
(b) attack in speech or writing
(c) polish and make shiny; furbish
(d) beat rapidly
adj. spruce
(a) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; jaunty; natty; raffish; rakish; spiffy; snappy
(b) lacking orderly continuity; disjointed; disordered; illogical; scattered; unconnected
(c) of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; sky-blue; bright blue
(d) extremely evil or cruel; diabolical; fiendish; hellish; infernal; satanic; unholy |
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adj. crotchety
(a) having a sweet nature befitting an angel; seraphic; sweet
(b) having a difficult and contrary disposition; ornery
(c) heavenly; light; airy
(d) consisting of two chambers
adj. imperial
(a) of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees
(b) of heaven or the spirit; supernal
(c) fraudulent; phony; phoney; bastard
(d) belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; purple; regal; royal
v. enhance
(a) work hard; fag; travail; grind; drudge; dig; moil
(b) make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
(c) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling; skin; struggle; sputter
(d) make better or more attractive
n. eloquence
(a) objectivity and detachment; dryness
(b) a worker who holds or is invested with an office
(c) assemblage
(d) powerful and effective language; smoothness
adj. indiscriminate
(a) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; manifest; plain; unmistakable
(b) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; suave
(c) not marked by fine distinctions
(d) causing awareness of your shortcomings; humiliating; mortifying |
