n. pauper
(a) a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
(b) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; body
(c) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass
(d) a person who is very poor
n. ascendancy
(a) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; ascendence; ascendency; control
(b) liberality in bestowing gifts; magnanimity; openhandedness
(c) compensation for a past injury; correction of problems or malfunctions
(d) tendency to believe readily
n. idiom
(a) state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
(b) expression; set phrase
(c) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; impasse; stalemate; standstill
(d) a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
n. quisling
(a) someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
(b) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; raptus
(c) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility; bad blood
(d) a member of the middle class
n. apothegm
(a) a short pithy instructive saying; apophthegm
(b) a container from which cattle or horses feed; trough
(c) an upward slope or grade (as in a road); rise; raise; climb; upgrade
(d) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; sustainment; maintenance; upkeep |
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n. canter
(a) a person's brother or sister
(b) an energetic style
(c) a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions
(d) a smooth three-beat gait
n. penury
(a) a state of extreme poverty or destitution; pauperism; pauperization
(b) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
(c) pompous or pretentious talk or writing; rant; claptrap; blah
(d) enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)
n. perdition
(a) hell; purgatory; inferno
(b) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; extension
(c) verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way; slickness; hanky panky; jiggery-pokery; skullduggery
(d) a flamboyant deceiver
n. goitre
(a) the act of ceding
(b) abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; struma; thyromegaly
(c) complete and confirmed integrity
(d) the act of inducing hypnosis; suggestion
n. mezcal
(a) the condition of being protuberant
(b) a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; peyote; Lophophora williamsii
(c) the act of inventing a word or phrase; coinage
(d) selfishness; vanity |
