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adj. wispy
(a) expressing sorrow
(b) not having enough money to pay for necessities; penniless; penurious; pinched
(c) short and plump; pudgy; tubby; roly-poly
(d) lacking clarity or distinctness; shadowy; vague
 
v. doff
(a) recover through digging
(b) draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to
(c) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
(d) remove
 
adj. enduring
(a) very long lasting; undestroyable
(b) formed or united into a whole; integrated; unified
(c) patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble
(d) characteristic of acting or a stage performance
 
adj. disingenuous
(a) not straightforward or candid
(b) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
(c) having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; raped; ravaged; sacked
(d) expressing offensive reproach
 
adj. droll
(a) bad; pitiful; sad; sorry
(b) in deplorable condition; derelict; ramshackle; tatterdemalion; tumble-down
(c) comical in an odd or whimsical manner
(d) extremely annoying or displeasing; vexing

 

n. catechism
(a) joviality
(b) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; hallucination
(c) book containing the main principles of Christianity
(d) a small secluded room; snuggery; snug
 
n. preponderance
(a) space or time to maneuver; additional money
(b) a person who uses the mind creatively
(c) an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
(d) exceeding in heaviness
 
adj. bantam
(a) rigidly formal or bound by convention
(b) lacking seriousness; empty-headed; featherbrained; light-headed; lightheaded; silly
(c) warning of future misfortune
(d) very small; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny; flyspeck
 
adj. nitwitted
(a) swinging; hanging loosely
(b) occurring at or forming an end or termination; last; terminal
(c) of or relating to gustation; gustatorial
(d) lacking sense or understanding or judgment (of especially persons)
 
n. confrere
(a) act of exiting; going out
(b) an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
(c) a person who is member of one's class or profession; fellow
(d) a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal; plaster

adj. wispy (d) lacking clarity or distinctness; shadowy; vague
v. doff (d) remove
adj. enduring (c) patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble
adj. disingenuous (a) not straightforward or candid
adj. droll (c) comical in an odd or whimsical manner
n. catechism (c) book containing the main principles of Christianity
n. preponderance (d) exceeding in heaviness
adj. bantam (d) very small; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny; flyspeck
adj. nitwitted (d) lacking sense or understanding or judgment (of especially persons)
n. confrere (c) a person who is member of one's class or profession; fellow

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