adj. spurious
(a) irritable as if suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic; liverish
(b) intelligible; clear in meaning; understandable
(c) unpleasantly cold and damp; raw
(d) intended to deceive
n. restitution
(a) a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
(b) the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor
(c) conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
(d) getting something back again; restoration; regaining
v. assert
(a) declare; insist on
(b) help develop, help grow
(c) take to task
(d) travel by getting free rides from motorists; thumb
n. immobility
(a) an angry dispute; row; words; run-in
(b) the quality of not moving
(c) someone who kills by strangling; strangler; throttler; choker
(d) a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste)
v. berate
(a) censure severely or angrily; reprimand; jaw; dress down; call down
(b) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; lead by the nose; play false
(c) occur as a result of
(d) blow away or off with a current of air |
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adj. ursine
(a) showing little emotion
(b) morally reprehensible; vile; slimy; unworthy; worthless; wretched
(c) of or relating to or similar to bears
(d) (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
adj. statutory
(a) hasty and without attention to detail; perfunctory
(b) feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
(c) prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute
(d) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; disturbed; upset; worried
adj. austere
(a) (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment; soft-witted
(b) causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; bumpy; jolting; jumpy
(c) without or deprived of the use of speech or words
(d) practicing great self-denial; spartan
adj. maternal
(a) made of wood
(b) (of a male) capable of copulation
(c) related on the mother's side
(d) worthy of respect or honor
adj. pugnacious
(a) witty or joking
(b) having a cheerful; charming jaunty
(c) ready and able to resort to force or violence
(d) excessively agitated; phrenetic |
