n. encroachment
(a) the dead and rotting body of an animal
(b) lack of self-confidence; self-distrust
(c) the act of obeying
(d) influencing strongly; impact
n. mores
(a) a person who is not very bright; stupe; dullard; dolt; pudding head
(b) stock; supply; military force that is not on active duty but can be mobilized as needed
(c) traditional customs of a community
(d) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity; peak; bloom; blossom; efflorescence; flush
adj. premonitory
(a) not injured; whole
(b) in deplorable condition; derelict; dilapidated; tatterdemalion; tumble-down
(c) warning of future misfortune
(d) (of a male) unable to copulate
n. intellect
(a) a person who uses the mind creatively
(b) a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices; rabble-rouser
(c) something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
(d) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; caustic remark
v. infiltrate
(a) divest of church officials
(b) cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
(c) pass through an enemy line
(d) complain; grouse; crab; squawk; bellyache; holler |
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v. writhe
(a) excavate the earth beneath
(b) move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); wriggle; worm; squirm; twist
(c) take away the legal force of or render ineffective; vitiate
(d) be in an inactive or dormant state
n. rebuttal
(a) pompous walk; supporting bar
(b) the concluding part of any performance; closing curtain; finis
(c) opposition; refutation; contradiction
(d) exemption from punishment or loss
n. barf
(a) an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
(b) the matter ejected in vomiting; puke
(c) a specialist in wine making; fermentologist
(d) the action of bruising
v. decoke
(a) remove carbon from (an engine); decarburize; decarburise
(b) make a deposition; depone
(c) dress or groom with elaborate care; plume; dress
(d) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling; skin; struggle; sputter
n. manger
(a) extravagant elaborateness; showiness
(b) a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule
(c) a container from which cattle or horses feed; trough
(d) a disorderly outburst or tumult; commotion; flutter; hurly burly |
