v. blanch
(a) search by divining, as if with a rod
(b) give qualities or abilities to; gift; empower; invest; endue
(c) raise trivial objections; chicane
(d) turn pale; whiten
adj. opaque
(a) inclined to or marked by drowsiness; slumbrous; somnolent
(b) not clearly understood or expressed
(c) causing fear or dread or terror; dreaded; dreadful; horrendous; horrific; terrible
(d) based on or told of in traditional stories; mythologic; mythological
n. insurrection
(a) organized opposition to authority; revolt; rising; uprising
(b) a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
(c) rhythm; beat
(d) encouragement; implied permission
adj. pathetic
(a) adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
(b) inspiring scornful pity; silly
(c) earnest; heartfelt
(d) boisterously and noisily aggressive
n. windfall
(a) a young oyster or other bivalve
(b) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); gold rush; gravy; godsend; manna from heaven; bunce
(c) transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
(d) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline; derivation; filiation |
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n. whorl
(a) a small carved or molded figure
(b) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; volute; helix
(c) a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
(d) any carefree episode
n. acuity
(a) the object of a feeling of intense aversion
(b) a quick and penetrating intelligence; sharpness; keenness
(c) a light softness; fluffiness
(d) any collection of diverse things
adj. dilatory
(a) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; patent; plain; unmistakable
(b) deeply agitated especially from emotion
(c) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; gold; golden
(d) wasting time; poky; pokey
adv. incognito
(a) distrustfully
(b) without error; accurately
(c) adcrookedly; slanted; at an angle
(d) anonymously; in disguise
n. sloth
(a) an instance of misfortune
(b) the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
(c) someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
(d) laziness; slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal |
