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v. weather
(a) expose to atmospheric conditions
(b) pour out
(c) restrain
(d) manage in a makeshift way
 
n. docket
(a) person who has been drafted into military service
(b) the amount by which something increases
(c) a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat; cough drop; troche
(d) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities; agenda; schedule
 
adj. spasmodic
(a) lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
(b) habitual
(c) occurring in spells and often abruptly
(d) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism; albinic; albinistic
 
v. stymie
(a) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; establish; show
(b) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; block; hinder; stymy; embarrass
(c) shine brightly, like a star or a light
(d) plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
 
adj. metallurgical
(a) of or relating to metallurgy
(b) petty or reluctant in giving or spending; scrimy
(c) having spots or patches of color
(d) corpse-like; ghastly

 

n. migrant
(a) horizontal layer of material
(b) traveler who moves from one region or country to another
(c) an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
(d) a person who dribbles; slobberer
 
n. yack
(a) noisy talk; yakety-yak; chatter; cackle
(b) the quality of being something that holds you back
(c) a current state of general acceptance and use
(d) the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner; blandness; smoothness
 
adj. strident
(a) not challenging; unglamorous; unglamourous
(b) bound by contract; bound; indentured
(c) allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
(d) unpleasantly loud and harsh
 
n. wisecrack
(a) a formal written statement of relinquishment; discharge
(b) physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression); uneasiness
(c) an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
(d) witty remark; sally; quip
 
adj. obstinate
(a) inducing mental lethargy
(b) resembling or characteristic of a phantom; ghostly; phantasmal; spiritual
(c) resistant to guidance or discipline; perverse; wayward
(d) irritable as if suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic; liverish

v. weather (a) expose to atmospheric conditions
n. docket (d) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities; agenda; schedule
adj. spasmodic (c) occurring in spells and often abruptly
v. stymie (b) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; block; hinder; stymy; embarrass
adj. metallurgical (a) of or relating to metallurgy
n. migrant (b) traveler who moves from one region or country to another
n. yack (a) noisy talk; yakety-yak; chatter; cackle
adj. strident (d) unpleasantly loud and harsh
n. wisecrack (d) witty remark; sally; quip
adj. obstinate (c) resistant to guidance or discipline; perverse; wayward

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