n. hedonism
(a) an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
(b) abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will; vitriol
(c) any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
(d) a raised or strengthened seam
adj. incorporeal
(a) revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
(b) epidermic; dermal
(c) incapable of being overcome or subdued; unvanquishable
(d) without material form or substance
n. anathema
(a) a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
(b) a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
(c) a butcher's knife having a large square blade; chopper
(d) a farm building for housing poultry; henhouse
n. whelp
(a) young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
(b) a ruler who is unconstrained by law
(c) a large gathering of people; concourse
(d) a miserly person
n. lumen
(a) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount; iota; tittle; smidgen; smidgeon; smidgin; smidge
(b) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall; cope
(c) great merriment; glee; gleefulness
(d) a cavity or passage in a tubular organ |
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v. authenticate
(a) cause to be more favorably inclined; conciliate; assuage; appease; mollify; gentle; gruntle
(b) impose a fine on
(c) take to task
(d) establish the authenticity of something
adj. callow
(a) young and inexperienced
(b) angered at something unjust or wrong; outraged; umbrageous
(c) injurious to physical or mental health
(d) attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); olde worlde
adj. specious
(a) based on pretense
(b) of or providing nourishment; nourishing; nutrient; nutritious; nutritive
(c) thin in diameter; filamentlike; threadlike; thready
(d) not having enough money to pay for necessities; penurious; pinched
n. diffusion
(a) a wise and trusted guide and advisor
(b) the size of something as given by the distance around it
(c) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration
(d) postponement; delay
v. bash
(a) hit hard; whop; whap; bonk
(b) invent possible reasons for an action which are not the true reasons
(c) administer an oil or ointment to; oil; embrocate
(d) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; ptyalise; spew; spue |
