n. consanguinity
(a) a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
(b) kinship; blood relation
(c) inappropriate playfulness; pertness; sauciness
(d) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks; mask
adj. idyllic
(a) peaceful; charmingly rustic; picturesque
(b) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; confounded; confused; lost
(c) showing a brooding ill humor; glowering; glum; moody; saturnine; sour; sullen
(d) deserving a curse
n. rancor
(a) the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses
(b) a very embarrassing misunderstanding
(c) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will; gall; rancour
(d) lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life; juvenility
n. marsupial
(a) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
(b) pompously embellished language; flatulence
(c) discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)
(d) an unfavorable omen
adj. generic
(a) not injured; unscathed; whole
(b) producing a sizeable profit; remunerative
(c) general; of or pertaining to a class or kind
(d) bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea |
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adj. sadistic
(a) showing hovering attentiveness
(b) in deplorable condition; dilapidated; ramshackle; tatterdemalion; tumble-down
(c) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; somatic
(d) deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another
n. agility
(a) fortuneteller
(b) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble; lightness; lightsomeness; nimbleness
(c) extinct flying reptile
(d) loud confused noise from many sources; brouhaha; katzenjammer
n. corium
(a) assault; mighty attack
(b) the deep vascular inner layer of the skin; derma
(c) the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
(d) paper reed; ancient document
adj. appeasing
(a) inappropriate to reality or facts
(b) inclined to or marked by drowsiness; slumbrous; somnolent
(c) not arrogant or presuming
(d) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; placative; placatory
n. apprisal
(a) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants); gripes; griping
(b) a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
(c) informing by words; notification
(d) a clear seasoned broth |
