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v. disperse
(a) cause to become widely known; circularize; propagate; broadcast; spread; diffuse; pass around
(b) walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; ruffle; prance; strut; sashay; cock
(c) gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
(d) assemble or get together; collect; pull together
 
adj. auroral
(a) characteristic of the dawn
(b) impossible to remedy or correct or redress
(c) given to merry frolicking; frolicky; rollicking; sportive
(d) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; suave
 
v. grill
(a) detach the affections of
(b) make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
(c) barbecue; interrogate; cross-examine
(d) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; modernise
 
n. seine
(a) the time when something ends
(b) inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
(c) an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
(d) a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom
 
n. throes
(a) a difficult problem; enigma; brain-teaser
(b) compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
(c) violent pangs of suffering
(d) an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion

 

n. appellation
(a) the act of vibrating; shiver
(b) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding; interference
(c) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others; designation; appellative
(d) solitude; singularity; uniqueness
 
adj. supererogatory
(a) diffusing warmth and friendliness; cordial; genial
(b) of or relating to the state of marriage; married
(c) dull and slow-moving and stolid
(d) more than is needed, desired, or required; redundant; spare; superfluous; supernumerary; surplus
 
n. aspirant
(a) a Mass celebrated for the dead
(b) looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth); tweediness
(c) an act of undue intimacy; indecorum; liberty
(d) an ambitious and aspiring young person; hopeful; wannabe; wannabee
 
adj. cissy
(a) having unsuitable feminine qualities; epicene; sissified; sissyish; sissy
(b) beyond normal limits; undue; unreasonable
(c) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; stupefying
(d) having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
 
adj. jesting
(a) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; dauntless; fearless; hardy; unfearing
(b) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
(c) characterized by jokes and good humor; jocular; joking
(d) worthy of high praise; praiseworthy

v. disperse (a) cause to become widely known; circularize; propagate; broadcast; spread; diffuse; pass around
adj. auroral (a) characteristic of the dawn
v. grill (c) barbecue; interrogate; cross-examine
n. seine (d) a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom
n. throes (c) violent pangs of suffering
n. appellation (c) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others; designation; appellative
adj. supererogatory (d) more than is needed, desired, or required; redundant; spare; superfluous; supernumerary; surplus
n. aspirant (d) an ambitious and aspiring young person; hopeful; wannabe; wannabee
adj. cissy (a) having unsuitable feminine qualities; epicene; sissified; sissyish; sissy
adj. jesting (c) characterized by jokes and good humor; jocular; joking

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