n. savant
(a) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; pundit
(b) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; veneration
(c) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist
(d) outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
v. ramify
(a) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; fork; furcate; separate
(b) hew; chisel; dig; excavate
(c) search by divining, as if with a rod
(d) receive into the mind and retain
adj. compelling
(a) tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument
(b) (usually followed by 'with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly
(c) darkened by clouds; sullen; threatening
(d) mentally or physically infirm with age; gaga; senile
n. homeostasis
(a) tendency of a system to safeguard internal stability
(b) a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
(c) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; alluvion
(d) any of various large flies that annoy livestock
adj. luxuriant
(a) of the same period; contemporaneous
(b) unpredictably difficult in operation
(c) produced or growing in extreme abundance; profuse; riotous
(d) having an unpleasant smell; unpleasant-smelling; ill-smelling; stinky |
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adj. insensate
(a) lacking moral discipline
(b) exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
(c) blurry; foggy; fuzzy; muzzy
(d) without compunction or human feeling; inhuman
n. condiments
(a) a musical composition that evokes rural life; idyll; idyl
(b) agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
(c) a nervous restrained laugh
(d) seasoning
n. upshot
(a) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; outcome; result; event; issue
(b) period; era
(c) a person whose interests are directed outward
(d) the wife or widow of a male monarch or emperor
v. encrypt
(a) mock; deride; degrade
(b) convert ordinary language into code; cipher; cypher; inscribe; write in code
(c) supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; scant
(d) be a mystery or bewildering to; stick; get
adj. absorbing
(a) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; clever
(b) small and remote and insignificant; pokey; poky
(c) capable of arousing and holding the attention; fascinating; gripping; riveting
(d) pertaining to abnormally frequent and fluid bowel movements |
