n. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles; cuticle; shield
(a) dispassion
(b) carapace
(c) mountebank
(d) crypt
n. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; standard
(a) refraction
(b) incidence
(c) criteria
(d) coping
n. place of purification
(a) flick
(b) vivisection
(c) purgatory
(d) cognizance
n. the manner in which something is expressed in words; phrasing; phraseology; choice of words
(a) mirage
(b) remorse
(c) verbiage
(d) catapult
n. an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
(a) queue
(b) lode
(c) barb
(d) gargoyle |
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adj. exposing human folly to ridicule
(a) appeasing
(b) bovine
(c) glowering
(d) satirical
n. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving; filling; pick
(a) weft
(b) rebate
(c) paleontology
(d) neologism
n. edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants; dasheen
(a) clarion
(b) requiem
(c) eddo
(d) apathy
n. a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
(a) trinket
(b) potentate
(c) preamble
(d) penury
n. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil; remediation
(a) frippery
(b) jingoism
(c) redress
(d) obituary |
