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adv. adapart; reserved
(a) apropos
(b) askance
(c) amok
(d) aloof
 
adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolor; painted
(a) piebald
(b) visceral
(c) primaeval
(d) disputatious
 
v. make stronger or defensible
(a) buttress
(b) glut
(c) sublimate
(d) gloss over
 
n. the act of ceding
(a) verdigris
(b) cession
(c) plethora
(d) counterpart
 
n. the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; battery; bombardment; shelling
(a) barrage
(b) inquisitor
(c) finale
(d) espial

 

n. someone who walks about in their sleep; noctambulist
(a) purloo
(b) somnambulist
(c) lectern
(d) cupidity
 
n. the extent of something from side to side
(a) carrion
(b) diversion
(c) breadth
(d) chaparral
 
n. a formal expression of praise; panegyric; paean; pean
(a) encomium
(b) privation
(c) recrimination
(d) dichotomy
 
adj. old-fashioned and out of date; unprogressive; nonprogressive
(a) prehensile
(b) standpat
(c) sanguine
(d) glutinous
 
n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing; gewgaw; novelty; trinket
(a) bauble
(b) appurtenances
(c) enologist
(d) asylum

adv. adapart; reserved (d) aloof
adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolor; painted (a) piebald
v. make stronger or defensible (a) buttress
n. the act of ceding (b) cession
n. the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; battery; bombardment; shelling (a) barrage
n. someone who walks about in their sleep; noctambulist (b) somnambulist
n. the extent of something from side to side (c) breadth
n. a formal expression of praise; panegyric; paean; pean (a) encomium
adj. old-fashioned and out of date; unprogressive; nonprogressive (b) standpat
n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing; gewgaw; novelty; trinket (a) bauble

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