n. tact (a) a concealed manner of acting (b) an insane person (c) fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing (d) person who makes dictionaries
n. tactician (a) the utterance of criticism or censure (b) an object of favor or choice (c) person who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness (d) a collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition
n. entirety (a) deceitfulness in dealing (b) a rectangular piece set in or as in a frame (c) a complete thing (d) the quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch
n. ardor (a) the opening oration at the commencement in American colleges (b) general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general (c) stay-rope (d) intensity of passion or affection
n. bitterness (a) receiver of a degree; one who is granted something (b) an explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege (c) acridity, as to the taste (d) the United Kingdom of Great Britain |
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n. bursar (a) cheerful willingness (b) a line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment (c) conjecture (d) a treasurer
n. obsolescence (a) conclusiveness; something which cannot be revoked (b) an overthrow, as from the foundation (c) the condition or process of gradually falling into disuse (d) an umpire
n. intervale (a) the fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock (b) a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages (c) a detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise (d) a low tract of land between hills, especially along a river
n. bacterium (a) a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste (b) a microbe (c) a system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances (d) person who believes in God but denies supernatural revelation
n. respite (a) a lyric poem lamenting the dead (b) interval of rest (c) an elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts (d) superstitious devotion to one's religion |
n. tact (c) fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing n. tactician (c) person who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness n. entirety (c) a complete thing n. ardor (d) intensity of passion or affection n. bitterness (c) acridity, as to the taste n. bursar (d) a treasurer n. obsolescence (c) the condition or process of gradually falling into disuse n. intervale (d) a low tract of land between hills, especially along a river n. bacterium (b) a microbe n. respite (b) interval of rest
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