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adj. pompous
(a) marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner
(b) characterized by illiberal views or sentiments
(c) faultfinding
(d) quick at contrivance
 
adj. disreputable
(a) wicked in the extreme
(b) lacking honor; having a bad reputation
(c) characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge
(d) a person of between eighty and ninety years
 
adj. quixotic
(a) that may be measured, counted or weighed
(b) showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another
(c) boundless
(d) chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree
 
adj. transferable
(a) capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another
(b) self-governing
(c) pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood
(d) showing or feeling envy
 
adj. venous
(a) persevering in effort or endeavor
(b) yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care
(c) affecting the sense of taste
(d) of, pertaining to or contained or carried in a vein or veins

 

adj. polar
(a) pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth
(b) steadfast
(c) stingy
(d) relative
 
adj. impliable
(a) counterfeit
(b) lacking color or brilliancy
(c) capable of being inferred
(d) turning around its axis, like a wheel or so constructed as to turn thus
 
adj. invulnerable
(a) that may or can collapse
(b) not according to law
(c) formidable
(d) that can not be wounded or hurt
 
adj. contumacious
(a) smelling sweet and agreeable
(b) something that isn't there
(c) tranquil
(d) rebellious
 
adj. acrid
(a) tranquil
(b) consisting of money
(c) having no force, weight or cogency
(d) harshly pungent or bitter

adj. pompous (a) marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner
adj. disreputable (b) lacking honor; having a bad reputation
adj. quixotic (d) chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree
adj. transferable (a) capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another
adj. venous (d) of, pertaining to or contained or carried in a vein or veins
adj. polar (a) pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth
adj. impliable (c) capable of being inferred
adj. invulnerable (d) that can not be wounded or hurt
adj. contumacious (d) rebellious
adj. acrid (d) harshly pungent or bitter

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