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n. pseudonymity
(a) the state or character of using a fictitious name
(b) a party to a lawsuit
(c) a flock of quails or partridges
(d) government administered by new or untried persons
 
adj. illegitimate
(a) hateful
(b) qualified for selection
(c) pertaining to marriage or matrimony
(d) unlawfully begotten
 
n. misogyny
(a) hatred of women
(b) the state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty
(c) a list of the words of an author or the literature bearing on a particular subject
(d) the Pope
 
adj. maleficent
(a) spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly
(b) guilty
(c) fragile
(d) mischievous; harmful; evil
 
adj. senile
(a) peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age
(b) akin
(c) creating affliction
(d) humble

 

adj. penultimate
(a) a syllable or member of a series that is last but one
(b) concealed, especially for an evil purpose
(c) noisy
(d) belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants
 
v. ache
(a) to be in pain or distress
(b) to keep a diary
(c) to harass with persistent demands or entreaties
(d) to make inquiry
 
v. deflect
(a) to expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages
(b) to cause to turn aside or downward
(c) to put out; to quench; to totally destroy; to annihilate
(d) to fertilize; fill completely; saturate; imbue
 
v. aggrandize
(a) to cause to appear greatly
(b) to be chief in importance, quantity or degree
(c) to absorb, as a gas by a metal
(d) to bring out more clearly the facts concerning
 
adj. foppish
(a) characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners
(b) on the point of dying
(c) showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation
(d) clumsy

n. pseudonymity (a) the state or character of using a fictitious name
adj. illegitimate (d) unlawfully begotten
n. misogyny (a) hatred of women
adj. maleficent (d) mischievous; harmful; evil
adj. senile (a) peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age
adj. penultimate (a) a syllable or member of a series that is last but one
v. ache (a) to be in pain or distress
v. deflect (b) to cause to turn aside or downward
v. aggrandize (a) to cause to appear greatly
adj. foppish (a) characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners

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