n. skirmish
(a) any person who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence
(b) the art of correct intonation, inflection and gesture in public speaking or reading
(c) desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies
(d) evil conduct; small crime
n. adherence
(a) the consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law
(b) comfort in grief, trouble or calamity
(c) an open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements or points of the compass
(d) attachment
v. avert
(a) to happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals
(b) to regard with inordinate love or admiration
(c) to assign as a quality or attribute
(d) to turn away or aside
n. culvert
(a) satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings
(b) person who asks humbly and earnestly
(c) an association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise
(d) any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road
n. riddance
(a) the science and art of teaching
(b) a measure of length; one-eighth of a mile
(c) royalty
(d) the act of disencumbering; the act of freeing from something undesirable |
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n. memento
(a) the exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth or power
(b) person who makes exploration, search or examination, especially for minerals
(c) a souvenir
(d) a court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics
v. refract
(a) to make explanatory or critical notes on or upon
(b) to recall or take back (something that one has said)
(c) to absorb, as a gas by a metal
(d) to bend or turn from a direct course
n. debut
(a) anything that indicates what is to happen
(b) a first appearance in society or on the stage
(c) the common people
(d) the horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity
v. expedite
(a) to hasten the movement or progress of
(b) to make inefficient or worthless; to muddle
(c) to overtax the strength of
(d) to assign as a quality or attribute
n. inflammation
(a) one who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay
(b) the substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell
(c) the calling down of a curse or curses
(d) a morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling and pain |
