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n. liqueur
(a) an imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets
(b) an alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances
(c) belief
(d) either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs
 
n. archbishop
(a) a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments
(b) a young animal past its first 12 months of age
(c) the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church
(d) the branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces
 
n. insurgence
(a) misfortune
(b) uprising
(c) an instrument for measuring
(d) a mixing or changing the order of things
 
n. doublet
(a) the practical unit of electric-current strength
(b) one who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss but also a chance of profit
(c) one of a pair of like things
(d) mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles or persons
 
n. menagerie
(a) conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state
(b) person who is chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters
(c) the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once
(d) a collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition

 

n. knickknack
(a) a small article, more for ornament that use
(b) sailor or officer of a warship; warship; ship commissioned by a government to fight enemies
(c) a person to whom a donation is made
(d) a lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles and other machines
 
n. secretary
(a) a number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose
(b) person who attends to correspondence, keeps records or does other writing for others
(c) a privilege or possession into which one is born
(d) either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs
 
n. appellation
(a) a downward movement of the body by bending the knees
(b) royal state
(c) the name or title by which a particular person, class or thing is called
(d) the revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time
 
n. arboretum
(a) hatred
(b) a state of mind indicating lack of interest
(c) a botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs
(d) a going or moving backward or in a reverse direction
 
n. prosody
(a) the science of poetical forms
(b) the art of examining objects with the microscope
(c) the property of emitting light
(d) the science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight

n. liqueur (b) an alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances
n. archbishop (c) the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church
n. insurgence (b) uprising
n. doublet (c) one of a pair of like things
n. menagerie (d) a collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition
n. knickknack (a) a small article, more for ornament that use
n. secretary (b) person who attends to correspondence, keeps records or does other writing for others
n. appellation (c) the name or title by which a particular person, class or thing is called
n. arboretum (c) a botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs
n. prosody (a) the science of poetical forms

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