n. acme
(a) a happening
(b) the highest point; summit
(c) a cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff
(d) a list of the words of an author or the literature bearing on a particular subject
n. loneliness
(a) an associate in professional employment
(b) a washing or cleansing, especially of the body
(c) solitude
(d) any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights
n. perfidy
(a) the obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body
(b) any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical
(c) treachery
(d) entrance or the right or permission to enter
n. lough
(a) person who makes false professions of their views or beliefs
(b) a physical, mental or moral weakness or flaw
(c) Irish word for lake; long inlet of the sea; bay
(d) the act of furnishing with temporary quarters
n. effeminacy
(a) the official head of the Roman Catholic Church
(b) lack of manly qualities; femininity
(c) any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability
(d) upkeep; process of supporting and sustaining |
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n. wantonness
(a) recklessness
(b) that part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator
(c) a prominence
(d) a light romantic story, especially one that is considered trite or sentimental
n. competence
(a) one who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position
(b) disregard
(c) instinctive knowledge or feeling
(d) adequate qualification or capacity
n. mirage
(a) a luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere
(b) an optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert
(c) a public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college
(d) any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege
n. anachronism
(a) an escort or lover
(b) anything occurring or existing out of its proper time
(c) a narrow street, garden path, walk or the like
(d) a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton
n. forbearance
(a) patient endurance or toleration of offenses
(b) infusion
(c) the quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy
(d) one who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss but also a chance of profit |
