n. impetus
(a) any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road
(b) any impulse or incentive
(c) the habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals
(d) component
n. necropolis
(a) a figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted
(b) loyalty
(c) a city of the dead
(d) entreaty in behalf of others
n. trident
(a) the three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune
(b) tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum
(c) anything that unduly exhilarates or excites
(d) a way or passage out
v. depress
(a) to make sad; discourage
(b) to liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture
(c) to drink or take in
(d) to render uniform
v. rupture
(a) to separate the parts of by violence
(b) to set apart as sacred
(c) to serve as a remembrance of
(d) to express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion |
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adj. saponaceous
(a) relating to making proof, as of a will
(b) having the nature or quality of soap
(c) edible
(d) divinely sweet, fragrant or delicious
n. sextet
(a) the process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind
(b) the faculty of perception or thought
(c) a band of six singers or players
(d) forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others
n. epilogue
(a) determination of the distinctive nature of a disease
(b) a yielding to the power or authority of another
(c) the close of a narrative or dramatic poem
(d) any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion
n. duration
(a) any impulse or incentive
(b) the period of time during which anything lasts
(c) a preacher who goes from place to place holding services
(d) the act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs
n. preface
(a) a brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book
(b) a castle or manor-house
(c) a false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive
(d) artifice |
