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n. aborigine
(a) a small grain or particle
(b) native; indigenous person; member of a people considered to be the earliest known inhabitants of a country or region
(c) hatred
(d) a heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc
 
n. hypotenuse
(a) a place in which ferns are grown
(b) the side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle
(c) a dose of liquid medicine
(d) a state of well-founded happiness
 
n. avarice
(a) a complete or humiliating failure
(b) quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land
(c) forbearance
(d) passion for getting and keeping riches
 
n. octagon
(a) a festival or feast
(b) a figure with eight sides and eight angles
(c) a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
(d) the act of laying hold of or grasping
 
n. manor
(a) the landed estate of a lord or nobleman
(b) a figurine
(c) a person given to saving and hoarding unduly
(d) a person of the lowest or poorest class

 

n. syneresis
(a) inability or unwillingness to bear or endure
(b) release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation or responsibility
(c) a note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies
(d) the coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever
 
n. afterthought
(a) a criminal; fugitive
(b) any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree or law
(c) one who rejects authority or inspiration in religion
(d) an idea that comes later than its appropriate or expected time
 
n. susceptibility
(a) a water hole drilled through impermeable strata
(b) a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells
(c) a gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said
(d) a specific capability of feeling or emotion
 
n. derision
(a) a member of a municipal legislative body who usually exercises also certain judicial functions
(b) a somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein
(c) a measure of length
(d) ridicule
 
n. parity
(a) any position having emoluments with few or no duties
(b) equality, as of condition or rank
(c) gentlemen
(d) a dose of liquid medicine

n. aborigine (b) native; indigenous person; member of a people considered to be the earliest known inhabitants of a country or region
n. hypotenuse (b) the side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle
n. avarice (d) passion for getting and keeping riches
n. octagon (b) a figure with eight sides and eight angles
n. manor (a) the landed estate of a lord or nobleman
n. syneresis (d) the coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever
n. afterthought (d) an idea that comes later than its appropriate or expected time
n. susceptibility (d) a specific capability of feeling or emotion
n. derision (d) ridicule
n. parity (b) equality, as of condition or rank

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