n. altruist
(a) mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring
(b) rapid motion
(c) philanthropist; person who is very unselfish
(d) a small breach of propriety or principle
n. retort
(a) a retaliatory speech
(b) a strong point
(c) hatred of mankind
(d) a moving forward; advancement
n. knighthood
(a) chivalry
(b) person who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement
(c) courage
(d) the shutting up of a town, a frontier or a line of coast by hostile forces
n. consul
(a) an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country
(b) any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification or the like
(c) germ; microscopic organism
(d) a peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States
n. ancestry
(a) a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds
(b) courage
(c) an element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous
(d) family origin; genealogy; line of descent |
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n. extremist
(a) an arbitrary assemblage or group of stars
(b) a shudder; shock; shaking; vibration
(c) strength, skill and intrepidity in battle
(d) one who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views
v. underlie
(a) to cause to turn aside or downward
(b) to pick or sort out from the rest
(c) to be the ground or support of
(d) to separate the parts of by violence
n. equanimity
(a) evenness of mind or temper
(b) the knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices
(c) a leader in any enterprise or contest
(d) that which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration
n. sybarite
(a) an instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio or ballet
(b) a luxurious person
(c) a situation where the supply of products exceeds demand
(d) one who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable
n. calumny
(a) slander
(b) obsolescence
(c) apathy
(d) any especially sweet and delicious drink |
