n. aptness
(a) abundance; full amount; excessive supply
(b) lengthy, heartfelt speech; scolding; lecture
(c) suitability; ability
(d) keenness of mind; insight; astuteness; shrewdness
n. caricature
(a) insult; curse; affront; offense
(b) indirect reference (often literary); hint
(c) drawing that exaggerates certain physical characteristics
(d) burden; duty; obligation; responsibility
v. procrastinate
(a) to belittle; to speak slightingly of; to reduce the value or cost; to disparage
(b) to declare positively; to confirm; to affirm
(c) to postpone; to put off to another time; to delay; to hold back
(d) to refer indirectly to something; to hint
adj. venerable
(a) unidentified; disguised; concealed; anonymous; unknown
(b) deserving respect or reverence because of age; worthy of honor and esteem
(c) unreal; made-up; false
(d) honest; truthful; sincere; frank; straightforward; open
adj. forensic
(a) dead; vanished; gone
(b) corpselike; hence; haggard; pale; ghastly
(c) pertaining to or used in a court of law; rhetorical; argumentative
(d) severe; demanding; strict; binding; constraining |
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adj. plebeian
(a) quarrelsome; warlike
(b) incapable of being defended or held; uninhabitable
(c) perfect or highly accomplished; excellent; skilled; complete
(d) pertaining to the common people, hence common or vulgar; rude
adj. gossamer
(a) thin and light
(b) clever; resourceful; talented; inventive
(c) wasteful; careless; not saving up for future needs
(d) well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment); proper; fitting
n. cabal
(a) working class; social class comprised of manual laborers
(b) group of people joined by a secret; group of conspirators
(c) little world or universe in miniature
(d) abundance; full amount; excessive supply
v. abet
(a) to guess; to speculate; to surmise; to hypothesize; to infer
(b) to echo; to resonate; to resound
(c) to publish; to spread abroad; to declare; to advertise widely
(d) to encourage; to support
n. adversary
(a) enemy; foe; opponent; rival
(b) front or face, especially of a building; illusion; deceptive appearance
(c) origin; beginning; creation
(d) faithfulness; loyalty |
