adj. provisional
(a) pertaining to the common people, hence common or vulgar; rude
(b) temporary; for the time being; contingent; interim
(c) rarely occurring or appearing; intermittent; occasional; irregular; infrequent
(d) working secretly or slyly; cunning; crafty; deceitful
adj. judicious
(a) wasteful; careless; not saving up for future needs
(b) wise; prudent; sensible; discreet
(c) bulging; swelling out; jutting out
(d) working or done for payment only; hired for service
adj. apathetic
(a) indifferent; lethargic
(b) immature; not fully developed; fundamental
(c) complicated; confusing; maze-like
(d) unable to be satisfied; extremely greedy
adj. fatuous
(a) swollen; inflated; using big or high-sounding words
(b) incapable of being defended or held; uninhabitable
(c) lacking in seriousness; vain and silly; stupid; foolish; inane
(d) sounding jarring; discordant
v. masquerade
(a) to start; to provoke; to inflame; to incite
(b) to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time; to avoid an answer
(c) to foil; to thwart; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle
(d) to assume a deceptive appearance or character; to impersonate |
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adj. sacrosanct
(a) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; stiff-necked
(b) having a wide knowledge acquired through reading; learned; knowledgeable; educated
(c) very holy; inviolable
(d) merciful; gentle; lenient; tender; mild
adj. disparate
(a) temporary; for the time being; contingent; interim
(b) unusual; striking; foreign; out of the ordinary
(c) unequal; different; unlike; contrasting
(d) noble; honorable; candid; artless; honest; innocent
adj. ascetic
(a) shortened; summarized
(b) superior; independent; self-governing
(c) rigorously abstinent; severe; self-denying; celibate
(d) prosperous; flourishing; copious; rich; abundant; wealthy
adj. rudimentary
(a) trite; without freshness or originality; commonplace; stale; usual
(b) unreal; made-up; false
(c) immature; not fully developed; fundamental
(d) unmoved or indifferent; composed; casual; indifferent
adj. extraneous
(a) juicy; delectable; luscious
(b) fearful; aware; conscious; worried; concerned
(c) festive; gay; friendly; sociable; merry
(d) irrelevant; not related; not essential |
