n. increment
(a) approval; praise; sanction; assent; consent
(b) increase; profit; growth; addition
(c) trust; belief; confidence; faith
(d) fake show intended to deceive; deception; pretense; diversionary tactic
v. disconcert
(a) to be sorry for; to feel remorse; to regret
(b) to mock; to gibe; to scorn; to jeer
(c) to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen
(d) to confuse; to embarrass; to fluster; to worry
adj. blithe
(a) happy; cheery; merry; carefree
(b) joking in an awkward or improper manner; entertaining amusing
(c) not easily discouraged or defeated; unconquerable
(d) loud and noisy; demanding
v. ostracize
(a) to deprive or leave desolate by loss; to suffer loss
(b) to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand
(c) to banish; to exclude
(d) to call from a distance; to greet; to welcome
adj. biased
(a) timid; lacking self-confidence; shy
(b) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; stiff-necked
(c) obedient; willing to submit; accountable; agreeable; responsible
(d) prejudiced; influenced; not neutral |
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v. prevaricate
(a) to leave behind; to give something up
(b) to ruin; to decay; to destroy
(c) to encourage; to support
(d) to speak equivocally or evasively; to lie; to deceive; to mislead; to embellish
adj. querulous
(a) very short-lived; lasting only a short time; transitory
(b) given to fault-finding and complaining; discontented
(c) irrelevant; not related; not essential
(d) bloody; murderous
v. expatriate
(a) to banish; to exile; to withdraw from one's country; to expel
(b) to make a mistake; to do something wrong; to misjudge
(c) to pierce through with; to stick on; to pin down; to stab
(d) to give a false idea of; to camouflage; to hide
v. nettle
(a) to annoy; to irritate
(b) to declare sacred; to dedicate; to bless
(c) to make public; to reveal; to tell; to disclose
(d) to laugh at; to utter with scorn; to jeer; to taunt mock
n. promontory
(a) brief summary of the main ideas of a larger work; list of contents; inventory
(b) piece of land jutting into a body of water; bluff
(c) person skilled at telling stories
(d) denouncement; condemnation |
