n. luminary
(a) offensive and hostile attitude; attack; forceful behavior
(b) eminent person; celestial body; light source
(c) sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness
(d) dull and commonplace remark; banality; superficiality; commonplace
n. spurn
(a) person who is authorized to judge or decide
(b) act of erecting (a building); meaning
(c) strong rejection; denigrating attitude
(d) tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true
n. vicissitude
(a) little world or universe in miniature
(b) clown; joker; fool; ludicrous figure
(c) government by the best people; privileged class
(d) change from one condition to another, often unexpected
n. gossamer
(a) person who lives in a foreign country
(b) very thin gauzelike fabric or structure; cobweb
(c) prolonged duration of life
(d) speech by one person
n. bibliophile
(a) disfigurement; defect; flaw; fault
(b) lover of books; book collector
(c) ability to be separated or divided
(d) trickery; deception; scheming |
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n. deference
(a) courteous respect for; honor; esteem; reverence
(b) slight fault or offense; minor sin
(c) use of force; compulsion; pressue
(d) person who is authorized to judge or decide
n. zenith
(a) faithfulness; loyalty
(b) alliance; merging of various units into one unit; union
(c) point directly overhead in the sky; highest point; climax
(d) omen; signal
n. anarchy
(a) state of confusion or lawlessness
(b) something out of place in time (e.g. an airplane in 1492); something that is obsolete or out of date
(c) denouncement; condemnation
(d) trace; particle; spark; iota
n. allure
(a) disgrace; humiliation; dishonor
(b) believer; enthusiast; fan; radical
(c) difficult situation; difficult decision
(d) entice; attraction; temptation; glamor
n. bulwark
(a) burden; duty; obligation; responsibility
(b) original pattern or model
(c) reproof; warning; reproval
(d) embankment used as a fortification; an idea; object serving as a protection |
