n. attribute
(a) principle accepted as authoritative; belief
(b) inherent quality; characteristic
(c) place offering shelter and retreat; refuge
(d) profitable and easy job
n. taunt
(a) stick; staff; wand
(b) swamp; marshland; wet spongy ground
(c) ability to be separated or divided
(d) provocation; insulting, jeering or bitter remark; mockery
n. epithet
(a) very thin gauzelike fabric or structure; cobweb
(b) name; nickname; title; designation
(c) piece of land jutting into a body of water; bluff
(d) personal peculiarity; mannerism; eccentricity
n. hyperbole
(a) approving or praising mention; award; honor
(b) brilliant deed; heroic act; feat
(c) exaggeration; overstatement
(d) temporary suspension of hostilities; truce; cease fire
n. virago
(a) scolding or ill-tempered woman
(b) believer; enthusiast; fan; radical
(c) person who eats and drinks to excess; overeater
(d) offensive and hostile attitude; attack; forceful behavior |
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n. fallacy
(a) name or term that describes wrongly
(b) illusion; misconception; untruth; falsehood
(c) extreme patriot; person who is excessively devoted
(d) sincerity; honesty; openness
n. glutton
(a) lover of books; book collector
(b) person who eats and drinks to excess; overeater
(c) act of rejoicing; joy; gaiety; glee
(d) origin; beginning; creation
n. invective
(a) face; appearance; features; encouragement; support
(b) lover of books; book collector
(c) insult; curse; affront; offense
(d) lack of emotion or interest; indifference; disinterest
n. compensation
(a) superficial appearance or show designed to impress one with superiority
(b) feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse
(c) eminent person; celestial body; light source
(d) payment for services; repayment
n. demagogue
(a) one who manipulates public emotions to gain power or popularity
(b) tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true
(c) coward; abject person
(d) to interpret; to explain the sense of; to analyze; to understand |
