n. banter
(a) conversation which is amusing and not serious; tease; joke
(b) entice; attraction; temptation; glamor
(c) honesty; moral soundness; uprightness
(d) suitability; ability
v. coalesce
(a) to exercise self control; to keep from; to refrain from
(b) to make unnecessary; to prevent; to remove an obstacle in advance
(c) to lose self-confidence; to confuse; to put to shame; to disconcert; to embarrass
(d) to grow together; to merge; to unite
adj. incontrovertible
(a) unquestionable; impossible to debate
(b) appropriate; fitting
(c) taking the place of another; felt, received or done in place of another; indirect
(d) forceful; vigorous; energetic
n. acumen
(a) keenness of mind; insight; astuteness; shrewdness
(b) disorderly quarrel; tumult; riot; skirmish
(c) entice; attraction; temptation; glamor
(d) danger; peril; hazard
n. anthology
(a) decree; command; order
(b) group of people joined by a secret; group of conspirators
(c) collection of choice literary works; compilation
(d) swamp; marshland; wet spongy ground |
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v. festoon
(a) to restate in a brief; concise form; to sum up; conclude; to summarize
(b) to decorate with chains of flowers or leaves, etc.
(c) to make fun of or copy by imitating; to ape
(d) to check; to hinder; to hold back; to prevent
n. monologue
(a) cruelty; ferocity; harshness
(b) great flood; downpour; inundation; drenching rain
(c) piece of work imitating another in a satirical manner; poor imitation
(d) speech by one person
n. epigram
(a) assumption made for the sake of argument; supposition
(b) indirect remark; insinuation; suggestion; intimation; hint
(c) conversation which is amusing and not serious; tease; joke
(d) witty or satirical poem or statement; letter; ingenious saying; proverb; phrase
adj. deplorable
(a) kind; generous
(b) clinging doggedly to an opinion or purpose; stubborn
(c) lamentable; wretched
(d) queer; unusual in appearance; strange; outlandish
n. dispatch
(a) act of erecting (a building); meaning
(b) sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness
(c) maze; complicated network of passages; something confusing or bewildering
(d) person who eats and drinks to excess; overeater |
