adj. callous
(a) of beauty; pertaining to taste in art and beauty
(b) regretful; mournful; pitiable
(c) unfeeling; insensitive; hard
(d) failing to fulfill an obligation; guilty of an offense
v. expatiate
(a) to speak or write at great length; to describe in full
(b) to bring into one's good graces; to attempt to gain favor; act in a pleasant and agreeable manner
(c) to give up; to put off until later
(d) to be sorry for; to feel remorse; to regret
n. approbation
(a) suitability; ability
(b) approval; praise; sanction; assent; consent
(c) something out of place in time (e.g. an airplane in 1492); something that is obsolete or out of date
(d) person who distrusts everything; hater of mankind
adj. ingenuous
(a) disposed to find fault; picky; narrow-minded
(b) fanciful; amusing; capricious
(c) noble; honorable; candid; artless; honest; innocent
(d) similar; parallel; comparable
n. admonition
(a) person who distrusts everything; hater of mankind
(b) esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation
(c) inordinate desire for gaining and possessing wealth; greed
(d) reproof; warning; reproval |
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v. refute
(a) to scrape or shave off; to obliterate; to tear down completely; to demolish
(b) to accuse of wrongdoing; to cast discredit upon; to remove from office
(c) to forecast; to foretell; to diagnose
(d) to challenge; to disprove; to prove false
v. gibe
(a) to rush forth suddenly; to burst forth
(b) to laugh at; to utter with scorn; to jeer; to taunt mock
(c) to make good; to recover; to restore; to fetch; to bring back; to regain
(d) to reduce; to empty; to exhaust; to consume; to use up
adj. craven
(a) cowardly; fearful
(b) despotic; dictatorial
(c) severe; demanding; strict; binding; constraining
(d) inclined to plunder or rob; preying on others; pillaging
n. disparity
(a) person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others; pretender; impersonator
(b) incoherent speech; specialized vocabulary in certain fields
(c) meaning; significance; bringing in of goods from another country
(d) difference in form, character or degree; inequality
v. fluctuate
(a) to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly; to vacillate
(b) to shorten; to limit; to condense
(c) to reproach with contempt; to provoke; to sneer
(d) to surrender; to admit; to give up; to yield |
