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adj. jaunty
(a) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; debonaire
(b) of or relating to gustation; gustatorial
(c) selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
(d) having a sweet nature befitting an angel; seraphic; sweet
 
adj. macabre
(a) having a sweet nature befitting an angel; seraphic; sweet
(b) shockingly repellent; grisly; gruesome; sick
(c) large in capacity
(d) not produced by natural forces
 
adj. pithy
(a) having edges that are jagged from injury; torn
(b) highly imaginative but unlikely
(c) in an opposing direction
(d) concise and full of meaning
 
adj. ramshackle
(a) occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
(b) lying down
(c) dim; dull; very boring
(d) in deplorable condition; derelict; dilapidated; tatterdemalion; tumble-down
 
adj. impertinent
(a) peaceful; charmingly rustic; picturesque
(b) having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; silken; silky; silklike; slick
(c) improperly forward or bold; impudent; overbold; smart; saucy; sassy; wise
(d) functioning in a supporting capacity; supplemental; supplementary

 

adj. filial
(a) of a son or daughter
(b) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; involved; knotty; tangled; tortuous
(c) not clearly understood or expressed
(d) transparent; easy to understand
 
adj. mincing
(a) affectedly dainty or refined; niminy-piminy; prim; twee
(b) patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble
(c) berserk; possessed (predicate)
(d) able to live both on land and water
 
n. knavery
(a) the cognitive process of supposing
(b) a follower of Machiavelli's principles
(c) the close of a musical section; meter; metre; measure; beat
(d) lack of honesty
 
adj. vociferous
(a) practicing great self-denial; spartan
(b) conspicuously and offensively loud; clamorous; strident
(c) showing hovering attentiveness
(d) abounding in rocks or stones; stony
 
adj. mesmeric
(a) openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; suspicious; untrusting; wary
(b) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; mesmerizing; spellbinding
(c) determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity or reason
(d) likely to perform unpredictably

adj. jaunty (a) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; debonaire
adj. macabre (b) shockingly repellent; grisly; gruesome; sick
adj. pithy (d) concise and full of meaning
adj. ramshackle (d) in deplorable condition; derelict; dilapidated; tatterdemalion; tumble-down
adj. impertinent (c) improperly forward or bold; impudent; overbold; smart; saucy; sassy; wise
adj. filial (a) of a son or daughter
adj. mincing (a) affectedly dainty or refined; niminy-piminy; prim; twee
n. knavery (d) lack of honesty
adj. vociferous (b) conspicuously and offensively loud; clamorous; strident
adj. mesmeric (b) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; mesmerizing; spellbinding

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