n. hegemony
(a) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; caustic remark
(b) the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains; fossilology
(c) the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
(d) an ambitious and aspiring young person; hopeful; wannabe; wannabee
v. usurp
(a) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
(b) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; sweep; sweep up; drag; drag in
(c) take the place of
(d) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity; descend
n. proxy
(a) a long noosed rope used to catch animals; riata; reata
(b) someone who is punished for the errors of others
(c) a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
(d) previous legal decision serving as an authoritative rule
n. polygamist
(a) adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing; diamante
(b) ingredient; single piece which forms part of a larger whole; element
(c) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension; separator
(d) someone who is married to two or more people at the same time
adv. pell-mell
(a) adapart; reserved
(b) in a hurried and disorganized fashion
(c) free of charge
(d) unquestionably; without a doubt |
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n. decorum
(a) a formal exposition
(b) propriety in manners and conduct
(c) the quality of not moving
(d) a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
n. opiate
(a) a particular moral excellence
(b) lively high-spirited playfulness; sportiveness
(c) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; hallucination
(d) a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
v. coalesce
(a) expose to atmospheric conditions
(b) annoy continually or chronically; hassle; harry
(c) fuse or cause to grow together
(d) grow and flourish
v. gibe
(a) curse or declare to be evil
(b) make or become black; melanise; black
(c) go back to bad behavior; recidivate; regress; retrogress; fall back
(d) laugh at with contempt and derision; flout; barrack
adj. interlaced
(a) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile
(b) having a pattern of fretwork or latticework; latticed; latticelike
(c) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; gaunt; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted
(d) patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble |
