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n. quip
(a) the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)
(b) witty remark; sally
(c) a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
(d) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; king; mogul; power; top executive; tycoon
 
n. largess
(a) a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts
(b) liberality in bestowing gifts; magnanimity; openhandedness
(c) depressant; downer
(d) the state of being anonymous
 
v. amass
(a) fill with apprehension or alarm
(b) sit on (eggs); cover
(c) get or gather together; accumulate; pile up; compile; hoard
(d) indicate by signs; portend; prognosticate; betoken; augur
 
adj. wistful
(a) acceptable to the taste or mind
(b) showing pensive sadness
(c) not extreme
(d) vigorous and animated
 
adj. subversive
(a) in opposition to a civil authority or government
(b) capable of arousing and holding the attention; fascinating; gripping
(c) produced or growing in extreme abundance; profuse; riotous
(d) not capable of being violated or infringed; inviolable

 

n. collage
(a) loud confused noise from many sources; brouhaha; katzenjammer
(b) tooth on the rim of gear wheel
(c) any collection of diverse things
(d) trespasser
 
v. hew
(a) strike with an axe
(b) make stronger or defensible
(c) work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes
(d) become tight or as if tight; narrow
 
adj. metaphysical
(a) highly abstract and overly theoretical
(b) relating to or affecting the lungs; pulmonic
(c) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; tumid; turgid
(d) of or relating to the body or flesh
 
n. seclusion
(a) something of sentimental value; token
(b) enduring strength and energy; toughness
(c) the act of secluding yourself from others
(d) the hemisphere that includes North America and South America; New World
 
adj. tellurian
(a) inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
(b) being sour to the taste; acidulous
(c) hot or warm and humid; sticky
(d) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air; terrestrial; terrene

n. quip (b) witty remark; sally
n. largess (b) liberality in bestowing gifts; magnanimity; openhandedness
v. amass (c) get or gather together; accumulate; pile up; compile; hoard
adj. wistful (b) showing pensive sadness
adj. subversive (a) in opposition to a civil authority or government
n. collage (c) any collection of diverse things
v. hew (a) strike with an axe
adj. metaphysical (a) highly abstract and overly theoretical
n. seclusion (c) the act of secluding yourself from others
adj. tellurian (d) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air; terrestrial; terrene

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