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Multiple Meanings
adumbrate Draw an outline or image of ; foreshadow ; prefigure ;
darken or conceal partially ; overshadow ; umberanimus Animosity,
enmity, hostility, hatred, intense dislike, bad blood, ill will ;
purpose, intention, motive, mind, disposition, animating spirit
apprehensive Uneasy, anxious or fearful about something that might
happen ; quick to learn or understand ; perceptive ; discerning
archetype A prototype ; a perfect or typical specimen ; the
original ancestor of a plant or animal group ; In Jungian psych: an
inherited idea, thought or image in the collective unconscious ; a
recurring symbol or motif in literature, art, etcarrant Downright,
thorough, unmitigated, utter, flagrant ; wandering or
errantarrogate To take, claim or appropriate...esp arrogantly or
without grounds ; to attribute, assign or ascribeartless Free from
deceit, cunning, guile and craft ; ingenuous, straightforward ;
natural, simple ; lacking art, knowledge or skill ; Poorly made,
clumsy, crude ; ant: pretentious, affected ; sophisticated,
culturedascendant Having dominance, influence, power, superiority
or preeminence ; an ancestor ...as opposed to a de-scendant ;
ascending, rising up to powerattrition A reduction in number, size
or strength ; a wearing down of resistance ; erosion ; sorrow for
sin (CONtrition)avidity Greediness ; eagerness, enthusiasm,
dedication ; the state of being avidbatten Thrive, prosper, grow
fat or live in luxury...esp at the expense of others ; narrow strip
of wood ; v: to secure something like a door or hatch with a
battenbeck To signal or summon someone by nod or gesture ; to
beckon ; a swiftly running stream ; Jeff Beck Group: Ol' Man
Riverbelay To fasten rope ; to cease an action ; to ignore an
announcement, order, etc ; Star Trek : belay that order!biograph An
animated picture projector ; a bibliographical sketch or
noticeblanch To bleach or whiten (plants by blocking light) ; to
turn pale ; to parboil or scald, then drain ; to conceal or
whitewashblazon To set forth conspicuously and publicly ; proclaim
; display ; adorn or embellish showily (emblazon)To describe in
heraldic terminology ; to make widely or generally known ; an
escutcheon or coat of armsbole The trunk or body of a tree ; a
red-brown clay used for pigmentbolero A lively Spanish dance in
time, illustrative of passionate love ; the music for this dance ;
a short jacket worn open in front by women and Spanish men bray A
loud harsh sound, as the cry of a donkey or the blast of a horn ;
hee-haw ; to utter such a sound ;To pound into a fine powder, as
with a mortar n pestle ; to thin ink on a plate before
printingbraze To make of, ornament with, or be like brass ; to
solderbrazier A pan holding live coals (DQ brazier burgers) ; a bra
; one who makes things of brassbreaker One who trains horses, dogs,
etc ; something that breaks...esp a wave ; one who wishes to
transmit a message by breaking in on a channel ; a B-boybrogue Any
regional pronunciation of English, esp that of Irish people ; a
fraud, trick, prank ; broganbumper A cup or glass filled to the
brim...esp as a toast to good health ; a protective rim, guard or
pad for absorbing shock ; unusually abundant (ie bumper crop)cameo
An engraved gem or stone ; a brief appearance in a literary sketch
or small dramatic scene ; a medallion or brooch depicting a head in
profilecanard A false or baseless rumor or report, usually
derogatory ; a duck to be eaten (Fr: duck = canard) ; a kind of
airplanecanker A gangrenous or ulcerous sore...esp in mouth ; a
foot disease in horses; diseased tissue ; something evil that
spreads and corruptscant To talk in a singsong tone,
sanctimoniously and insincerely with affected solemnity, in clich
phrases and platitudes, pretentiously and hypocriticallypreaching
high ideals, goodness and piety ; argot ; a sudden movement that
tilts or overturns something ; a slanting or tilted position
;having flat surfaces without curves ; a corner or outer angle of a
building ; noun and verb forms for all of the above casual
Accidental, chance, fortuitous ; offhand, not premeditated ; w/o
definite, serious intention ; Careless, unconcerned, nonchalant ;
shallow, superficial ; informal ; occasional, irregularcaustic
Severely sarcastic ; capable of burning, corroding living tissue ;
biting, scathing, acid cavalier A horseman, knight or mounted
soldier ; a courtly gallant gentleman...esp one escorting a woman ;
haughty, disdainful, supercilious, unceremoniouschaff Threshed
husks of grains and grasses ; straw cut up for fodder ; worthless
matter, refuse ; mock, tease or jest in a good-natured way ; foil
confetti to confuse radar chromatic Pertaining to or abounding in
color ; progressing in semitones cipher Any Arabic numeral...esp 0
; to calculate numerically ; create a secret code ; the key to a
code ; a person or thing of no importance, nonentity ; a
monogramcircumvent To go around, bypass, avoid, escape, elude or
evadeesp by outwitting ; to surround or encompass clarion A small
obsolete trumpet or bugle ; the shrill sound produced ; v: to
proclaim loudly with fanfarecleave To adhere, stick or CLing
closely ; to remain faithful ; to split with a cutting blow (ex:
chopping wood) ; the two definitions are kinda antonymous
commission An order or direction ; an assigned duty or task ;
authority granted for a function ; document granting such authority
; to send on a mission ; % of sales commute To put something in
place of...esp something less severe ; to exchange reciprocally ;
to substitute ; to travel back and forth concurrence Agreement in
opinion (I concur) ; cooperation, combined effort ; simultaneous
occurrence, coincidenceconformable Harmonious ; similar ;
corresponding in form, nature or character ; compliant, obedient,
submissive ; amenable, willingconformation Formation, structure,
configuration or outline ; the act of conforming, adjusting,
adaptingconfound Perplex, amaze, bewilder, flabbergast, astonish,
astound, puzzle, dumbfound or befuddle ; to throw into confusion or
disorder ; to treat or regard erroneously as identical ; to
mistakenly mix or associate ; to mingle such that the elements
cannot be distinguished or separated ; to damn or curse something
mildlyconservatory A school of fine arts ; a greenhouseconsort A
companion or associate ; the spouse or gf of a reigning monarch ;
an escORT ship or vessel ; associate or keep company with ; to
agree or harmonize consummate To bring to completion or
perfection...esp a marriage ; to fulfill ; as an adj:
superlativecontinence Self-restraint in desire, appetite, passion ;
abstinence, moderation, temperance ; bowel control contraposition A
placing against, opposite of, in contrast ; antithesis ; logical
inference: AB ; notBnotAconvoluted A rolled up or coiled state ; n:
convolution ; a twisting or winding motion ; a confused condition ;
v: to convolvecountenance To permit, tolerate, support, approve,
promote or encourage ; one's face or facial expression ; composure
or calmnessdatum A piece of data ; a premise, starting-point or
given fact (because it was observed and recorded)decameron Any
volume consisting of ten parts or books ; The Decameron: 100 tales
of Boccacciodeclension A change of endings to express diff grammars
; the act of declining...esp a downward slope or declivity ;
deterioration in quality or virtue ; think: breaking
downdemonstrative Strongly expressing feeling, emotion or thoughts
; grammar: words like this or there ;Explanatory, indicative or
illustrative ; indubitably conclusive (3 diff meaningsbut kinda the
same)derelict Deserted ; neglectful, delinquent, negligent ; a bum
or vagrant ; ship abandoned in open waterdescendent Proceeding
downward ; deriving from an ancestordevious Circuitous, indirect,
roundabout, errant ; tortuous, involved ; oblique, shifty, cunning,
crafty, artful, sly, deceitful, underhandeddint force, power,
effort, strain, exertion, struggle ; also the same as dent (your
fender)disgorge To eject something forcefully, as in vomiting ; to
surrender, yield or discharge somethingdispensation Act of
dispensing or distributing ; meting out, apportioning,
dissemination, bestowal ; something given out ; a given system of
management or code of conductdisport To divert or amuse (oneself) ;
to display (oneself) in a sportive manner ; frolic, gamboldistemper
A disease in cats, dogs and horses ; a deranged condition of mind
or body ; civil disorderdoff To remove, take off, throw off, get
rid of, shedesp clothing ; to lift ones hat in salutationdotage A
decline in mental faculties associated with senility ; excessive
fondness, foolish affection, infatuationdowncast Directed
down...esp the eyes ; dejected, depressed, desolate, disconsolate ;
overthrow, ruindragoon A cavalryman in European armies ; v: to
coerce, persecute or oppress by armed forceductile Malleable,
pliable, tensile, tractile, able to be drawn out, as gold or copper
into wire or threador hammered thin, as metalor molded / shaped, as
plastic ;Easily led or influenced ; n: ductilitydun To make
repeated demands for payment, esp in writing ; bedevil, torment,
rag, importune ; one who duns ; dull gray-brown ; dark,
gloomyearnest Serious in intention, purpose or effort ; sincerely
zealous ; demanding or receiving serious attention ; Ardent in
spirit and speech ; fervent, intent, purposeful, determined,
industrious, resolute ; ant: frivolousearthy Pertaining to the soil
; practical, realistic, down-to-Earth ; lusty, uninhibited, rough,
coarse, crude, gross, vulgar ; ant: genteel, refinededuce To draw
out, bring forth, elicit, evoke, extract, derive ; to infer or
deduce(pre)eminence Conspicuousness, note, fame, prominence,
distinction, tuberosity ; elevated in rank, Repute, place,
character, condition, etc ; an elevated hill ; Your Eminence = a
cardinal ; ant: obscurityendue To endow or empower with a quality,
gift or grace...usually spiritual ; to put on, assume, clotheenjoin
To prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis ; to
direct or order to do something ; To prohibit or restrain by
injunction ; charge, bid, command, require, tell ; proscribe,
interdict, banentre The privilege of entering ; access, admittance,
entry ; the main dinner courseenviron To surround, envelop or
encircle ; n: environment, surroundings, vicinity ; outskirts,
suburbsexcoriate Denounce, berate, condemn, decry, objurgate,
reprobate ; to scrape the skin off: skin your knee
exhaustible Causing or tending to cause exhaustion ; able to be
exhausted or depletedexhaustive Thorough, comprehensive, complete ;
tending to exhaust or cause exhaustionextrude To drive out or away
; expel ; protrude ; squeeze outexuberance Enthusiasm ; adj:
exuberant - plentiful, abundant, overflowing ; lavish ; very
enthusiastic, ebullientfacile Moving, working or proceeding with
ease ; suave, smooth, fluent, effortless, dextrous, proficient,
expert ; unconstrained, affable, agreeable ; simple-mindedfathom 6
ft measure of water depth ; to measure the depth of water ;
understand, comprehend, graspfatuous Idiotic, foolish, inane,
silly, dense, dull, dim, asinine, vacuous ; unreal, illusoryfawn A
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