1
n. a sound defeat; drubbing; slaughter; trouncing; whipping
n. a sound defeat; drubbing; slaughter; trouncing; whipping
(*) carapace
(*) debacle
(*) auspices
(*) roving
2
n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; core; center
n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; core; center
(*) gist
(*) verdancy
(*) acuity
(*) witticism
3
n. the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
n. the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
(*) restitution
(*) satire
(*) pastiche
(*) reconnaissance
4
n. vengeful opponent
n. vengeful opponent
(*) luster
(*) nemesis
(*) gadfly
(*) embonpoint
5
n. the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; extension
n. the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; extension
(*) hinterlands
(*) caviler
(*) denotation
(*) codicil
6
n. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
n. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
(*) arbour
(*) apparition
(*) opus
(*) bureaucracy
7
adj. incapable of being placated
adj. incapable of being placated
(*) rabid
(*) roiling
(*) implacable
(*) inordinate
8
adj. inconspicuous
adj. inconspicuous
(*) unobtrusive
(*) dipped
(*) ludicrous
(*) pragmatic
9
n. large open car seating four with folding top; tourer
n. large open car seating four with folding top; tourer
(*) phaeton
(*) decomposition
(*) paleontology
(*) witticism
10
n. an act of forcible exhalation; snorting
n. an act of forcible exhalation; snorting
(*) phaeton
(*) ferment
(*) feudatory
(*) huffing
