1
adj. falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc
adj. falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc
(*) impolitic
(*) scholarly
(*) insignificant
(*) deciduous
2
n. intensified emotion or action
n. intensified emotion or action
(*) macrocosm
(*) prelate
(*) insignificance
(*) excitation
3
v. to give a signal to by nod or gesture
v. to give a signal to by nod or gesture
(*) petrify
(*) oversee
(*) outweigh
(*) beck
4
adj. of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah
adj. of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah
(*) tentative
(*) antediluvian
(*) lax
(*) hypnotic
5
adj. sickening or insipid
adj. sickening or insipid
(*) wry
(*) gossamer
(*) habitable
(*) mawkish
6
v. to avoid by artifice
v. to avoid by artifice
(*) joust
(*) pall
(*) revile
(*) evade
7
n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general
n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general
(*) percolator
(*) brigadier
(*) fancier
(*) sufferance
8
n. gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc. or by using up, wearing out, etc.
n. gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc. or by using up, wearing out, etc.
(*) consumption
(*) compunction
(*) bureaucracy
(*) overdose
9
n. a circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident
n. a circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident
(*) coincidence
(*) legitimacy
(*) brigand
(*) drought
10
n. a maze
n. a maze
(*) reproof
(*) labyrinth
(*) prepossession
(*) rationalism
