Jumat, 17 Desember 2010

v-n

1. v. inveigh

(a) to speak angrily or bitterly; to protest forcefully; to rant
(b) to warn; to find fault; to reprove; to scold
(c) to increase; add to; to make larger; to enhance; to multiply
(d) to belittle; to speak slightingly of; to reduce the value or cost; to disparage

2. n. confederate

(a) partner; ally; colleague
(b) sudden notion or passing fancy; caprice; impulse
(c) freedom; impetuosity; enthusiasm
(d) record of a person's or a family's ancestors or relatives

3. n. oblivion

(a) thoughtlessness; state of complete forgetfulness
(b) inscription on a monument; in honor or memory of a dead person; commemoration
(c) nearness; vicinity; adjacency; closeness
(d) person who is at home in all countries; citizen of the world

4. adj. fleeting

(a) spotted or streaked with varied colors
(b) working secretly or slyly; cunning; crafty; deceitful
(c) timid; lacking self-confidence; shy
(d) brief; passing swiftly; temporary; transient

5. adj. ecclesiastic

(a) proud of oneself and scornful of others; snobbish; arrogant; disdainful
(b) fond of the company of others; sociable
(c) pertaining or relating to a church
(d) unimportant; small; worthless; minor

6. n. import

(a) meaning; significance; bringing in of goods from another country
(b) feeling of hatred; resentment; animosity; hostility
(c) illusion; misconception; untruth; falsehood
(d) boredom; apathy; lethargy; tedium

7. n. adversity

(a) exaggeration; overstatement
(b) clown; joker; fool; ludicrous figure
(c) hardship; suffering; misfortune; crisis
(d) working class; social class comprised of manual laborers

8. adj. cadaverous

(a) spiteful; vindictive
(b) carefully attentive; diligent; persistent; hard-working
(c) unimportant; small; worthless; minor
(d) corpselike; hence; haggard; pale; ghastly

9. adj. sartorial

(a) corrupt; degenerate; debauched
(b) very steep; descending rapidly; vertical; sheer
(c) pertaining to a tailor or clothes
(d) lacking in seriousness; vain and silly; stupid; foolish; inane

10. n. larceny

(a) embankment used as a fortification; an idea; object serving as a protection
(b) theft; stealing; robbery
(c) ludicrous and complete failure; disaster
(d) conflict; disagreement; disparity

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