List A

suffering from megalomania

talk socially without exchanging too much information

a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst

confer secretly

make smaller

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

poor enough to need help from others

occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase

an expression of approval and commendation

a person or thing having the same characteristics as another

a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

the loss of sounds from within a word

a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria

a writ ordering the release of goods that have been unlawfully detained

characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages

(chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing

of or relating to Manichaeism

of or relating to Manichaeism

spread or daub (a surface)

among other things

(law) deliberately or knowingly

of or relating to the spleen

take or assume for one's own use

pretentious or silly talk or writing

pretentious or silly talk or writing

the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence

very sentimental or emotional

grain intended to be or that has been ground

a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality

using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated

the modal logic of belief and disbelief

a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

as an example

make blessedly happy

a confused multitude of things

a chief of a North American tribe or confederation

a chief of a North American tribe or confederation

a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician

a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

tastelessly showy

ornamental objects of no great value

an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence

a female ballet dancer

any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae

annoy continually or chronically

ornamental objects of no great value

a person holding a fief

son of Daedalus

supreme authority; absolute dominion

a famous mythical Greek hero

the act of obeying meanly

make something concrete

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

basic principles of the cosmos

the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree

of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia

anxious embarrassment

a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization

an educator who works at a college or university

merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

act as or form a connection or alliance between groups

relating to or characteristic of fascism

a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

a ludicrous folly

a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible

tending to ameliorate

contemptible fearfulness

abject pusillanimity

of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings

something that bulges out or projects from its surroundings

produce buds, branches, or germinate

by good fortune

having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence

relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy

a governor in India during the Mogul empire

a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

charge falsely or with malicious intent

smear so as to make dirty or stained

abject or cringing submissiveness

activity that transgresses moral or civil law

a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked

repetition of same sense in different words

not in agreement

pleasing to the ear

a woman who cohabits with an important man

a woman slave in a harem

aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery

audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

a weight that balances another weight

lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

in a false and spurious manner

born out of wedlock

contaminated with infecting organisms

laborious cogitation

dependent on chance

one who lives in solitude

associated with the priesthood or priests

vain and empty boasting

a false boast that can harm others

mental lethargy or dullness

someone skilled at informal chitchat

puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals

of or occurring every seven days

of or occurring every seven days

lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

induced by a physician's words or therapy

falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl

disinclined to work or exertion

(of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

the indistinct sound of people whispering

make a crackling sound

having an ambiguous sexual identity

one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made

spit up in an explosive manner

substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior

express congratulations

an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest

excessively or hypocritically pious

freed from any question of guilt

a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible

a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head

a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin

prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom

hand tool for boring holes

a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail

brought back

by necessity

a correction by emending

a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim

the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx

god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid

bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding

small East Indian shrubby mint

the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone

female demon believed to have intercourse with sleeping men

an event used to justify starting a war

relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings

(Greek mythology) a box that Zeus gave to Pandora with instructions that she not open it; she gave in to her curiosity and opened it; all the miseries and evils flew out to afflict mankind

(Islam) a Muslim place of worship

a public hall for lectures and concerts

a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

(Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence

containing flint

mental lethargy or dullness

the act of positioning close together (or side by side)

not suitable to your tastes or needs

Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)

of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis

a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest

an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa

tear or be torn violently

a high public official of imperial China

a high public official of imperial China

ruinously destructive and wasting

a wild gathering