Advance measure taken against an undesirable development |
PRECAUTION |
American cab rank |
taxi stand |
Awareness of one’s place in the social hierarchy |
class-consciousness |
Blissfully happy |
ECSTATIC |
Block of steel or gold |
INGOT |
Blood feud |
VENDETTA |
Brawniness; substance |
MEATINESS |
Cargoes; lots |
LOADS |
Causing great sadness or distress |
heart-rending |
Concerned with the appreciation of beauty |
AESTHETIC |
Concisely comprehensive |
compendious |
Detailed development |
ELABORATION |
Dickensian miser |
SCROOGE |
Done without good reason; free |
GRATUITOUS |
East European pancakes |
BLINI |
Electrical device used to change voltage |
TRANSFORMER |
Ernie’s comic partner |
ERIC |
Express concisely and succinctly |
ENCAPSULATE |
Former college |
POLYTECHNIC |
Freshly generated |
NASCENT |
In accord |
of a mind |
Intoxicate |
INEBRIATE |
Jousting event |
TOURNAMENT |
Kind and unselfish |
good-natured |
Lacking luxuries |
AUSTERE |
Lizard able to change its colour |
CHAMELEON |
Long stretch of open seafront for walking or driving |
ESPLANADE |
Lovong |
AMOROUS |
Make excessive demands on (a person’s abilities) |
OVERTAX |
Material used to cover a tear |
PATCH |