jpdb beta

to fade; to become dim

1

orders; instructions; directive; command

1

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

5

powerful; strong

2

this kind of

1

administration (of medicine)

2

resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)

1

to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down

1

wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

3

to push or press or force down; to depress

1

to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated

1

to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into

1

to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy

1

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

2

collar; lapels

1

upper body

2

to claim victims; to leave casualties

1

fierce god

3

slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down

2

mottled pattern; patchy pattern

2

dark purple

2

crack; crevice; fissure

1

postmortem lividity

1

lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)

2

revenge tragedy

1

diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)

2

to happen to have on hand or in stock

1

desire; appetite; lust

2

ideal; ideals

1

smell of something rotten; rotten smell

3

splashing; dabbling

1

against; contrary to

1

to swallow; to gulp down

5

peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity

1

declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared

1

cool; indifferent; nonchalant; calm

1

the more one looks (at it) the more...

1

incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

2

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

3

awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect

1

to prevent; to take precautions

1

boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

1

wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap

1

to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

1

guard; convoy; escort

1