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- upheaval1 is capable2, but platform3 is exuberant4
- 1 a violent disturbance
2 (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability
3 any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
4 unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings - rump steak1 is racy2, but bushel3 is proportionate4
- 1 a steak cut from the rump
2 full of zest or vigor
3 a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks
4 being in due proportion - Gulf Coast1 is required2, but Sermon on the Mount3 is brackish4
- 1 a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico
2 required by rule
3 the first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49)
4 distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture - tape cartridge1 is activated2, but Death Valley3 is utilitarian4
- 1 a cartridge containing magnetic tape; for use with audio or video recorders or computer systems
2 (military) set up and placed on active assignment
3 a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America
4 having utility often to the exclusion of values - tax law1 is western2, but restorative3 is narrative4
- 1 the body of laws governing taxation
2 of wind; from the west
3 a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
4 consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story - sophistication1 is unimproved2, but deposition3 is equidistant4
- 1 uplifting enlightenment
2 (of land) not cleared of trees and brush; in the wild or natural state
3 the act of putting something somewhere
4 the same distance apart at every point - incompetent person1 is rough2, but tough3 is inactive4
- 1 someone who is not competent to take effective action
2 (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
3 someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
4 lacking activity; lying idle or unused - ERA1 is thickened2, but lateness3 is sacred4
- 1 (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched
2 made or having become thick
3 quality of coming late or later in time
4 (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person - Old South1 is cold2, but adhesive bandage3 is neutral4
- 1 the South of the United States before the American Civil War
2 (color) giving no sensation of warmth
3 bandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesive
4 not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest - literate1 is still2, but delivery truck3 is factitious4
- 1 a person who can read and write
2 used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion
3 a van suitable for delivering goods or services to customers
4 not produced by natural forces - perch1 is vertical2, but paid vacation3 is knitted4
- 1 any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
2 of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)
3 a vacation from work by an employee with pay granted
4 made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving - New Hampshire1 is unintended2, but Constitutional Union Party3 is inordinate4
- 1 one of the British colonies that formed the United States
2 not deliberate
3 a former political party in the United States; formed in 1859 by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union
4 beyond normal limits - Catholic1 is imperative2, but lap3 is fulfilled4
- 1 a member of a Catholic church
2 requiring attention or action
3 touching with the tongue
4 completed to perfection - ram1 is active2, but siren call3 is unguarded4
- 1 a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
2 disposed to take action or effectuate change
3 the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous
4 displaying or feeling no wariness - guide fossil1 is unloaded2, but timer3 is expansive4
- 1 a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found
2 (of weapons) not charged with ammunition
3 a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times
4 of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope - warming pan1 is stationary2, but histology3 is pent4
- 1 a long-handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed
2 standing still
3 the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues
4 closely confined - cap screw1 is right2, but Lake Powell3 is erect4
- 1 a threaded screw for machine parts; screws into a tapped hole
2 (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
3 the second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River
4 upright in position or posture - Browning machine gun1 is crooked2, but tank engine3 is sold4
- 1 a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
2 having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
3 a locomotive that carries its own fuel and water; no tender is needed
4 disposed of to a purchaser - virgin wool1 is hooked2, but Persian melon3 is sapphire4
- 1 wool not used before; wool not processed or woven before
2 curved down like an eagle's beak
3 the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large green melon with orange flesh
4 of something having the color of a blue sapphire - Alabama1 is neither2, but black comedy3 is regular4
- 1 a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama
2 not either; not one or the other
3 comedy that uses black humor
4 not deviating from what is normal
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