irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
meaning; connotation; denotation
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
the same age; same period
kicker (soccer, football, rugby, etc.)
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
to get narrower; to contract
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
practice by repetition; learning by rote
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
one (more) effort; one (more) push; a try; a go
definitive piece; definitive (authoritative) edition; last word
storm caused by the devil; evil wind; eerie wind
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
weightlessness; zero gravity
(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
to sob; to be choked with tears