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31caustic — caustic, mordant, acrid, scathing are comparable when they mean stingingly incisive. Caustic usually implies a biting wit, a ready tongue or pen, and the power to drive disagreeable truths home { I really do not know what to do with my books, he… …
32caustic — I. adjective Etymology: Latin causticus, from Greek kaustikos, from kaiein to burn Date: 14th century 1. capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action ; corrosive 2. marked by incisive sarcasm 3. relating to or being the surface or… …
33Natural History (Pliny) — Naturalis Historia, 1669 edition, title page. The title at the top reads: Volume I of the Natural History of Gaius Plinius Secundus. The Natural History (Latin: Naturalis Historia) is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77–79 by Pliny the… …
34Kelvin MacKenzie — Infobox actor imagesize = 150px name = Kelvin The Devil MacKenzie birthname = Kelvin Calder MacKenzie birthdate = Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|10|22 birthplace = London, United Kingdom deathdate = deathplace = restingplace =… …
35John W. Griffin (politician) — John William Griffin (June 9, 1927 ndash; March 23, 2006) was an Ohio farmer and a perennial candidate over the last forty years for various local, state, and federal offices in Ohio. While he lost far more political races than he won, at the… …
36I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson — Infobox Officeholder name = Isaac Theophilus Akunna Wallace Johnson width = 130px caption = Statue of I. T. A. Wallace Johnson in Sierra Leone birth date = 1895 birth place = Wilberforce, Sierra Leone death date = 10 May 1965 death place = Ghana… …
37literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
38comment — I n. observation remark 1) to make a comment 2) (an) appropriate, fitting; caustic, critical, scathing, unfavorable; cryptic; favorable; inappropriate; ironic, wry; nasty, vicious; off the record; passing; perceptive, shrewd; sarcastic comment 3) …
39caustic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. corrosive, burning; mordant, sarcastic, satirical, biting, acrimonious; severe. See discourtesy, resentment, detraction, feeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Corrosive] Syn. burning, strongly… …
40trenchant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cutting, incisive, penetrating; thoroughgoing; clear cut, keen, sharp, biting, crisp; energetic. See power, feeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a cutting edge] Syn. cutting, incisive, keen,… …
