synopsis

• the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.
• A syllabus or summary.
• High praise.
• Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.

aviary

• Stead.
• The treatment of mental disease.
• A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
• A person against whom a suit is brought.

incendiary

• One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
• A covenant.
• Knowledge of events before they take place.
• Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively.

prim

• Notoriously bad.
• Stiffly proper.
• Contemptible.
• Innate.

benediction

• A day-laborer.
• The act of moving or going downward.
• Dissimilarity in any respect.
• a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.

outpost

• Something added to a letter after the writer's signature.
• General structure, form, or outline.
• A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise.
• An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.

incompetent

• Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose.
• Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness.
• Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
• Characteristic of an erudite person.

frigidarium

• A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
• A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
• Cheerful willingness.
• A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.

potentate

• Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
• A spirit of charitable leniency.
• The entertainment of doubt concerning something.
• One possessed of great power or sway.

antipathize

• To become worse or inferior.
• To become detached.
• To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
• To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination.