ague | (noun) a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: acute, acute accent |
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(noun) a fit of shivering or shaking | - |
(noun) successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria | Synonyms: chills and fever |
colleague | (noun) an associate that one works with | Synonyms: co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow |
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(noun) a person who is member of one's class or profession | Synonyms: confrere, fellow |
league | (noun) an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action | - |
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(noun) an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members | Synonyms: conference |
(noun) an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles) | - |
(verb) unite to form a league | - |
plague | (noun) an annoyance | - |
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(noun) any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) | - |
(noun) a swarm of insects that attack plants | Synonyms: infestation |
(noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal | Synonyms: pest, pestilence, pestis |
(noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate | Synonyms: pest, pestilence |
(verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke |
(verb) cause to suffer a blight | Synonyms: blight |
vague | (adjective) not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished | Synonyms: undefined |
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(adjective) lacking clarity or distinctness | Synonyms: dim, faint, shadowy, wispy |
(adjective) not clearly expressed or understood | Synonyms: obscure |