Lexicon: appalling – appease

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appalling, verbal adj. [see appal, v.] (webplay: faint).

  1. Horrible; terrible; awful; alarming; dreadful.
  2. Scary; spooky; eerie; ghostly; spectral; supernatural; transcendental.
  3. Depressing; unpleasant; grim; morbid; deathly; necessary but distasteful; [fig.] funeral preparation; mortuary; dealing with the interment of corpses; [possible word play on “pall”] pale; discoloring; causing to fade.]

apparatus, n. [L.] (webplay: means to an end).

Tool; device; instrument; vehicle; mechanism; structure; system; set of procedures.

apparel (-ed, apparreled), v. [OFr 'make equal or fit' < L. par.] (webplay: king's, set).

Dress; attire; outfit; clothe; cover with garments.

apparent, n. [OFr < L. appārē-re, come in sight.] (webplay: God, sun).

Noticeable; visible; obvious.

apparently, adv. [see apparent, v.] (webplay: God, sun).

Visibly; manifestly; plainly; candidly.

apparition (-s), n. [Fr. < L. 'appear at a summons', 'wait upon', 'attend'; see appear, v.]

  1. Spirit being; angel; other-world personage; visitor from the spirit world.
  2. Vision; dream; mirage; illusion; phenomena; supposed fantasy; [fig.] epiphany; first appearance of Christ to his disciples after his death and resurrection (see John 20:24-29).

appeal (-ed, -ing), v. [OFr < L. 'accost', 'address', 'call upon'.] (webplay: charge, question).

  1. Plead; beseech; entreat; implore; request earnestly; [legal term] petition; solicit, as in a court of law; resort to a higher authority; seek help from a higher court.
  2. Phrase. “Appeal to”: address; invoke; face; confront; challenge.

appear (-s), v. [OFr < L. ad- + pārē-re, come in sight, come forth.] (webplay: apprehension of the mind, come, faces, known, land, likeness, reality, show, stand, tried, visible, world, yet).

  1. Emerge; become visible; come into sight; [fig.] bloom; blossom.
  2. Seem to be; look.
  3. Materialize; become manifest; become evident.

appearance, n. [see appear, v.] (webplay: known).

  1. Image; facade; demeanor.
  2. Evidence; showing; display; indication; sign.

appease (-ed), v. [OFr, bring to peace < L. pāc-em, peace.] (webplay: hunger).

  1. Console; comfort; pacify; soothe; make calm.
  2. Satisfy; tame; mollify; quench.