n. oddity; inconsistency; deviation from the norm; exception; deviation (*) miscreant (*) coda (*) bombast (*) anomaly

v. drive out; to eject; to evict (*) subsume (*) oust (*) emulate (*) render

n. loud approval; applause; praise (*) repast (*) acclaim (*) syllogism (*) mimicry

n. symbolic description; metaphor (*) wrath (*) allegory (*) amity (*) analogy

adj. swollen; pompous; puffy (*) pallid (*) tumid (*) articulate (*) wizened

v. to prevent; to discourage; to hinder (*) oust (*) illuminate (*) deter (*) collaborate

v. to take the place of; to usurp (*) consecrate (*) succumb (*) supplant (*) rivet

n. restraint; framework; raised edge of a sidewalk (*) curb (*) benefactor (*) percussion (*) exultation

v. to gain advantage by manipulating unfairly; to falsify; to pervert; to distort (*) ingratiate (*) gerrymander (*) delineate (*) endorse

n. maintenance of stability (*) homeostasis (*) connoisseur (*) catalyst (*) implication