n. driving impulse; something which urges or drives (*) goad (*) hubris (*) retroaction (*) arbiter

n. family relationship; adoption; natural attraction; affinity (*) kinship (*) succor (*) consort (*) turmoil

n. words of praise, especially for the dead (*) edifice (*) conceit (*) deference (*) eulogy

n. person skilled in argument; disputatious person (*) abandon (*) stamina (*) polemicist (*) mimicry

n. shrillness or harshness of sound (*) abnegation (*) stridency (*) allure (*) catalyst

v. to agree without protest; to accept without question (*) rummage (*) engender (*) acquiesce (*) expedite

n. firm courage; strength; bravery; courage; endurance (*) turmoil (*) fortitude (*) xenophobia (*) solubility

n. appeal; magnetism; presence; leadership ability (*) fluency (*) neophyte (*) ken (*) charisma

n. state of being the same in power, value, or rank; equality (*) accomplice (*) quarantine (*) boor (*) parity

n. testing the quality of a substance; test; examine; try; attempt (*) phobia (*) propinquity (*) stupor (*) assay