n. seriousness; severity (*) ebullience (*) paradigm (*) contusion (*) gravity

n. division in an organized group; separation into opposing parties (*) impiety (*) schism (*) advocate (*) pittance

n. indirect remark; insinuation; suggestion; intimation; hint (*) innuendo (*) conundrum (*) dilettante (*) finesse

adj. thorough; careful; precise; meticulous; diligent (*) painstaking (*) unequivocal (*) furtive (*) uniform

n. an abstracted state of absorption (*) ideology (*) gaffe (*) reverie (*) tether

n. decline in morals or art; decay; deterioration; falling into corruption (*) opulence (*) decadence (*) debacle (*) despotism

n. state of being at rest or without motion; restfulness; calmness (*) quiescence (*) flux (*) atrophy (*) nostrum

n. clique; group who meet frequently, usually socially (*) aspirant (*) homeostasis (*) demise (*) coterie

v. to stain; spot; defile; to dirty (*) deprecate (*) preponderate (*) remonstrate (*) maculate

n. companion; spouse; partner (*) catharsis (*) consort (*) progeny (*) turpitude