n. cleft; crack (*) fissure (*) gauntlet (*) glutton (*) abandon

n. personal peculiarity; mannerism; eccentricity (*) paradox (*) renascence (*) homage (*) idiosyncrasy

n. plundering or laying waste; pillaging; ravishing; plundering (*) allusion (*) malefactor (*) depredation (*) conclave

adj. terse and full of meaning; concise; succinct (*) ostensible (*) pithy (*) igneous (*) intractable

adj. mandatory; necessary; legally or morally binding (*) tractable (*) bestial (*) obligatory (*) recluse

v. to defame; to misrepresent maliciously; to vilify; to malign (*) slander (*) quaff (*) ferment (*) bemuse

adj. kind; generous (*) stoic (*) benevolent (*) inanimate (*) pedantic

n. payment for work done; allowance; salary (*) epilogue (*) solace (*) implement (*) stipend

adj. having the power to influence or convince; persuasive; influential (*) parochial (*) prolific (*) cogent (*) enamored

v. to insure against; to pay for loss or damage; to reimburse; to compensate (*) indemnify (*) juxtapose (*) proselytize (*) dally