adj. easily imposed; inclined; prone; vulnerable (*) astute (*) susceptible (*) indomitable (*) arid

v. to look down upon; to scorn; to contempt (*) accrue (*) disdain (*) ferret (*) macerate

v. to offer reasons for; to account for on rational grounds (*) rationalize (*) subsume (*) sequester (*) condescend

v. to denounce or condemn openly (*) besmirch (*) rampart (*) revile (*) decry

adj. not clear; uncertain; vague (*) ambiguous (*) provident (*) fickle (*) pecuniary

adj. perfectly straight down; vertical (*) abstruse (*) meander (*) plumb (*) pecuniary

adj. bright; radiant; shining; splendid; shiny (*) lustrous (*) perfidious (*) cognitive (*) gullible

n. person who possesses special or secret knowledge (*) initiate (*) usurpation (*) labyrinth (*) symmetry

n. refutation; opposition; contradiction (*) dilettante (*) rebuttal (*) parody (*) glutton

adj. without emotion or interest; sluggish and dull; indifferent; slow (*) relevant (*) froward (*) incorrigible (*) phlegmatic