v. to separate; to segregate; to seclude; to set apart (*) undermine (*) rivet (*) sequester (*) repudiate

n. overflowing of high spirits; effervescence; exuberance; excitement (*) pallor (*) guile (*) ebullience (*) quarantine

v. to pretend to be ill in order to escape work (*) malinger (*) obliterate (*) embarkation (*) wreak

n. group of lines in a poem having a definite pattern (*) quirk (*) philanthropy (*) palindrome (*) stanza

v. to connect; to associate with; to accept as a member (*) descant (*) facilitate (*) affiliate (*) coagulate

adj. full of curves; twisting and turning (*) brindled (*) knotty (*) recondite (*) sinuous

adj. different; varied (*) discrete (*) diverse (*) august (*) splenetic

adj. done in a routine, mechanical way; without interest; superficial; careless (*) altruistic (*) perfunctory (*) unpretentious (*) perceptive

n. spontaneous motion; mobility (*) dearth (*) motility (*) stridency (*) diatribe

v. to move secretly; to sneak about (*) rummage (*) contravene (*) waft (*) skulk