n. morbid fear (*) chicanery (*) paean (*) phobia (*) tranquillity

adj. biased; one-sided (*) august (*) somber (*) partisan (*) glib

n. false statement; rumor; hoax (*) canard (*) metamorphosis (*) mandate (*) citadel

adj. starting to grow or develop (*) peremptory (*) nascent (*) cloying (*) defunct

v. to work into gradually and indirectly; to allude to; to hint; to gain favor through indirect means (*) insinuate (*) laud (*) teem (*) aver

v. to lessen; to make easier; to allay; to soothe; to relieve (*) expunge (*) indict (*) amass (*) alleviate

n. mercy toward an offender; mildness; mercy; grace (*) doggerel (*) clemency (*) parsimony (*) mandate

n. point directly overhead in the sky; highest point; climax (*) zenith (*) mentor (*) welter (*) umbrage

v. to estimate the value of; to appraise; to measure (*) assess (*) desecrate (*) augment (*) burnish

v. to challenge; to disprove; to prove false (*) slander (*) ruminate (*) modulate (*) refute