adj. disobedient to authority; defiant (*) pagan (*) pervasive (*) insubordinate (*) lithe

v. to declare or prove blameless; to absolve; to acquit (*) disparage (*) rend (*) modulate (*) exonerate

n. act of clarifying; adding details; act of improving; careful planning (*) cynic (*) cant (*) elaboration (*) impiety

v. to support; to approve of; to recommend; to approve; to sanction (*) reprehend (*) fathom (*) efface (*) endorse

adj. heavy; powerful; weighty; big (*) colloquial (*) hefty (*) ingenious (*) suppliant

adj. easy to see; noticeable; obvious (*) arrogant (*) conspicuous (*) impartial (*) malign

adv. a sideways glance of disapproval (*) askance (*) abaft (*) amiss (*) indubitably

v. to go; to move slowly; to delay (*) mar (*) broach (*) abominate (*) tarry

n. absolute monarchy; government where one person holds power; dictatorship; despotism; totalitarianism (*) autocracy (*) presage (*) predecessor (*) profusion

adj. winding; wandering aimlessly (*) prefatory (*) meander (*) contumacious (*) phlegmatic