v. to include within a larger group (*) debase (*) subsume (*) disavow (*) mar

v. to affirm as true; to declare (*) garner (*) abjure (*) gibber (*) aver

n. denial (*) abnegation (*) canard (*) presage (*) cohesion

n. person who hopes for the best; sees the good side (*) optimist (*) genre (*) mercenary (*) penchant

n. liveliness; spirit; enthusiasm; bubbliness; gaiety (*) document (*) libertine (*) oligarchy (*) effervescence

v. to coax with insincere talk (*) litigate (*) cajole (*) abscond (*) encumber

adj. inflexible; stubborn (*) agrarian (*) obstinate (*) estimable (*) haggard

v. to organize laws or rules into a systematic collection; to arrange systematically (*) reprobate (*) disentangle (*) codify (*) fester

n. condition of being under a guardian or a tutor; guardianship (*) humility (*) tutelage (*) incursion (*) forbearance

v. to stimulate as if by electric shock; to startle; to excite; to stimulate (*) wreak (*) galvanize (*) exhume (*) fret