v. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line (*) fathom (*) rubberize (*) assert (*) faze

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; disentangle; disencumber (*) delve (*) abye (*) extricate (*) commandeer

v. dismiss from priestly office (*) granulate (*) dissemble (*) unfrock (*) canvass

v. beat rapidly (*) abash (*) palpitate (*) entice (*) infer

v. accept as inevitable; submit (*) extirpate (*) reconcile (*) traverse (*) slough

adj. marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness (*) rakish (*) esoteric (*) gleeful (*) amorphous

v. print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil (*) teeter (*) dismiss (*) intersperse (*) cyclostyle

v. treat or speak of with contempt (*) fleck (*) gorge (*) deride (*) forestall

v. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; cut short (*) implore (*) curtail (*) exude (*) relapse

v. censure severely or angrily; rag; trounce; reproof; lecture (*) befoul (*) divest (*) infringe (*) reprimand