n. a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; hallucination (*) fleece (*) fiat (*) calligraphy (*) delusion

n. hell; purgatory; inferno (*) perdition (*) functionary (*) conscript (*) inception

v. compose; write in words (*) indite (*) debilitate (*) shunt (*) check

n. any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones (*) hovel (*) conifer (*) perspicuity (*) oaf

v. force or impel in an indicated direction; press (*) bode (*) exhort (*) fellate (*) invalidate

adj. excessively or hypocritically pious; pietistical; sanctimonious; self-righteous (*) osseous (*) sleazy (*) pharisaical (*) compact

v. cause annoyance in; rag; get to; bother (*) proliferate (*) grapple (*) nettle (*) waft

n. someone new to a field or activity; tiro; initiate (*) dregs (*) masque (*) tyro (*) pugilist

v. talk socially without exchanging too much information; shoot the breeze; chat; confabulate; confab (*) defoliate (*) claver (*) actuate (*) affix

adj. full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; shelvy; shoaly (*) reefy (*) ambulatory (*) unsullied (*) rakish