n. poor and often mischievous city child (*) wench (*) dissertation (*) postulate (*) urchin

n. personal magnetism (*) charisma (*) jinrikisha (*) jounce (*) crone

n. noisy quarrel (*) conundrum (*) fracas (*) crevice (*) zeta

n. a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations (*) anesthetic (*) runniness (*) chassis (*) fusion

n. a ruler who is unconstrained by law (*) roving (*) periphery (*) arbour (*) potentate

n. system of stars held together by gravity (*) psychiatrist (*) perversion (*) galaxy (*) bombast

v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; expurgate; castrate; shorten (*) suffuse (*) bedazzle (*) bowdlerize (*) replicate

adj. marked by a lack of interest (*) gargantuan (*) chaotic (*) apathetic (*) drudging

n. the back side of the neck; nucha (*) shard (*) dormer (*) nape (*) arbitrator

n. the sound made by beating a drum; drumbeat (*) encroachment (*) bigotry (*) rataplan (*) contrition