n. a disposition free from stress or emotion; placidity; serenity; tranquility (*) neologism (*) coiffure (*) libertine (*) tranquillity

n. assistance in time of difficulty; succour; ministration (*) fancier (*) doldrums (*) succor (*) enate

adj. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; pliable; pliant; tensile; tractile (*) unsavory (*) exacting (*) petulant (*) malleable

n. the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord (*) economy (*) malediction (*) pluck (*) junta

v. impose a fine on (*) prompt (*) construe (*) mulct (*) flay

adj. in deplorable condition; derelict; dilapidated; tatterdemalion; tumble-down (*) scurvy (*) indiscriminate (*) demographic (*) ramshackle

n. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes; bush (*) founder (*) chaparral (*) cerulean (*) onus

adv. addistorted; crooked (*) indubitably (*) aloft (*) awry (*) gratis

v. render holy by means of religious rites; hallow; sanctify (*) avert (*) muckrake (*) compound (*) consecrate

adj. affording change (especially in social status) (*) musty (*) retentive (*) magisterial (*) mobile