n. powerlessness revealed by an inability to act (*) solecism (*) impuissance (*) emmet (*) curator

n. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); exclusive right (*) proximity (*) egress (*) perquisite (*) garboil

n. lawyer; attorney (*) barrister (*) cataract (*) volition (*) aspiration

n. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint; halo; nimbus; glory; gloriole (*) nape (*) nib (*) aureole (*) atrocity

n. bowl-shaped strainer (*) knell (*) colander (*) conveyance (*) abetment

n. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself (*) eddy (*) polemic (*) nutrient (*) myriad

n. poor handwriting; scrawl (*) prestige (*) toga (*) cacography (*) mayhem

n. the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research) (*) intelligentsia (*) concubine (*) vivisection (*) jambon

n. a stroke of ill fortune (*) diffusion (*) bigotry (*) humus (*) adversity

n. a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication (*) anathema (*) economy (*) emigree (*) addendum