n. a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians (*) nubbiness (*) herpetologist (*) getup (*) conception

n. the words of an opera or musical play (*) tiro (*) prickling (*) libretto (*) reproach

n. an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack (*) diversion (*) apothegm (*) repartee (*) taper

n. income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments (*) annuity (*) disarray (*) dupe (*) choreography

n. heavenly state that exists beyond the cycle of reincarnation (*) nirvana (*) runtiness (*) bombast (*) antithesis

n. color; aspect; outcry (*) hue (*) dallier (*) drooler (*) jeer

v. urge on; egg on (*) stoke (*) fluster (*) disabuse (*) incite

n. a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste) (*) castigation (*) effluvium (*) bereavement (*) ambivalence

n. stadium; arena (*) aphorism (*) amphitheater (*) squabble (*) decrepitude

n. a doctrine that is taught; commandment (*) precept (*) decadence (*) arrogance (*) parlance