adj. sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; obscure and mysterious; occult (*) gemmed (*) filiform (*) hermetic (*) bereft

n. the highest point (of something); apex (*) despotism (*) stint (*) acme (*) cartographer

v. furnish with power or authority (*) unravel (*) adorn (*) rail (*) befit

n. a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) (*) sarcasm (*) matriarch (*) eon (*) leniency

n. wrongful conduct by a public official (*) ramble (*) malfeasance (*) skeptic (*) nicety

adj. of or relating to or similar to bears (*) ursine (*) prefatory (*) pellucid (*) puerile

adj. out of fashion; ex; old-fashioned; outmoded; passe; passee (*) crescent (*) demode (*) unfaltering (*) seemly

n. an auxiliary activity; hobby; pursuit; sideline; spare-time activity (*) misdemeanor (*) missile (*) avocation (*) cliche

adj. softly bright or radiant; lucent; luminous (*) cragged (*) supple (*) accredited (*) aglow

n. a purging medicine; physic (*) epitome (*) whelp (*) aperient (*) cite