v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; palaver; blarney; coax; sweet-talk (*) vouchsafe (*) prune (*) inveigle (*) jeer

v. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.; fall back; fall behind (*) jolly (*) usurp (*) dawdle (*) inaugurate

v. send by train; construct a fence (*) hotfoot (*) rail (*) evoke (*) galvanize

n. a movement back from an impact; rebound; backlash (*) discrimination (*) repercussion (*) midget (*) clamor

n. formal conversation (*) mosaic (*) hilarity (*) ovalbumin (*) colloquy

v. increase in phase (*) rarify (*) wax (*) divagate (*) emanate

n. something illusory and unattainable (*) alloy (*) verisimilitude (*) naivete (*) mirage

v. give off (water) through the skin (*) ameliorate (*) resolve (*) stifle (*) transpire

adj. basic; elementary; fundamental (*) alimentary (*) mundane (*) rudimentary (*) profound

v. advance evidence for; cite (*) arraign (*) execute (*) abduce (*) spume