n. mode of rule; system of government (*) rancor (*) retraction (*) gourmand (*) regime

n. capacity or power to produce a desired effect (*) disinclination (*) phenomena (*) efficacy (*) geniality

n. a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers (*) felon (*) scaffold (*) vantage (*) dermatologist

n. vain and empty boasting; rodomontade; rhodomontade (*) blackguard (*) garroter (*) braggadocio (*) apothecary

n. an elaborate song for solo voice (*) aria (*) tyranny (*) epic (*) quorum

n. an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) (*) suffragist (*) burnoose (*) tantrum (*) genealogy

n. omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences (*) enigma (*) colic (*) idolatry (*) ellipsis

n. a style that has the power to evoke feelings (*) jongleur (*) pathos (*) tempo (*) modicum

n. any red eruption of the skin; efflorescence; skin rash (*) quirk (*) avocation (*) roseola (*) bane

n. a dissolute person; rounder (*) cinnamene (*) patois (*) debauchee (*) geta