n. formal separation from an alliance or federation (*) secession (*) clangor (*) conundrum (*) anguish

n. desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer (*) misdemeanor (*) lectern (*) papyrus (*) spoonerism

adj. not injured; whole (*) manifold (*) unscathed (*) pastoral (*) queasy

adj. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety (*) stimulated (*) disheveled (*) humdrum (*) plausible

v. be in an inactive or dormant state (*) desiccate (*) hibernate (*) molt (*) capitulate

adj. unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; unknowing (*) opaline (*) unwitting (*) strident (*) ingenuous

n. noisy quarrel; fracas (*) altercation (*) potpourri (*) precedent (*) midget

n. a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); simulacrum (*) scad (*) gorge (*) tyro (*) effigy

v. give out (breath or an odor) (*) invalidate (*) staunch (*) emanate (*) cow

v. take the place of work of someone on strike; rat (*) blackleg (*) quail (*) aggrandize (*) compress