n. an idle slothful person (*) rejoinder (*) sluggard (*) sage (*) propriety

adj. according with custom or propriety; comme il faut; decent; decorous (*) seemly (*) alveolate (*) static (*) sportive

adj. of or relating to the cultivation of plants (*) mesmeric (*) horticultural (*) voluptuous (*) insuperable

n. venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw (*) opus (*) incredulity (*) vent (*) viper

v. drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink) (*) begrudge (*) disclaim (*) worm (*) swill

v. choose not to consume; desist (*) wither (*) infiltrate (*) glut (*) refrain

adj. excessively unwilling to spend (*) bursiform (*) penurious (*) downlike (*) mannered

n. a woman who cohabits with an important man; doxy; paramour (*) confidant (*) diva (*) concubine (*) boon

v. enclose in a capsule; capsulize; capsulise (*) temporize (*) capsulate (*) martyrize (*) prevaricate

n. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will; gall; rancor (*) epistemologist (*) rancour (*) hierarchy (*) pedant