n. the trait of being unduly vain; vanity (*) conceit (*) espionage (*) stickler (*) affidavit

n. a manuscript on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible (*) numismatist (*) objective (*) palimpsest (*) asceticism

n. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes (*) recasting (*) imbroglio (*) agnate (*) anvil

n. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures); nonindulgence (*) fiat (*) austerity (*) embezzlement (*) verbiage

n. a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation (*) inconsistency (*) litany (*) affiliation (*) contusion

n. a display of bad temper; scene; conniption (*) cavalier (*) reconnaissance (*) affinity (*) tantrum

n. the belief in government by divine guidance (*) upshot (*) spectrum (*) theocracy (*) discrimination

n. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand (*) pronation (*) espionage (*) conflux (*) myriad

n. a display of bad temper; scene (*) conniption (*) fusspot (*) manger (*) prestige

n. exception; deviation (*) concession (*) gritrock (*) idiosyncrasy (*) anomaly