n. senility; infatuation (*) dotage (*) decomposition (*) harping (*) misapprehension

v. make believe with the intent to deceive; pretend; affect; dissemble (*) sham (*) rubberize (*) amplify (*) caulk

adj. small; tiny (*) lilliputian (*) sphinx-like (*) ingrained (*) pejorative

adj. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; mirky; murky (*) ramate (*) gaudy (*) turbid (*) multilingual

adj. morally corrupt or evil (*) centrifugal (*) meteoric (*) discursive (*) putrid

n. person who tends to focus on their own thoughts and feelings (*) chapiter (*) cataract (*) amulet (*) introvert

v. censure severely or angrily; rebuke; rag; reprimand (*) clabber (*) slither (*) lambaste (*) galvanize

n. passing reference or indirect mention (*) allusion (*) expertise (*) misadventure (*) nemesis

v. unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state (*) ruminate (*) slacken (*) unfurl (*) cede

v. go back to bad behavior; recidivate; regress; retrogress; fall back (*) reiterate (*) relapse (*) niggle (*) wrest