n. trespasser (*) antithesis (*) gerontocracy (*) interloper (*) diminution

n. an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh (*) panache (*) euphemism (*) affidavit (*) beneficiary

n. significant events and incidents in a person's early life (*) antecedents (*) diadem (*) debauchee (*) postulate

n. a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal; plaster (*) hooks (*) isotope (*) severity (*) poultice

n. a distinguished female operatic singer (*) agio (*) tremor (*) frieze (*) diva

n. a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey (*) forebears (*) tussle (*) talon (*) etymology

adj. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is (*) pragmatic (*) acuate (*) ironic (*) baseless

n. someone who kills by strangling; strangler; throttler; choker (*) rebuttal (*) cubicle (*) garroter (*) deluge

n. a branch that flows into the main stream; confluent; affluent (*) monarchy (*) obituary (*) drudgery (*) tributary

n. an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column; hunchback (*) restraint (*) kyphosis (*) braggart (*) amebiasis