n. adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing; diamante (*) severance (*) crevice (*) apex (*) spangle

n. extravagant exaggeration (*) spoonerism (*) momentum (*) hyperbole (*) miscellany

n. an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives (*) partiality (*) recession (*) whelp (*) fatalism

n. a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain (*) flatulency (*) apologue (*) toady (*) luster

n. a quick and penetrating intelligence; sharpness; keenness (*) litoral (*) invective (*) acumen (*) acuity

n. someone in love with themselves (*) carafe (*) quadruped (*) penchant (*) narcissist

adj. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed (*) histrionic (*) sanguinary (*) hoary (*) ruddy

adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; shrewd (*) astute (*) chipper (*) glacial (*) rife

n. a compact mass; lump; clump; chunk (*) glob (*) malcontent (*) progenitor (*) innovation

n. liveliness and energy; ginger (*) residue (*) peppiness (*) tributary (*) incubus