adj. beneficial (*) salutary (*) luxuriant (*) defiant (*) peerless

n. any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form (*) ballad (*) somnolence (*) patriarch (*) parliament

v. to strip the covering from (*) prate (*) crystallize (*) denude (*) vaccinate

n. monovalency (*) univalence (*) similitude (*) twinge (*) irritancy

adj. controlling or preventing spasms (*) antispasmodic (*) sapid (*) stagy (*) instructive

n. a six-stringed instrument from the 16th and 17th centuries (*) bravado (*) professor (*) influence (*) viol

v. to fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part (*) cower (*) obstruct (*) patter (*) hypnotize

v. to find fault with (*) emulate (*) reprehend (*) repress (*) peter

n. a collection of extracts from the writings of various authors (*) martyrdom (*) anthology (*) disciple (*) grotto

n. a consecration to the ministry (*) veto (*) laddie (*) baton (*) ordination