n. gentle reproof (*) corollary (*) admonition (*) terminus (*) ichthyology

n. a raise in rank; promotion; appointment; fondness; affinity (*) inception (*) preferment (*) sentence (*) epicycle

n. anything forbidden, as by social usage (*) encyclopedia (*) diligence (*) anathema (*) preexistence

n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers (*) advertiser (*) decoy (*) venom (*) luxuriance

adj. compassionate (*) docile (*) asexual (*) humane (*) indivisible

n. a body of soldiers (*) regiment (*) residue (*) stimulant (*) duckling

adj. having the nature of a tree (*) indestructible (*) arborescent (*) rife (*) diabolic

n. person who puts money into a particular project or fund with the intention of gaining a profit (*) liberalism (*) temerity (*) exemplar (*) investor

n. a hint (*) duet (*) knickknack (*) maharaja (*) inkling

adj. hating mankind (*) misanthropic (*) recessive (*) littoral (*) caitiff