v. to recover; to regain; to repossess (*) recure (*) perjure (*) satiate (*) ossify

adj. unrelenting (*) comprehensive (*) determinate (*) inexorable (*) locative

n. the facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it (*) anthology (*) ointment (*) mantel (*) colleague

v. to go before as introducing or ushering in (*) annotate (*) regale (*) forerun (*) verify

n. friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof (*) episode (*) monition (*) mouthful (*) flag-officer

n. fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case (*) aristocrat (*) expediency (*) assets (*) cygnet

v. to designate by word or mark (*) denote (*) dilute (*) exhilarate (*) repine

n. a whim (*) antistrophe (*) strait (*) caprice (*) quietus

adj. characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge (*) nautical (*) omniscient (*) thoroughbred (*) repugnant

n. that which makes a thing to be what it is (*) refringency (*) essence (*) cohesion (*) protuberance