n. aptness

abundance; full amount; excessive supply

lengthy, heartfelt speech; scolding; lecture

suitability; ability

keenness of mind; insight; astuteness; shrewdness

n. caricature

insult; curse; affront; offense

indirect reference (often literary); hint

drawing that exaggerates certain physical characteristics

burden; duty; obligation; responsibility

v. procrastinate

to belittle; to speak slightingly of; to reduce the value or cost; to disparage

to declare positively; to confirm; to affirm

to postpone; to put off to another time; to delay; to hold back

to refer indirectly to something; to hint

adj. venerable

unidentified; disguised; concealed; anonymous; unknown

deserving respect or reverence because of age; worthy of honor and esteem

unreal; made-up; false

honest; truthful; sincere; frank; straightforward; open

adj. forensic

dead; vanished; gone

corpselike; hence; haggard; pale; ghastly

pertaining to or used in a court of law; rhetorical; argumentative

severe; demanding; strict; binding; constraining

adj. plebeian

quarrelsome; warlike

incapable of being defended or held; uninhabitable

perfect or highly accomplished; excellent; skilled; complete

pertaining to the common people, hence common or vulgar; rude

adj. gossamer

thin and light

clever; resourceful; talented; inventive

wasteful; careless; not saving up for future needs

well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment); proper; fitting

n. cabal

working class; social class comprised of manual laborers

group of people joined by a secret; group of conspirators

little world or universe in miniature

abundance; full amount; excessive supply

v. abet

to guess; to speculate; to surmise; to hypothesize; to infer

to echo; to resonate; to resound

to publish; to spread abroad; to declare; to advertise widely

to encourage; to support

n. adversary

enemy; foe; opponent; rival

front or face, especially of a building; illusion; deceptive appearance

origin; beginning; creation

faithfulness; loyalty