n. speech by one person (*) monologue (*) acumen (*) radical (*) peccadillo

adj. hidden; present but not fully developed; concealed; dormant (*) precipitous (*) tranquil (*) immaculate (*) latent

n. reward or punishment exacted for an injury, wickedness or other action; requital; revenge; vengeance (*) incumbent (*) exodus (*) retribution (*) masquerade

adj. forgetful; absent-minded; ignoring (*) oblivious (*) reciprocal (*) fallible (*) histrionic

n. place offering shelter and retreat; refuge (*) zenith (*) genesis (*) asylum (*) misanthrope

v. to laugh at; to utter with scorn; to jeer; to taunt mock (*) quash (*) gibe (*) expound (*) flaunt

adj. hot and moist; sensuous; stifling (*) fortuitous (*) punitive (*) equable (*) sultry

adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age; worthy of honor and esteem (*) venerable (*) ubiquitous (*) lachrymose (*) ponderous

v. to forecast; to foretell; to diagnose (*) bereave (*) impugn (*) prognosticate (*) accede

adj. out of date; outdated; archaic; extinct; antiquated (*) distraught (*) supine (*) obsolete (*) dogmatic