n. anything to which one gives excessive devotion; idolized object (*) fetish (*) deluge (*) atheist (*) aptness

n. approval; praise; sanction; assent; consent (*) aristocracy (*) tenet (*) anthology (*) approbation

n. conversation which is amusing and not serious; tease; joke (*) coercion (*) banter (*) fetish (*) felicity

n. abundance; full amount; excessive supply (*) analogy (*) obsession (*) archetype (*) glut

n. conflict; disagreement; disparity (*) mettle (*) harangue (*) asylum (*) dissension

n. omen; signal (*) candor (*) virago (*) incumbent (*) harbinger

n. hired soldier; greedy person (*) hyperbole (*) mercenary (*) retribution (*) disparity

n. person who leads a simple life of self-denial; recluse; hermit (*) proletariat (*) ascetic (*) jeopardy (*) expatriate

n. decree; command; order (*) dilemma (*) epitaph (*) edict (*) proletariat

n. rest period; temporary delay (*) bog (*) cabal (*) zealot (*) respite