adj. unbiased (*) independent; independent contractor; business owner; person who is not a hired laborer (*) entrusted to the care (*) sloping; inclined (*) impartial; equitable

adj. dotted (*) pertaining to a city; municipal (*) comprising the best result ever attained (*) receiving of a regular or fixed payment (*) spotted; speckled; composed of a series of small dashes (about a line)

adj. record (*) plentiful; copious; profuse; full abounding with (*) advantageous; pleasurable; enjoyable (*) comprising the best result ever attained (*) significant; influential; essential; crucial; critical

adj. trade (*) commercial; of commerce (*) new; strange (*) inattentive; unmindful (*) inadequate; disappointing; not good enough

adj. awesome (*) impressive; inspiring; great; frightening (*) thankful; appreciative; expressing thanks (*) managerial; overseeing (*) mild; slight; comfortable; simple

adj. operational (*) sufficient; adequate (*) working; functional; ready for use (*) lucky; successful; opportune (*) lacking; deficient; insolvent; unable to pay debts

v. penalize (*) to predict a future event or condition; to foretell (*) to cover with a thin layer of metal; to coat with metal (*) to punish (*) to respect; to esteem; to pay tribute; to praise; to accept

adj. colloquial (*) courteous; having good manners; gentle; genial; kind (*) not anticipated; not expected (*) having membership in; belonging to (a group, academic organization, etc.); of the same type (*) conversational; not used in formal speaking or writing; informal

adj. drastic (*) receiving of a regular or fixed payment (*) skilled; able; proficient; adept (*) extreme; intense; severe (*) costly; precious; opposite of cheap

adj. scrupulous (*) moral; adhering to ethical principles; precise; strict; exact (*) equivalent to; equal to (*) situated; placed; identified; found; existing; standing (*) penetrating; infiltrating; spreading; extending; permeating