n. permit (*) sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment; pledge (*) prize; recompense; benefit received as payment for a service (*) license; authorization (*) connection; overall situation; background

n. duress (*) official date; meeting; interview; nomination (*) schedule; calendar; outline of things to be done (*) sharp stinging pain (*) intimidation; constraint; pressure; coercion

v. endure (*) to take a risk in order to achieve a goal (*) to destroy; to ruin; to tear down; to remove (*) to convey passengers or cargo by boat across a small body of water (*) to put up with something or somebody unpleasant

v. deny (*) to return money; to reimburse; to repay; to finance again (*) to say that something is not true; to refuse; to renounce (*) to desert; to abandon; to change sides (*) to by-pass; to side-step; to evade

n. decade (*) cereal; seed; granule; particle; texture; weave (*) diagram; chart (*) place where one is going; the purpose for which something is destined (*) ten years; group of tens

n. vending machine (*) cement; something tangible (idea, object, etc.) (*) remark; note; statement; explanation (*) automated device used for selling items (*) place where grain is stored; granary; storehouse; collection; store

n. directory (*) guidebook; library; catalog (*) person who creates something; chemical substance used in photography (*) understanding; wisdom; intelligence (Slang) (*) opposite of profit; deprivation; defeat; destruction

v. found (*) to establish; to create; to build; to set up; to start a company (*) to join parts together; to attach segments (*) to include; to contain; to consist (*) to strike; to beat; to reach; to find; to collide

adj. tense (*) consoling; encouraging; reassuring; brining relief; heartening (*) instantaneous; prompt; direct; close (*) leaving; sailing; traveling to another country (*) strained; taut; rigid; nervous; stressful

v. elect (*) to choose; to vote for; to prefer; to decide (*) to express a preconceived opinion; to express one's biases (*) to appear; to come out; to be revealed (*) to agree; to harmonize; to coincide; to collaborate; to consent