| 1 | ASSUAGE | | _____ | extremely important; crucial |
| 2 | FOIBLE | | _____ | to collect together; to accumulate |
| 3 | QUARANTINE | | _____ | odd; peculiar; strange |
| 4 | OPPROBRIOUS | | _____ | to know secret knowledge |
| 5 | QUAINT | | _____ | consequence |
| 6 | ALLUSION | | _____ | a minor weakness of character |
| 7 | CRASS | | _____ | using sound judgment |
| 8 | GARRULOUS | | _____ | abusive |
| 9 | EQUINOX | | _____ | to relieve; to ease; to make less severe |
| 10 | RAMIFICATION | | _____ | precise time when the day and night is of equal length |
| 11 | PRIVY | | _____ | stupid; unrefined; gross |
| 12 | RACONTEUR | | _____ | thrift |
| 13 | AMASS | | _____ | relatives and acquaintances |
| 14 | ECCENTRIC | | _____ | a person skilled at telling stories |
| 15 | FRUGALITY | | _____ | extremely talkative or wordy |
| 16 | DEBONAIR | | _____ | isolation of a person to prevent spread of disease |
| 17 | KITH | | _____ | having an affable manner; carefree; genial |
| 18 | VITAL | | _____ | to loiter; to waste time |
| 19 | DALLY | | _____ | old-fashioned; unusual; odd |
| 20 | JUDICIOUS | | _____ | an indirect reference (often literary): a hint |