- Abhor: hate
- Abrasive: rough, coarse, harsh
- Bigot: narrow-minded, prejudiced person
- Bilk: cheat, defraud
- Counterfeit: fake, false
- Covert: hidden, undercover
- Enfranchise: give voting rights
- Engender: cause
- Hamper: hinder, obstruct
- Hangar: storage area (like garage) for a plane
- Kindle: to start a fire
- Knotty: complex, difficult to solve
- Noxious: harmful, poisonous, lethal
- Nuance: something subtle, a fine shade of meaning
- Placid: calm, peaceful
- Plagiarism: taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
- Remuneration: payment for work done
- Renown: fame
- Talisman: lucky charm
- Tangent: going off the main subject