1. A king
   Sickness
2. A poet
   A tonic

Bard is a noun. A bard is a poet who is often also a singer. Shakespeare is often referred to as The Bard. Example: Tommy hired the bard to help him propose to Johnny.

1. To die
   To dig a mote
2. A storm
   To express emotion

Emote is a verb. It means to express emotion. Example: If an actor can't emote on stage, then they definitely need to find a new line of work.

1. Yellow
   Open
2. Winning
   Crafty

Wily is an adjective. It describes people who are crafty or sly. Example: Wile E. Coyote tries to be wily, but the Road Runner always outsmarts him.

1. Rich
   Beautiful
2. A chemical
   Wandering

Nomadic is an adjective. Nomads wander from place to place. Example: The nomadic herder took his flock from place to place depending on the season and amount of rainfall.

1. Glowing
   Never-ending
2. Divorced
   A tall hill

Incessant is an adjective. It means unending. Example: The cicadas' incessant buzzing sounds like the world's largest electric generator.

1. Careless
   Funny
2. Fancy
   Tall

Negligent is an adjective. It describes someone careless and neglectful. Example: Bobbie's negligence in failing to clean the spilled cooking oil from the hardwood floor led to Katrina slipping and breaking her leg.

1. Fake
   A priest
2. To dance
   Friendly

Genial is an adjective. It means friendly or affable. Example: The TV host was always genial with her guests.

1. A wedding
   A disaster
2. A disease
   A type of seafood

Calamity is a noun. It is an event with catastrophic consequences. Example: When an enormous meteor struck Earth in what is now the Gulf of Mexico, it was a calamity for the last of the dinosaurs.

1. Scandalous
   Blue
2. Miserly
   Spicy

Stingy is an adjective. It means not generous, and not likely to spend money or give to people. Example: The sushi chef was stingy with the size of the sashimi pieces.

1. To kill
   To lessen
2. To sing
   To love

Abate is a verb. It means to reduce or lessen. Example: The city participates in mosquito abatement programs to keep people from getting West Nile virus.

1. A hole
   To resist
2. A dark color
   To dance

Balk is a verb. It means to hesitate or resist something. Example: Jules balked at the idea of having to eat a snail at the fancy French restaurant.

1. To lower the moral value of something
   To save someone
2. To fight
   A secret base

Debase is a verb. It means to lower the quality or esteem of something. Example: Extreme stress and poverty can debase one's self-esteem.

1. An arrest
   A diet
2. An order
   A bag

Edict is a noun. An edict is an order or decree. Example: By royal edict, the King requires each citizen to show up for the ball next Saturday dressed in their finest clothing.

1. The mountain
   The low point
2. The desert
   The mall

Nadir is a noun. It is the lowest point of anything, but often referring to a person or company's existence. Example: Between the divorce, getting fired and having her house burn down, Shirley was pretty sure she'd reached the nadir of her life.

1. Tasty
   Incomplete
2. Dark
   A folding chair

Palatable is an adjective. It describes something which either tastes good or is agreeable to other sensibilities. Example: The decor of the new, super-modern hotel was as palatable as their 'welcome' caviar.

1. Long
   Ugly
2. Smokey
   Uninspired

Vapid is an adjective. It describes something that isn't stimulating or challenging (mentally.) Example: The wrestler's vapid hour-long discussion of his favorite Gatorade flavor was snooze-inducing.

1. To stop
   A long necklace
2. Gold
   To help someone to something wrong

Abet is a verb. It means to aid, help or encourage someone to do something bad, like commit a crime. Example: Butch Cassidy abetted the Sundance Kid in their infamous robberies.

1. Unity
   Hatred
2. Rudeness
   A foreigner

Camaraderie is a noun. It describes fellowship and mutual trust among those who spend a lot of time together. Example: There's a sense of camaraderie in most workplaces where people have known each other for awhile.

1. A boat
   Beautiful
2. Too proud
   Rich

Haughty is an adjective. It describes a person who is arrogantly proud. Example: My rich mother-in-law is so haughty that it makes everyone uncomfortable.

1. Feminine
   A late bloomer
2. Poor
   Hidden

Latent is an adjective. It describes things which are currently hidden but could be exposed. Example: It wasn't until she was in college that she discovered her latent talent for astrophysics.

1. Impractically idealistic
   Deathly ill
2. Religious
   Fast

Quixotic is an adjective. It describes someone who is fancifully idealistic and impractical. It actually comes from the character, Don Quixote, who was the satirically romantic and unrealistic hero of Cervante's novel, "Don Quixote de la Mancha." Example: His plans to travel the world by boat while saving puppies on every continent was rather quixotic, but endearing nonetheless.

1. Something huge
   Dark
2. A judge
   Magical

Behemoth is a noun. A behemoth is something of great size or power. Example: The engine on the sports car was a behemoth, especially given the relatively small size of the rest of the vehicle.

1. Pregnant
   Smelly
2. Dead
   Orange

Fetid is an adjective. It describes something that has a very unpleasant smell. Example: The full dumpster in the mall parking lot was particularly fetid on hot summer days.

1. Severe
   Happy
2. A three course meal
   In love

Grievous is an adjective. It describes something hurtful, serious or grave in nature. Example: The doctor's grievous error ended up permanently paralyzing the patient.

1. A perfect place
   A short war
2. A flower
   A type of lake

Utopia is a noun. A utopia is an imaginary and remote place of perfection. Example: People who are fed-up with society often dream about building a utopia where everything works and everyone is always happy.

1. Short
   Intellectual
2. Angry
   Pure

Cerebral is an adjective. In this context, it is related to the intellect (rather than describing a region of the brain.) Example: Joanie was much more cerebral than emotional when making difficult decisions about her future.

1. A teacher
   A place of worship
2. A leader
   A kind of hat

Demagogue is a noun. Demagogues are leaders who gain power by appealing to people's prejudices and fears. Example: A leader who uses racist allegations to gain votes in a presidential election is a demagogue.

1. Hot
   Empty
2. Learned
   A large gun

Torrid is an adjective. It describes something which gives off intense heat. Example: The torrid summer in Pheonix is enough to drive even the birds to find air conditioning.

1. Fat
   Thrilled
2. Loud
   Sleeping

Elated is an adjective. It means thrilled and overjoyed. Example: Sarah was elated that she got into the Ph.D. program she had dreamed about since she was a kid.

1. Green
   Natural
2. A side table
   Certified

Verdant is an adjective. It means green like lush grass (or covered with such vegetation.) Example: The hills were particularly verdant after a spring filled with regular rainstorms.

1. A healthy drink
   A male child
2. To cheat
   To squeeze

Bilk is a verb. It means to cheat or defraud. Example: The telemarketing scam aimed to bilk senior citizens out of their life savings.

1. A race
   A fork
2. To reveal
   To leave

Disclose is a verb. It means to reveal or make public. Example: The only person that the magician ever disclosed his secrets to was his protege.

1. Wealthy
   A manager
2. A rocket
   Infamous

Notorious is an adjective. It describes someone or something who is widely and unfavorably known. Example: Be careful on that notorious stretch of highway with the blind curves.

1. Delicious
   Delicate
2. Uneducated
   A kind of lace

Ethereal is an adjective. It means so delicate and light that it's almost too perfect to exist. Example: The fabric of her gown appeared to be the most ethereal silk I'd ever seen.

1. Mysterious
   Pretty
2. Mean
   Sharp

Arcane is an adjective. It describes things that are obscure, mysterious, secret or only known by very few. Example: Only the scholar understood the arcane references in the 13th-century book she was reading.