| AN OCCASION FILLED WITH CONFUSED ACTION | IMBROGLIO |
| SHOWING NO STRONG FEELINGS OR OPINIONS OR OTHER NOTICEABLE QUALITIES | BLAND |
| UPRISING OR ARMED REVOLT | INSURGENCY |
| DIFICULT TO DEFEAT OR DEAL WITH | FORMIDABLE |
| MADE SOFTER THAN USUAL | MUTED |
| CARRYING OUT OR PUTTING INTO PRACTICE | IMPLEMENTING |
| A POSITION FROM WHICH IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FREE ONESELF | MORASS |
| CAUSING TO BECOME UNSTEADY AND FALL | TOPPLING |
| A COLLECTION OR ORDERED GROUP | ARRAY |
| LACKING BELIEF IN ONES OWN QUALITIES AND ABILITIES, THEREFORE UNWILLING TO SPEAK/ACT WITH CONFIDENCE | DIFFIDENT |
| QUALITY OF BEING PLEASANTLY EXCITING AND INTERESTING | ZEST |
| A FORMAL COMMAND TO ACT IN A CERTAIN WAY | MANDATE |
| UNAVOIDABLY | INELUCTABLY |
| VERY NEAR TO | ON THE VERGE |
| RESULT OR PERIOD FOLLOWING A BAD EVENT, SUCH AS ACCIDENT, STORM OR WAR | AFTERMATH |
| WHICH MAY BE FOUND OUT, NOTICED OR DISCOVERED | DETECTABLE |
| THE MAIN MEANING OR CENTRAL POINT | THRUST |
| LASTING LONG OR LONGER, OFTEN WITHOUT GOOD REASON | PROTRACTED |
| GETTING FREE FROM SOMETHING DIFFICULT TO ESCAPE FROM; DISENTANGLING | EXTRICATING |
| RECENTLY | LATTERLY |
| EXAMINED VERY CLOSELY AND CAREFULLY | SCRUTINISED |
| HOLDING THE ATTENTION; VERY INTERESTING AND EXCITING | GRIPPING |
| PRACTISING OR SHOWING SELF-CONTROL | TEMPERATE |
| INTENDED AS PUNISHMENT | PUNITIVE |
| GIVING PROTECTION | HARBOURING |
| SOMETHING BAD MADE WORSE | EXACERBATED |
| DELETED BY CROSSING THROUGH | SCORED OUT |
| SHAMELESS; OFFENSIVELY NOTICEABLE | BLATANT |
| GREATNESS OF SIZE OR IMPORTANCE | MAGNITUDE |
| DISCUSSED BRIEFLY | TOUCHED ON |
| EASILY SEEN OR UNDERSTOOD; EVIDENT | APPARENT |
