apt

(adj) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

s:  appropriate, fit, proper, liable

a:  inappropriate, unlikely, slow

awry

(adj., adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

s:  (adj) crooked, askew, amiss

a:  (adj) straight, symmetrical

bludgeon

(n) a short club used as a weapon; (v) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point

s:  (n) crudgel; (v) clobber, clout

capitulate

(v) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the tower

a:  hold out, persist

chafe

(v) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain  or press against; (n) a sore or injury caused by rubbing

s:  (v) irrate, scrape, abrade

a:  (v) soothe, mollify, please, elate

defile

(v. trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of

(v. intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n) a narrow passage; gorge, canyong

s:  (v trans) pollute, contaminate, desecrate

a:  (v. trans.) cleanse, purify

dire

(adj) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster

s:  disastrous, ominous, sinister, urgen

a:  favorable, auspicious, beneficial

disarming

(adj) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion

s:  endaring, winning

a:  alarming, troubling, disquieting

disgruntled

(adj. part) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed

s:  displeased, grumpy, surly

a:  pleased satisfied, content

encroach

(v) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

s:  intrude, infringe

endow

(v) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

s:  grant, bestow, present, bequeath

a:  take away, deprive

fend

(v) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage

s:  stave off, cope

impunity

(n) freedom from punishment

s:  exemption from penalty, immunity

mien

(n) air, manner; appearance; expression

s:  look, bearing, demeanor

penal

(adj) having to do with punishment

s:  correctional, disciplinary

pertinent

(adj) related to the matter at hand, to the point

s:  relevant, germane, apropos

a:  unrelated, irrelevant, immaterial

predominant

(adj) the greatest in strength or power, mot commong

s:  chief, major, paramount, prevalent

a:  secondary, minor, subsidiary, rare

prodigy

(n) something wonderful or marvelous; somthing monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a childor young person with extraordinary ability or talent

s:  marvel, wonder, freak, genius

a:  dumbbell dunce, dullard

recluse

(n) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

s:  loner, hermit

renown

(n) fame, glory

s:  reputation, celebrity, prestige

a:  obscurity, infamy, notoriety