((v) to make calm, soothe; to relieve, satisfy; to yield to

s:  pacify, mollify, propitiate

a:  enrage, provoke, irritate

(adj) late, tardy

s:  behind schedule

a:  early, ahead of time

(adj) causing great misfortune

s:  disastrous, catastrophic, ruinous, fatal

a:  fortunate, beneficial, salutary

(v) to quote; to mention; to summon to appear in court; to comend, recommend

s:  refer to, enumerate, subpoena

a:  ignore, disregard

(adj) in line with accepted ideas or standards; trite

s:  ordinary, commonplace, orthododox

a:  outlandish, bizarre, unorthodox

(v) to lure into a trap; (n) a person or thing used to lure into a trap

s:  (v) entice, entrap; (n) attraction, bait

(v) to dig; to search deeply and thoroughly into

s:  probe, investigate

(v) to follow in order, come immediately after, and as a result

s:  result

a:  precede, come before

(n) heroic courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy

s:  bravery, chivalry, daring

a:  cowardice, boorishness

impart

(v) to make known, tell; to give, pass something on

s:  transmit, bestow, grant

a:  withhold, keep back, conceal

(adj) using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible

s:  thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute

a:  foolish, thoughtless, ill-considered

(v) to bring about an agreement between persons or groups, act as a go-between; (adj) occupying a middle position; indirect, acting through an intermediary

s:  (v) arbitrate, umpire, referee

(n) the setting, surroundings, environment

(adj) strange, freakish, weird, foreign-looking, out-of-the-way geographically remote; exceeding reasonable limits

s:  bizarre, odd, unorthodox, unconventional

a:  convention, orthodox, staid, sober

(adj) domineering, haughty, bullying; overpowering, predominate

s:  high-handed, overriding

a:  meek, unassuming, self-effacing

(adj) high-spirited, lively; bold, saucy; jaunty

s:  vivacious, impudent, fresh

a:  sullen, gloomy, peevish

quirk

(n) a peculiar way of acting; a sudden twist or turn

s:  peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity

(v) to feast, entertain agreeably

s:  divert

(adj) lazy, lacking in ambition and energy; inefficient

s:  careless, sloppy

a:  hardworking, ambitious

(n) a stain or spot; a mark of corruption or dishonor; (v) to stain or contaminate

s:  (n) blot; (v) soil, tarnished, pollute

a: (v) decontaminate, cleanse