| A moment of sudden understanding or revelation |
EPIPHANY |
| A victory won at too great a cost to the victor |
PYRRHIC |
| Aquatic organism such as plankton |
ALGA |
| Bivalve with purple-black shell |
MUSSEL |
| Common wild goose |
GREYLAG |
| Defrauder, scammer |
SWINDLER |
| Dense groups of flying insects |
SWARMS |
| Excessively garish or sentimental |
KITSCH |
| Feel intense sorrow at someone's death |
GRIEVE |
| Female equivalent of British sir |
DAME |
| Filaments of a spider's web |
GOSSAMER |
| Hand-held firearm |
PISTOL |
| Hardened against |
INURED |
| In a balanced or impartial way |
EVENLY |
| In addition, too |
ASWELL |
| Integral, inbuilt |
INHERENT |
