| Academic dissertations |
THESES |
| Act or move fast |
HASTEN |
| Alleviate, appease |
ASSUAGE |
| Apartments with rooms on two floors |
DUPLEXES |
| As well |
ALSO |
| City road |
STREET |
| Contradiction in terms |
OXYMORON |
| Distinctive smells |
ODOURS |
| Exchange goods for goods |
BARTER |
| Feeble, weak |
INFIRM |
| Flaw or ambiguity in a rule |
LOOPHOLE |
| Follow instructions |
OBEY |
| George and Ira ..., American musical brothers |
GERSHWIN |
| Get the better of in competition |
BEAT |
| Gives rise to |
CAUSES |
| Globular organs |
EYES |