| Haphazard, with no fixed pattern |
RANDOM |
| More than a few but not many |
SEVERAL |
| Poise, sang-froid |
APLOMB |
| Porch around a building |
VERANDA |
| Real, existing |
ACTUAL |
| Regain a loss |
RECOUP |
| Restricted a scarce commodity |
RATIONED |
| Sensory organ on the tongue |
TASTEBUD |
| Story etc in which there is a hidden moral meaning |
ALLEGORY |
| Story from long ago |
LEGEND |
| The scattering of a nation's people |
DIASPORA |
| Trips to carry out tasks |
ERRANDS |
| Unit of temperature |
DEGREE |
| Unpleasant to look at or hear |
UGLY |
| US lift |
ELEVATOR |
| Widespread outbreak of disease |
EPIDEMIC |