| Increase in extent or intensity |
ESCALATE |
| Interpret or explain |
CONSTRUE |
| Net gain |
PROFIT |
| Not abstract or imaginary |
CONCRETE |
| Not translucent |
OPAQUE |
| Official orders or proclamations |
EDICTS |
| Plundered, pillaged |
LOOTED |
| Run at a high speed, like a horse |
GALLOP |
| Say yes |
CONSENT |
| Showing a lack of care or attention |
HEEDLESS |
| Stern and unsmiling |
GRIM |
| Stripped the rind from |
PEELED |
| Take to be the case |
ASSUME |
| The ability to produce the desired result |
EFFICACY |
| Unsightly |
UGLY |
| Wild mountain goats with backward-curving horns |
IBEXES |
