| Motivate |
STIMULATE |
| Native of a southern US state |
TEXAN |
| Nervously irritable |
EDGY |
| Portent |
OMEN |
| Procedure |
METHOD |
| Pugilist |
BOXER |
| Recognition of achievement |
REWARD |
| Rectangular figure |
OBLONG |
| Smooth-talking, plausible |
GLIB |
| Solicitor |
LAWYER |
| Somnambulate |
SLEEPWALK |
| Study of word origins |
ETYMOLOGY |
| Temporary interval of calm |
LULL |
| Thin, wasted |
EMACIATED |