| Apportion |
ALLOT |
| Assistant, follower |
ACOLYTE |
| Begin a hole of golf |
TEEOFF |
| Beginning |
ONSET |
| Carry out |
EXECUTE |
| Cause to be liked |
ENDEAR |
| Curt, of few words |
TERSE |
| Divide into two branches |
BIFURCATE |
| Drink heartily |
QUAFF |
| Easing of strained relations |
DETENTE |
| Ebb, retreat |
RECEDE |
| Formal ruling on a point of Islamic law |
FATWA |
| Gradually diminish |
DWINDLE |
