| Increases status or improves quality |
UPGRADES |
| Indoor footwear |
SLIPPERS |
| Iron roads |
RAILWAYS |
| Italian astronomer, a founding father of modern science |
GALILEO |
| Lowest female singing voice |
ALTO |
| Periodical and arms store |
MAGAZINE |
| Person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization |
LYNCHPIN |
| Petty quarrel |
SPAT |
| Plant of the onion family |
GARLIC |
| Real, existing |
ACTUAL |
| Small representative part |
SAMPLE |
| Table of days and dates |
CALENDAR |
| They train to compete |
ATHLETES |
| Things characteristic of their kind |
EXAMPLES |
| Unexpected, without warning |
SUDDEN |
| Violent attack |
ASSAULT |