| Mark left after a wound has healed |
SCAR |
| Mediterranean island of Aphrodite |
CYPRUS |
| More unwell |
SICKER |
| Narrow strip of land with water on both sides |
ISTHMUS |
| Not very perceptive or sensitive |
OBTUSE |
| Passageway with rooms off |
CORRIDOR |
| Platforms for public speakers |
ROSTRUMS |
| Provoke to action |
INCITE |
| Quick and clever in action or thought |
ADROIT |
| Rare or unusual |
UNCOMMON |
| Salted roe of the sturgeon |
CAVIAR |
| Separated from others |
ISOLATED |
| Set alight, fire up |
IGNITE |
| Smother or suppress a feeling or action |
STIFLE |
| Spoken, not written |
ORAL |
| State of having forgotten or of being unconscious |
OBLIVION |