| Loud verbal attack |
DIATRIBE |
| Make clear and more comprehensible |
ELUCIDATE |
| Mentally confused, muddled |
ADDLED |
| Metal-bearing mineral |
ORE |
| Of the countryside |
RURAL |
| One of the imaginary lines around the Earth |
PARALLEL |
| Perverse, obstinate |
CONTRARY |
| Repasts |
MEALS |
| Still in existence |
EXTANT |
| Sunk in deep mud |
MIRED |
| Taken dishonestly |
STOLEN |
| The night before |
EVE |
| Tissue connecting muscle to bone |
TENDON |
| Tried |
ATTEMPTED |
| Verse line of six metrical feet |
HEXAMETER |
| Very timid, frightened |
TIMOROUS |
| What the hunter follows in pursuing game |
SPOORS |
| Wholly and completely |
ENTIRELY |