| oust | force out |
| tussle | scuffle |
| cajole | coax |
| rudimentary | basic |
| paradoxical | full of contradictions |
| implore | ask |
| copiously | abundantly |
| intolerable | unbearable |
| parch | dry |
| ebb | decline |
| despondent | without hope |
| inconclusive | not leading to a definite result |
| phantasm | ghost |
| sumptuous | splendid |
| frond | palm |