USURP
(a) To climb upon
(b) To yield
(c) To seize power or position illegally
(d) To demand unlawfully high interest on a loan

ENSCONCE
(a) To promote
(b) To surround
(c) To settle comfortably
(d) To honour

CHAUVINISM
(a) Blind patriotism
(b) Defeatism
(c) Political trickery
(d) Obstinacy

FLAGRANT
(a) Scandalous bad
(b) Widely scattered
(c) Particularly
(d) Poisonous

TRANSGRESS
(a) To convert
(b) To insult
(c) To violate
(d) To hand over possession to another

FACADE
(a) Front of a building
(b) Haughtiness
(c) Complexity
(d) Hypocrisy

PALL
(a) To anger
(b) To frighten
(c) To become boring
(d) To darken

SPLEEN
(a) Surface
(b) Lustre
(c) Bad temper
(d) Smoothness

SWATHE
(a) To soothe
(b) To wrap
(c) To sweep
(d) To wash

COUNTERVAILING
(a) Argumentative
(b) Compensating
(c) Crying
(d) Complaining

TO DEBILITATE
(a) To outlaw
(b) To support
(c) To weaken
(d) To honour