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

FERRET
(a) Steal
(b) Search
(c) Forget
(d) Fight

PECUNIARY
(a) Pertaining to money
(b) Pertaining to politics
(c) Pertaining to Geography
(d) Pertaining to History

REPRISAL
(a) Loneliness
(b) Retaliation
(c) Remuneration
(d) Pleasure

PROPRIETY
(a) Rightness
(b) Brand name
(c) Cultivate land
(d) Market share

CAVIL
(a) To play
(b) To complain
(c) To prepare
(d) To cut a joke

SLOTHFUL
(a) Fraught with risk
(b) Lazy
(c) Revengeful
(d) Lenient

PREPOSTEROUS
(a) Predefined
(b) Obvious
(c) Absurd
(d) Arduous

BREATHTAKING
(a) Tiring
(b) Costly
(c) Spectacular
(d) Trick