FIRST NAME VERBS
To honor, as with one's presence
grace
The sovereign's seat
throne
Barely perceptible, like a pale outline on paper
faint
An event that can be lunar, or it can mean "to outshine"
an eclipse
What happened when four couples got together & dined
eight ate
To put on clothes
don
You're not outta your gourd! You're into this gourd that's big on Oct. 31
a pumpkin
Something that holds you in place to protect you--or others
a restraint
Let's give a round of applause for this ornate light fixture
a chandelier
Game show host Rayburn's Levis
Gene's jeans
To pry open
jimmy
Money granted to a student to pursue studies
a scholarship
Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way
quaint
It's another word for a splinter in your finger
a sliver
Music group prohibited from playing
a banned band
To kid around
josh
Past participle of seek
sought
To make someone aware of something
acquaint
We'll go out on a limb & say it's another term for a parable
an allegory
Soap opera about corn flakes
a cereal serial
To give, like a wish
grant
Geometry term for triangles that can be exactly superimposed, one on the other
congruent
A statement of dissatisfaction; Shakespeare wrote a poem called "A Lover's" one about a wronged woman
a complaint
Listen up! Or sit down! Either way, you're "in" these when you have an unpaid debt
arrears
To mutilate a print of a 1974 Lucille Ball film
to maim Mame