Sentences:  We should ____ even those who do us wrong.  “Father, ____
them; for they know not what they do.”  I trust you will ____ my being
late.  Ignorance ____ no one before the law.  The governor ____ the convict. 
He thought it better to ____ the offense than to try to punish it.

Explain, expound, interpret, elucidate.

Sentences:  The minister ____ the doctrine of predestination. 
The tribesman ____ his chief’s words for us.  He ____ his meaning by giving
clear examples.  Joseph was called upon to ____ Pharaoh’s dream.  Can you
____ the reason for your absence?  Various scholars have ____ the passage
differently.

Fat, fleshy, stout, plump, buxom, corpulent, obese, portly, pursy, burly, pudgy, chubby.

Sentences:  “There live not three good men unhanged in England, and
one of them is ____ and grows old.”  A[n] ____ rosy-faced child walking
beside a girl just pleasantly ____ came past the garden.  The ____ lady was
talking with a[n] ____, ill-conditioned man.  “So ____, blithe, and
debonair.”  “He’s ____ and scant of breath.”  The ruffian was a[n] ____
fellow.  They were ____ in varying degrees:  one was ____, one ____, and one
downright ____.

Fear, dread, fright, apprehension, affright, alarm, dismay, timidity, consternation, panic, terror, horror, misgiving, anxiety, scare, tremor, trepidation. (With this group compare the Afraid group, above, and contrast the Courage group, also above.)

Sentences:  “Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in ____ and
____.”  “His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to
awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the ____ and ____ of kings.” ____
changed to ____ when we perceived the corpse.  Washington felt some ____ as
to the loyalty of Charles Lee, but was amazed to find his force retreating
in ____, indeed almost in a[n] ____.

Feminine, female, womanly, womanlike, womanish, effeminate, ladylike.

Sentences:  She possessed every ____ charm.  He gave a[n] ____ start
of curiosity.  The pistil is considered the ____ organ of a flower.  It was
once not thought ____ for a woman to ride astride a horse.  He inherited
the throne through the ____ line.  Patience is one of the greatest of ____
virtues.  The hired girl in her finery minced along with a[n] ____ step. 
Some people consider it ____ to wear a wrist watch.  Her ____ heart was
touched at the sight.  It is ____ to jump at the sight of a mouse.

Fight, combat, struggle, scuffle, fray, affray, attack, engagement, assault, onslaught, brawl, melee, tournament, battle, conflict, strife, clash, collision, contest, skirmish, encounter, brush, bout, set-to.