| Academic dissertations |
THESES |
| Angry, annoyed |
IRATE |
| Apprehension about what will happen |
SUSPENSE |
| Arboreal rodents |
SQUIRRELS |
| Astounded |
AMAZED |
| Book of maps |
ATLAS |
| Carry on regardless |
PERSEVERE |
| Coolness and composure under strain |
APLOMB |
| Dodge, duck |
ELUDE |
| Engage in legal proceedings |
LITIGATE |
| Finnish steam baths |
SAUNAS |
| Firmly fixed, not moving |
STABLE |
| First point scored after deuce in tennis |
ADVANTAGE |
| Former French coin of low value |
SOU |
| Here today, gone tomorrow |
TRANSIENT |
| Imperial decree in Tsarist Russia |
UKASE |
| Imperial, majestic |
REGAL |
| Inborn, not learned |
INNATE |
