NO GIRLS ALLOWED

The Word's The Thing 

Dr. Louis D. Appel

The answer to each clue will be a word ending in GENT. For example, given the clue, A rebel, the answer would be INSURGENT.

1. Careless

2. Depending on conditions

3. Imperative, urgent

4. Radiant, emanating joy

5. Lacking the most basic necessities

6. Overly lenient, giving in to desires

7. Rising again

8. Having a strong, sharp smell

9. Touching at a single point

10. Differing, as in opinion

11. Strict, precise, exacting

12. Loud, reverberating sound, often melancholy

Answers:

 

1. Negligent

2. Contingent

3. Exigent

4. Effulgent

5. Indigent

6. Indulgent

7. Resurgent

8. Pungent

9. Tangent

10. Divergent

11. Stringent

12. Plangent