Chapter 8, 9, and 10

3. to avoid by going around or as if by going around; to escape from, prevent, or stop through cleverness
5. a source of help, security or strength; something to turn to; option
6. vague; unclear
7. noisy; expressing feelings loudly and intensely
10. not chosen carefully; not based on careful selection
12. to authorize, allow, or approve
14. to expel or exclude from a group; shun
16. plentifully supplied; well-filled
18. to assign to a less important or less satisfying position, place, or condition
19. to cover, as if by flooding; overwhelm with a large number or amount

1. a group's expressed wishes; clear signal to act; vote of confidence
2. insisting on strict rules and routine, often to the point of hindering effectiveness
4. holding firmly; persistent; stubborn
8. equal in effect or value; the same as
9. an ideal or perfect place or state
11. quite or uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out
13. independence; self-government
15. to state again or repeatedly
17. noisy and disorderly
20. a belief or principle held to be true by an individual or group