(GRE)

SNIPE - HUNT OR SHOOT/AIM AND SHOOT WITH PRECISION - AS THEY BICKER AND SNIPE

MEWL - CRY WEAKLY OR SOFTLY - THE CHARACTERS MEWL ABOUT THE SHALLOWNESS OF PEOPLE

KNEAD - MANUALLY MANIPULATE, USUALLY FOR MEDICINAL OR RELAXATION PURPOSES - KNEAD AND SHAPE THE DOUGH

DAUB - PLASTER , GENEROUS DAUB OF LIP GLOSS, DAUB THE ROOM WITH COLOR LIKE BEACONS, DAUB THE GREYNESS WITH THE REYS

THWART - PARLIAMENT QUICKLY SOUGHT TO THWART THE POSSIBILITY BY BANNING THE MEMBERS FROM TRAVELLING ABROAD. I'M GOING TO THWART AN ATTEMPT BY YOU TO ESTABLISH THE CONTROL OVER THE BREAKWAY REGION

STOKE - STIR UP, TEND - A MOVE THAT WILL CERTAINLY STOKE TENSIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. THESE FACTORS HAVE COMBINED TO STOKE THE FIRES OF LOCAL POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP

NEIGH - I HEARD THE HORSE NEIGH, MOO AND NEIGH

GINGERLY - CAUTIOUSLY, CAREFULLY, THERE WAS A SUGGESTION MADE GINGERLY AND REVERENTLY

PATHOLOGICAL - PATHOLOGICAL OBSESSION, PATHOLOGICAL NARCISSISM