assortment    asphalt    relic    plasma    tyrannical    cod starch    emancipation    anthem    shaft    fondle    taper acrobat    wick    dissident    canter/trot/gallop    shutter  insulation    meditate    marrow    nucleus    sullen overcast    vengeance    vagilant    

Slaves were emancipated in 1834.

a national anthem

a pictoral record of the wedding

a very descriptive account of a journey

a shaft of moonlight fell on the lake

taper off production    

The fortress was the nucleus of the ancient city.

the marrow of his statement

on the threshold of his career

the thief was spotted by the vagilant neighbours