1. unit of weight for gems and of purity for gold   carat   caret   2. result of an action   effect   affect   3. a brief or indirect reference   allusion   illusion   4. rich   affluent   effluent   5. to take an offer   accept   except   6. having a strong dislike; unwilling   averse   adverse   7. a person who believes that the existence of God cannot be proved or disproved   agnostic   atheist