taint
tarrif-means tax just incase
veto
pablum
Likely candidate is the word: Inform.
An eagle's home is an "aerie." The "f" is likely incorrect.
tripod
Doff. No idea what it means, but spell check said it was good.
sh....mmm... Finally got it. Mondays. It means every Monday
butte
Technically, "epistle" means a letter. The ending of a letter is usually called a "closure," which is simply a polite and accepted form of ending a letter. For example: "Sincerely yours, XYZ"
it means leader
A three-letter word ending in "ux" is "lux," which means a unit of illumination or light.