desist

cease, stop

~ (from sth/ from doing sth)

doleful

sad, melancholy, mournful

elusive

hard to grasp

engrossed

so interested or involved in sth that you give itall your attention, absord

frustrate

counteract, foil, thwart

histrionics

display of emotions

imminent

likely to happen threatening, forecoming, approaching

inclement

unfavorable, stormy, (of the weather) not pleasant, cold, wet

inert

without power to move or act

interject

insert, interrupt

mastiff

large dog

obsess

to haunt, preoccupy

~ (about sth)

pertinent

apropos, to the point, relevant

~ (to sth)

peruse

to read carefully

premonition

forewarning

~ (of sth/ that ...)

recoil

draw back, rebound, flinch, shrink

~ (from sb/sth)/ ~ (from doing sth)

~ (at sth)

solient

outstanding, prominent, most important, noticeable

squeamish

easily upset, or made to feel sick by unpleasant sights or situations, nice

symptomatic

having to do with signs or symptoms, indicative

~ (of sth)

to pay the piper

to bear the consequences

to show one's hand

to reveal one's intensions

wan

sickly pale, pallid