Lost in ones own mind

The Child, thinking of Christmas had an abstracted look on his face.

Praise

Due to the great adulation of the crowd, the polition thought that he might win the election.

Misfortune

 He suffered great adversity after loosing his job, then loosing his wife.

to sprout

 Plants burgeon with the comming of spring.

Horrible creature

He is not the chimera that your frears have made him in you mind.

guily

He was culpable for his children's bad behavior.

To erase

Drugs, prostitution, and crime are signs of a decadent society.

An earnest request.

The layer made a legthy entreaty to the jury.

Silly

The women was fatuous that she needed 3 thousand pairs of shoes.

compasionate, considerate, kind

The US was very humane in its treatment of its POWs.

Leanent

 Antonym: Austere

 The boy did not learn respect from his indulgent parents.

lack of competence

 Synonym: gauche

The evidence of his inaptness is his poor win/loss record.

ungreatful

 I was stunned when I didn't recieve a "Thank You" from the ingrate.

to flood

Antonym: to drain

The TV station was inundated with phone calls when the basketball game was inturupted.

Doesn't spend a penny no matter how rich

Synonyms: niggard, skinflint, tightwad, pinchpenny

 The old miser lived in a shack, but was a Millionare.