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| To give up formally, as an office, duty, power, or claim. |
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- To close formally.
- To put offf to another time; to move to another place.
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| Absence of governmental authority; general political and social disorder. |
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| To fill with intense horror, fear, or dismay. |
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- An institution that shelters and cares for mentally unbalanced, aged, or homeless persons.
- Any place offering protection or security.
- Protection against a legal or social penalty.
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- To puzzle completely.
- To prevent from achieving a goal.
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| To tease; to annoy with a constant string of petty torments. |
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- Desolate, windswept, and bare.
- Cold and gloomy; unpromising.
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- (v) To refuse to buy, use, or deal with as a way to protest (or force acceptance of) some form of behavior.
- (n) An instance of such treatment.
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| To mismanage or make a mess of. |
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| To persuade or obtain by flattery or deceit. |
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- Able to dissolve or eat away by chemical action.
- Sharp and biting.
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- (n) Open and strong criticism or disapproval (often taking the shape of a formal reprimand by someone in authority)
- (v) To criticize severely; to disapprove strongly.
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| Continuing over a long period of time or recurring often. |
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| To get around or avoid, especially by trickery or deception. |
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| Concealed from view so as to hide one's purpose. |
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- To work together on some kind of joint project.
- To cooperate with the enemy in some kind of treasonable activity.
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| Overly self-satisfied; smug. |
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| Saying a lot in a few words. |
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| To analyze, explain, interpret, or understand. |
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| At a point that will determine the final outcome; of supreme importance. |
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| Inclined to doubt or deny the virtuousness or honesty of human motives; sneeringly bitter or negative. |
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| Modest and reserved in dress, manner, or behavior. |
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| Deeply religious, earnest, or sincere. |
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| Inclined to put things off; intended to postpone something. |
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| Hardworking; thorough and persistent. |
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- Dreadful or disastrous; bleak or cheerless.
- Urgent.
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| Inactive, as if in sleep; suspended in use, growth, or development. |
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| Violently forceful and swift; extreme. |
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| Capable of producing the desired effect. |
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| To draw out or call forth. |
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| To lead on by arousing hope or desire. |
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| Deeply learned, especially in a specialized area. |
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| Relating to a small but distinct social group within the population. |
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- To assemble or construct from separate parts.
- To make up with the intention of deceiving.
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- Arousing fear or admiration because of the unusual size or superiority of the thing involved.
- Difficult to do because of the size of the job involved.
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| To distort in such a way as to make unintelligible. |
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- (n) A long pointed stick used for driving animals; anything that spurs a person on.
- To drive or urge on.
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| Worn and exhausted from anxiety, disease, hunger, or fatigue. |
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- Understood, implied.
- Absolute, unquestioning.
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| To throw overboard; to discard. |
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