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| temporary inactivity; suspension (usually preceded by the word “in”) |
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| a purification, purging, or cleansing of (pent-up) emotions that brings spiritual renewal or release from tension |
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| an inadequate supply; lack; scarcity |
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| deceitful cunning; duplicity; trickery |
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| a predicament affording no obvious escape; deadlock |
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| sluggishness; drowsiness; dullness |
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| 1) swamp or bog; 2) a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position; predicament |
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| bitter, deep-seated ill will; hatred; resentment |
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| a deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade; secret evasion of the rules |
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| the fact or an instance of departing substantially from the standard or normal state; deviation; abnormality |
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| a natural liking for; an attraction to |
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| a withdrawing or separation of a person or a person’s affections from an object or position of former attachment; estrangement due to hostility or mistrust |
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| division into two exclusive or contradictory groups or entities; something with seemingly contradictory qualities; a split |
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| identification with the feelings of others |
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| something hard to understand or explain; an inscrutable or mysterious person; mystery; puzzle |
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| active and typically mutual hatred or ill will; hostility; antagonism; animosity; rancor |
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| the essence of a thing in its purest and more concentrated form; the most typical example or representative |
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| to regard with extreme repugnance; loathe; hate |
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| to relieve, lessen; to make (as suffering) more bearable; to ease, reduce |
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| simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
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| lacking originality; trite; insipid; stale |
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| delayed beyond the usual time; late |
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| marked by or done in secrecy; surreptitious; secret; hidden |
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| to impair the strength of; enfeeble; weaken |
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| a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something vanished or lost |
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| to warn, to disapprove, esp. in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner; to give friendly earnest advice or encouragement to |
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| to bring to a state of peace or quiet; calm; allay; pacify |
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| convincing; pertinent; relevant; valid; persuasive |
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| to lower in dignity, status, or reputation; to criticize |
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| to interfere with or slow the progress of; to hinder; to obstruct |
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| to explain away; to justify |
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| to examine closely and minutely; inspect; examine |
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| marked by baseness or grossness; vile; dirty; filthy; wretched; squalid |
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| to waver in mind, will, or feeling; hesitate in choice of opinion or courses |
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| emptied of or lacking content; marked by lack of ideas or intelligence; stupid; inane |
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| to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
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