-less; lacking; non-existing
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
to play a central role; to take a leading part
weakening; emaciation; decline
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
to be nearing death; to be dying
party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
very great; enormous; serious
to let out a cry; to break forth
reduction by half; halving
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to gather strength; to take heart
most difficult; next to impossible
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
bright sunshine; broad daylight
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
some time ago; the other day; at some time or other; once
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
narrator; storyteller; reciter
together; mutually; fellow
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
adherence; sticking (to); fixation