optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
at once; immediately; right now
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
unimpressive; unimpressed
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
section; cross section; profile
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade