mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
arrest; apprehension; capture
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
preliminary arrangements; spade work
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
wounded person; injured person
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
return of something; repayment
release; liberation; acquittal
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
parents and siblings; one's relatives
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
left-hand radical of a character
hedge; fence; border; limit
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
drama; play; powerful drug
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
difficult to ...; hard to ...
assertion; declaration; affirmation
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
mass-market newspaper; tabloid newspaper