humanities; social sciences; liberal arts
inverted position (tarot card, etc.); reversed position
children's song; nursery rhyme
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
visual area (of the brain); visual cortex
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
devotion to one's family; fondness for one's family
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
number of people; population; human head
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to be kind to; to treat kindly
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
orders; instructions; directive; command
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
to be nearing death; to be dying
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
less than ...; smaller ...
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; interrupt