destruction; disruption; (application) crash
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
calamity; disaster; accident
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
as expected; as predicted
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation
trusting too much; overestimating ability
guess; conjecture; surmise
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
proper; respectable; decent; honest
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined