| alias |
a false name used to hide one's real name. |
| amiss |
in the wrong way. |
| anesthesia |
a drug or other agent used to bring about unconsciousness or absence of pain. |
| defect |
a weakness, flaw, or bad quality. |
| desolate |
without the things that are necessary or desirable for life. |
| diminish |
to make smaller or cause to appear smaller in size or importance. |
| excerpt |
a short section taken from a play, film, or written work. |
| exile |
the condition of being sent away from one's country and not allowed to return as a punishment. |
| gala |
a happy celebration, especially a large, elaborate one. |
| instance |
a case, example or occasion. |
| onset |
the early stage; beginning. |
| pastor |
a minister or priest in charge of a church or congregation. |
| placebo |
an inert substance given to a patient as if it were a drug in order to placate or to serve as a control in an experiment. |
| temperate |
having neither extremely hot nor extremely cold temperatures and mild weather. |
| thereafter |
following that; from then on. |