| detachment |
a feeling or condition of being impartial or uninvolved. |
| dissociate |
to sever a mental connection between; separate. |
| grievous |
causing emotional or physical suffering; painful. |
| ignominy |
the condition of being in disgrace or dishonor; humiliation. |
| impecunious |
lacking funds; penniless. |
| inverse |
opposite or reversed in position, order, direction, nature, or effect. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| proxy |
a person who is authorized to act for or on behalf of another, especially as a voter; substitute. |
| psychosis |
serious mental disorder that affects all aspects of the personality and involves withdrawal from reality. |
| reclaim |
to recover the use of (land areas) by draining, hydrating, or otherwise reconditioning so that the land can be used for agriculture or other purposes. |
| revere |
to respect or admire greatly. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |
| zealous |
characterized by, showing, or filled with an intense enthusiasm, as toward a cause, purpose, or activity. |