| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| dissociate |
to sever a mental connection between; separate. |
| ethereal |
highly refined; unworldly. |
| idealist |
a person with high or noble principles, goals, or codes of action. |
| inept |
lacking skill or aptitude; incompetent. |
| introspection |
examination of one's own thoughts, emotions, and sensations; self-scrutiny. |
| lateral |
about, from, or toward a side or sides; sideways. |
| plight1 |
a state or situation, especially an unhappy or unlucky one; predicament. |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| restive |
unable to remain at rest; impatient or ill at ease, especially under restraint. |
| statute |
a law made by a legislature, as opposed to one established by the courts. |
| terse |
effectively brief and to the point; concise; pithy. |
| tome |
a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |