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News of a kidnapping
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Labyrinthine | (of a system) intricate and confusing: "labyrinthine plots and counterplots" similar: complicated intricate complex involved tortuous convoluted tangled elaborate knotty confusing |
| Autumnal | Depressing "Their rage gave me the courage to persist in this autumnal task" |
| Raw | "confidentiality of the intricate raw material" |
| Oblivion | state of being forgotten, especially by the public: "his name will sink into oblivion" similar: insignificance inconspicuousness unimportance anonymity nonrecognition ingloriousness limbo twilight |
| Soporific | tediously boring or monotonous: "Both women looked tired after a soporific afternoon" similar: sleep-inducing somnolent sedative calmative tranquilizing |
| Completed the picture of... | Looked like "He wore a suit and carried a brief case which completed the picture of a young executive" |
| Scant | barely sufficient or adequate: "They could remember only isolated fragments of the scant 2 minutes of the assault" similar: little minimal hardly any limited negligible meager insufficient |
| Consternation | feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected: "Her consternation was heightened because she could not tell where she was" similar: dismay perturbation anxiety distress disquiet disquietude discomposure angst trepidation |
| Din | |
| a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise: "the fans made an awful din" "the din of sirens" similar: uproar racket commotion cacophony babel hubbub tumult fracas | |
| Brusque | abrupt or offhand in speech or manner: "she could be brusque and impatient" similar: curt abrupt blunt short sharp terse brisk crisp clipped monosyllabic peremptory gruff |
| Squalid | extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect: "the squalid, overcrowded prison" similar: dirty filthy grubby grimy mucky slummy slumlike foul vile low poor sorry wretched dismal dingy miserable nasty |
| Spectral | Of or like a ghost: "a spectral, menacing face" similar: ghostly wraithlike shadowy phantom incorporeal |
| Stupor | state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility: "The sound of a television brought them ou of their stupor"" similar: daze inertia torpor insensibility numbness blankness oblivion coma |
| Preamble | preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction: "He knew that those words were the preamble to something very serious" · "I gave him the bad news without preamble" Similar: introduction opening formalities |
| Sangfroid | composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances. "A man capable of maintaining his sangfroid under the most stressful circumstances" Similar: composure equanimity self-possession level-headedness |
| Curt | (adjective) rudely brief: "his reply was curt" Similar: terse brusque abrupt clipped blunt |
| Suborn | bribe or otherwise induce (someone) to commit an unlawful act such as perjury: "he was accused of conspiring to suborn witnesses" Similar: bribe corrupt buy buy off pay off |
| Incorrigible | not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed: "he's an incorrigible liar" · "I really was incorrigible, I didn't want to listen to anybody" habitual confirmed hardened incurable irreformable irredeemable intractable hopeless diehard |
| Depressive propensity | Depressing tendencies "Mom would default to get depressing propensities of suicidal talk while cooking" |
| Indolence | avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness: "my failure is probably due to my own indolence" Similar: laziness idleness slothfulness |
| Brutishness | resembling or characteristic of a brute: "Dad's Brutishness was sometimes revealed when he watched the news" Similar: brutal barbaric barbarous savage vicious wicked cruel nasty |
| Submissiveness | quality of being submissive: "Dad always questioned my sister's submissiveness to my requests" Similar: compliance submission subservience yielding acquiescence deference assent meekness obedience |
| Irresistible obsession | |
| Pallor | |
| Sardonic | grimly mocking or cynical: "Starkey attempted a sardonic smile" Similar: mocking satirical sarcastic ironical ironic cynical |
| Premonitory | premonition (noun) a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant: "he listened with premonitory attention during difficult meetings" Similar: apprehensiveness anxiety perturbation trepidation disquiet unease |
| Consonant | agreement or harmony with: "the findings are consonant with other research" Similar: in accordance with in agreement with agreeing with consistent with accordant with consilient with in harmony with compatible with |
| Cogent | of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing: "He based his position on a cogent argument: ..." "the lawyers must prepare a cogent appeal" convincing compelling strong forceful powerful valid sound well founded plausible effective |
| Innate | inborn; natural: "her innate capacity for organization" Similar: inborn natural inbred congenital inherent intrinsic instinctive intuitive spontaneous unlearned untaught hereditary |
| Self-effacing | not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest: "his demeanor was self-effacing, gracious, and polite" Similar: fearful apprehensive afraid frightened scared faint-hearted trembling quaking cowering weak-kneed shy diffident Coy |
| Obsequious | obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree: "they were served by obsequious waiters" Similar: servile ingratiating unctuous sycophantic fawning toadying |
| Affable | friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to: "an affable and agreeable companion" Similar: friendly amiable genial congenial cordial warm pleasant pleasing nice likable personable charming agreeable sympathetic |
| Laconic | (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words: "he gave a laconic reply with no emotion" Similar: brief concise terse succinct short elliptical crisp pithy to the point incisive short and sweet |
| Clairvoyant sensitivity | |
| Mollification | appease the anger or anxiety of (someone): "Her strategy of mollification meant they no longer pointed guns at her" Similar: appease placate pacify conciliate humor soothe calm |
| Interminable | endless (often used hyperbolically): "we got bogged down in interminable discussions" Similar: endless never-ending unending without end nonstop everlasting ceaseless unceasing incessant constant continual uninterrupted |
| Ephemeral | lasting for a very short time: "fashions are ephemeral" Similar: transitory transient fleeting passing short-lived |
| Labyrinthine | (of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting: "labyrinthine streets and alleys" Similar: mazelike winding (of a system) intricate and confusing: "labyrinthine plots and counterplots" Similar: complicated intricate |
| Caustic | sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way: "the players were making caustic comments about the refereeing" Similar: sarcastic cutting biting mordant stinging sharp bitter scathing derisive sardonic ironic scornful |
| Rarefied | distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people: "debates about the nature of knowledge can seem very rarefied" Similar: esoteric exclusive select private cliquish |
| Tutelary | serving as a protector, guardian, or patron: "the tutelary spirits of these regions" relating to protection or a guardian: "the state maintained a tutelary relation with the security police" |
| Morose | sullen and ill-tempered: "she was morose and silent when she got home" Similar: sullen sulky gloomy bad-tempered ill-tempered dour surly sour glum moody unsmiling humorless Fed up |
| Demoralized by the disillusionment | to feel profoundly disheartened, disheartened, and devoid of hope and motivation due to the realization that cherished ideals, expectations, or beliefs were unfounded or have been severely undermined by reality. Disappointed Let down Crestfallen |
| Passivity | acceptance of what happens, without active response or resistance: "the passivity of television watching" "The hostages could not understand the Israeli government's passivity" |
| Coup de Grace | noun an action that ends something that has been gradually getting worse: "Jane's affair was the coup de grâce to her disintegrating marriage." |
| Her only solace during that final crisis were the furious prayers she murmured without letup for hours on end | Wordology: mixing a peaceful word "solace," with a violent adjective "furious" |
| Anguish | severe mental or physical pain or suffering: "she shut her eyes in anguish" "that comment, rather than soothing her, only intensified her anguish" Similar: agony pain torment torture suffering distress angst misery |
| Interminable | endless (often used hyperbolically): "we got bogged down in interminable discussions" Similar: endless never-ending unending without end nonstop everlasting ceaseless unceasing incessant constant continual |
| Blood- chilling calm | " with a blood-chilling calm he responded 'no'" |
| Vehemence | display of strong feeling; passion: "they speak with starry vehemence about their project" " Villamizar slammed down the phone, astonished at his own vehemence" Similar: passion force forcefulness ardor fervor spirit |
| Campesino | in Spanish-speaking regions) a peasant farmer. Similar: bumpkin country cousin rustic countryman countrywoman peasant provincial oaf |
| Consternation | feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected: "I always welcomed clover, much to the consternation of the neighbors" Similar: dismay perturbation anxiety distress disquiet disquietude discomposure angst trepidation |
| Rancor | bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing: "Nydia's rancor gave her no peace" Similar: bitterness spite hate hatred resentment malice ill will malevolence malignancy animosity antipathy enmity hostility |
| Amiable | having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner: "an amiable, unassuming fellow" Similar: friendly affable amicable cordial warm warmhearted good-natured nice pleasant agreeable Likeable |
| Doted | be extremely and uncritically fond of: "she doted on her two young children" "She doted on him as if he were his grandson" Similar: adore idolize treasure cherish worship admire prize indulge spoil pamper love dearly be devoted to |
| Rarefied | distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people: "debates about the nature of knowledge can seem very rarefied" Similar: esoteric exclusive select private cliquish elevated exalted lofty Antonyms Commonplace |
| Restiveness | unable to keep still/silent. becoming increasingly difficult to control, due to impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom: "the crowd was waiting for hours and were becoming restive" " the band was warned about the crowd's prevailing restiveness" |
| Succumb to the inertia of the desperate Needs chatgpt | to become trapped or paralyzed by a state of intense hopelessness and a feeling of being unable to change a situation, even a negative one. It implies a surrender to the feeling of being stuck Hopelessness Despair Resignation Apathy Powerlessness |
| A providential lucidity Needs chatgpt | "Maruja knew how to fire a revolver, and she had once been shown how to use a submachine gun, but a providential lucidity kept her from picking it up." |
| Loquacity | the quality of talking a great deal; talkativeness: "he was renowned for loquacity" Similar: talkativeness garrulity volubility long-windedness wordiness prolixity effusiveness profuseness chattiness chattering babble blathering gibbering |
| Macabre | disturbing/horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury: "a macabre series of murders" gruesome grisly gory ghastly unearthly lurid grotesque hideous horrific horrid terrifying frightening frightful fearsome |
| Macabre 2 | "Gifting cake would have been a truly macabre celebration if they were going to murder her" morbid fearsome shocking dreadful appalling loathsome repugnant repulsive sickening |
| Ashen | a person's face) very pale with shock, fear, or illness. Beatriz saw herself - ashen, weighing 22 pounds less Similar: pale wan pasty gray leaden colorless sallow pallid white waxen ghostly |
| Amiable | having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner: "an amiable, unassuming fellow" Similar: friendly affable amicable cordial warm warmhearted good-natured nice pleasant agreeable pleasing likable lovable genial good-humored charming |
| How to show a character transition in his feelings, from tense to safe | The joke gave Villamizar a confidence and sense of security that remained with him during all of his subsequent trips. He never knew if he was followed, not even at a much more advanced stage, but he always felt sheltered by a supernatural power |
| How to portray the stresses of media fame | PG 197 2nd para starting with the ease |
| Clairvoyant | person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact: "she has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well" Similar: psychic fortune teller prophet seer oracle telepathist |
| Non sequiturs | a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement. "The lunatic conversations on his telephone entangled the FBI in mangrove forests of non sequiturs and they were unable to distinguish real messages" |
| Aegis | protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization: "the negotiations were conducted under the aegis of the UN" Similar: patronage sponsorship backing protection shelter umbrella charge keeping care supervision guidance |
| Immolate | kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning: "Chinese kings would immolate vast numbers of animals" "They feared Escobar would immolate himself in a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions" Similar: sacrifice kill slaughter burn |
| The anticipation of death | One of the guards, after a night of carousing, burst into the room and woke Pacho with a shout. He saw the devil's mask almost touching his face, the bloodshot eyes, the coarse hairs bristling from his ears, and smelled the sulfurous stink of hell |
| Reticence | the quality of being reticent; reserve: "the traditional emotional reticence of the British" reserve introversion restraint inhibition diffidence shyness modesty distance undemonstrativeness uncommunicativeness unresponsiveness silence |
| precocious | having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual: "he was a precocious, solitary boy" "She had been a precocious publicist at the age of 20" Similar: advanced forward ahead gifted talented clever intelligent |
| social milieu | a person's social environment: "he grew up in a military milieu" "cured her of the formalism of her social milieu" environment background backdrop setting context atmosphere scene locale conditions surroundings habitat environs sphere |
| Prelude | His visits were preludes to great events, good or bad, but always decisive |
| Impertinent | not showing proper respect; rude: "an impertinent question" Similar: rude insolent impolite unmannerly ill-mannered bad-mannered uncivil discourteous disrespectful impudent cheeky bold brazen brash shameless presumptuous forward |
| Stupefaction | semi-consciousness or inability to think clearly: "she finally roused herself from her stupefaction" Similar: oblivion obliviousness unconsciousness insensibility senselessness numbness blankness stupor daze |
| Iconoclasm | the action of attacking or rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices: "their style is one of abrasive iconoclasm" |
| Interminable | endless "we got bogged down in interminable discussions" "A list of intermittent complaints" Similar: never-ending unending without end nonstop everlasting ceaseless unceasing incessant constant continual uninterrupted unbroken |
| Hermeticism | adjective hermetic (of a seal or closure) complete and airtight: "a hermetic seal that ensures perfect waterproofing" Similar: airtight tight sealed shut watertight insulated or protected from outside influences: "a hermetic society" |
| Ashen | ashen (adjective) of the pale gray color of ash: "the ashen morning sky" (of a person's face) very pale with shock, fear, or illness. Similar: pale wan pasty gray leaden colorless sallow pallid |
| Calamitous | "her shopy list was indecipherable because of her calamitous spelling" |
| Apostolic | relating to the Apostles: "apostolic writings" Similar: ecclesiastical church priestly pastoral religious spiritual prelatic canonical parsonical holy divine |
| passementerie | "a passe·men·terie canopy worthy of a bishop" decorative trimming such as tassels, braid, and fringing, used on furniture and clothing (e.g. military uniforms). Similar: openwork lacework tatting netting net meshwork mesh webbing fishnet |
| "free untill he was resolute and enormous" | Reminds me of Nosferatu |
| Indiscretion | behaviour or speech that is indiscreet or displays a lack of good judgement: "he knew himself all too prone to indiscretion""sexual indiscretions" imprudence irresponsibility carelessness rashness haste recklessness impulsiveness foolishness |
| Skeptical stoicism | |
| Scruples | feeling of hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action: "I had no scruples about eavesdropping""without scruple, politicians use fear as a persuasion weapon" "killed with no scruples" second thoughts reluctance |
| Anticipatory jubilation threatened by uncertainty | |
| Forestall speculation |
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