Nouns
an enthusiastic public welcome, an outburst of applause
Ovation
causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious
Eerie
to plunge into liquid, drench; to put out quickly or extinguish
Douse
to feel sorry for what one has done or failed to do
Repent
S: riddle, mystery, puzzle, conundrum
A: no antonyms
Enigma
a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she really is; a two-faced person
Hypocrite
peaceful, calm; free of emotional upset
Serene
to pay back; to give payment for
Reimburse
to condemn openly; to accuse formally
Denounce
S: baffling, confusing, bewildering
A: understandable, plain, intelligible
Incomprehensible
the length of time that something continues or lasts
Duration
willful, stubborn
Headstrong
to make very angry, enrage
Infuriate
to waste time, to be idle; to spend more time in doing something than necessary
Dawdle
S: illegal, unauthorized, forbidden
A: lawful, permissible, aboveboard
Illicit
a daydream; the condition of being lost in thought
Reverie
easily fooled, tricked, or cheated
Gullible
to handle or use skillfully; to manage or control for personal gain or advantage
Manipulate
to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness
Bungle
S: flexible, supple, pliable
A: stiff, wooden
Limber
speech that is loud and threatening
Bluster
unimportant, trivial; narrow-minded; secondary in rank, minor
Petty
to cause, bring about; to persuade
Induce
to satisfy, relieve, or bring to an end
Slake
S: dissimilarity, difference, variety
A: similarity, sameness, uniformity
Diversity