A state of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside.
What is Abeyance
100
the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poisen
What is Bane
100
full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion
What is Carte Blanche
100
dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance (of performance or achievement)
What is Eclat
100
the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence
What is Heyday
200
Keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement.
What is Acumen
200
the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentally; the lowest phase, nadir; an anticlimax, comedown
What is Bathos
200
a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval; a surging flood, deluge
What is Cataclysm
200
the act of preying upon or plundering
What is Depredation
200
a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare
What is Incubus
300
a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other.
What is Anachronism
300
a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing
What is Beatitude
300
the determination of right or wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles; specious argument
What is Casuistry
300
a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughs, or attitudes of someone or something else
What is Empathy
300
a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations
What is Infrastructure
400
a prophet or seer
What is Augur
400
someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids
What is Bete Noire
400
a collective or general agreement of opinion, feeling, or thinking
What is Consensus
400
a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts; branching or forking in an ancestral line
What is Dichotomy
400
a forerunner, herald
What is Harbinger
500
one who forsakes his or her religion, party , or cause
What is Apostate
500
a display of false or assumed courage
What is Bravado
500
the special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; a divinely bestowed gift or power
What is Charisma
500
a feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objective basis
What is Euphoria
500
the belief that the attainment of pleasure if life's chief aim; devotion to or pursuit of pleasure