Synonym
lingering sadness
melancholy
gather a crowd
disperse
The ships burned with Viking dead
pyre
From Latin: (forward/down) + clivus (slope)
Proclivity
Natural inclination or tendency.
“A man named Latimer said that to a man named Nicholas Ridley, as they were being burnt alive at Oxford, for ________.”
heresy
revenge
retaliation
perservere
falter
A three day rain storm causing floods
torrent
From Latin in + sedere (to sit)
Insidious
Secretly harmful but enticing
He stopped, afraid he might blow the fire out with a single breath. But the fire was there and he approached ______
Warily
stolid
destroyer, thief
custodian
The rule of Hitler or Stalin
tyranny
From Greek (paidos = child + agogos = leader)
pedant
Someone (often a boss/teacher) overly concerned with formal rules or details
The _______ was to all intents and purposes finished, once the jets had sighted their target
bombardment
venemous
abstain, not consume
devour
Mongols, Bedouins, Maasai
Nomads / Nomadic
From Latin in + vigere (to be strong)
Invigorate
To give life/energy
....while the camera remained stationary, watching the creature _______ in the distance, a splendid fade-out!
Dwindle
energize
invigorate
awareness, presence
oblivion
A spy who sells secrets to the enemy commits this
Treason
From Latin manus (hand) + festus (struck)
Manifest
To state obviously / A list of people
Now, it plunged the book back under his arm, pressed it tight to sweating armpit, rushed out empty, with a magician’s ______!
Flourish