penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
international cooperation; international harmony
false report; incorrect report; misinformation; false alarm
strict order; peremptory command
vise; jack; vice; immorality; vice-
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
hostility; antagonism; opposition
case worker; case officer
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
dukedom; duchy; principality
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
fully armed; armed to the teeth
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
part time (esp. female part time employees)
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
modern state; modern nation
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
clause; article; stipulations
valuation basis; appraisal standard