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| Diabolic | having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot. |
| Obsessive | being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness. |
| Unforeseen | to see beforehand. |
| Encounter | to come upon or meet with, esp. unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation. |
| Superstitious | of the nature of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition: superstitious fears. |
| Eavesdropping | to listen secretly to a private conversation. |
| Persuasive | to convince someone to do or think the same way you do. |
| Incident | something that occurs casually in connection with something else. |
| Isolated | separated from other persons or things; alone; solitary. |
| Balk | to stop short and stubbornly refuse to go on. |
| Conconcted | to devise; make up; contrive: to concoct an excuse. |
| Hoax | something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax. |
| Elaborate | worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care. |
| Possession | the act or fact of possessing. the state of being possessed. |
| Metropolis | any large, busy city. |
| Nonresponsive | not responding esp. readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences. |
| Psychiatrist | a physician who practices psychiatry. |
| Relegated | to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service. |
| Monotony | wearisome uniformity or lack of variety, as in occupation or scenery. |
| Meager | deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest. |
| Tenacity | holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often fol. by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits. |
| Paranoid | baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others. |
| Amnesia | loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc. |
| Imperceptivity | not perceptive; lacking perception. |
| Controversial | contention, strife, or argument. |
| Unnerving | to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him. |
| Hypocrite | a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs. |
| Oppressive | causing discomfort by being excessive, intense, elaborate, etc.: oppressive heat. |
| Vanished | to disappear |
| Associate | to join as a companion, partner, or ally: to associate oneself with a cause. |
| Decaying | to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying. |
