creed 
belief on slight evidence 
system of religious or ethical belief 
increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax 
dejected; dispirited 
crack; fissure 
shrink back, as if in fear 
standards used in judging 
hag 
eccentric; whimsical 
crucial point 
secret recess or vault usually used for burial 
mysterious; hidden; secret 
small chamberused for sleeping 
style of cooking 
relating to cooking 
pick out; reject 
attainment of highest point 
deserving blame 
artificial channel for water 
heavy; hard to manage 
growing by addition 
greed 
superintendent; manager 
churlish, miserly individual 
flowing, running 
casual; hastily done 
shorten; reduce 
skeptical or distrustful of human motives 
object of general attention 
anxiety, dismay 
accidental; not regular or permanent; careless; informal 
raised platform for guests of honor 
trifle with; procrastinate 
damp 
neat and trim 
spotted 
smear (as with paint) 
intimidate 
bold 
loiter; waste time 
standstill; stalemate 
wooden; impassive 
scarcity 
breaking up; downfall 
reduce to lower state 
corrupt; make intemperate 
weaken; enfeeble 
friendly; aiming to please 
rubble 
expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule 
yound woman making formal entrance into society 
decay 
pour off gently 
behead 
slow down 
falling off, as of leaves 
kill, usually one out of ten 
decode 
downward slope 
having a low-cut neckline 
decay 
propriety; seemliness 
lure or bait 
state of collagse caused by illness or old age 
express strong disapproval of ; disparage 
derived byreasoning 
mar; disfigure 
harming a person's reputation 
failure to do 
resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome 
desertion 
courteous regard for another's wish 
pollute; profane 
most reliable or complee 
turn aside 
destroy leaves 
provide ofr the payment of 
to strip a priest or minister of church authority 
neat; skillful 
dead; no longer in use or existence 
become worse; deteriorate 
lowered in rank; debased 
remove water from; dry out 
turn into a god; idolize 
condescend 
erase; strike out 
harmful 
consider; ponder; unhurried 
portray 
mental disorder marked by confusion 
flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river 
deceive 
flood; rush 
false belief; hallucination 
deceptive; raising vain hopes 
dig; investigate 
person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader 
degrade; humiliate 
