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abeyance suspension or temporary inaction The @ in the fighting allowed the people to escape.
altercation noisy, heated, angry dispute The noisy @ woke up the neighbors.
archipelago a group of islands The beautiful @ was a favorite vacation spot.
brevity shortness of duration; expressed in few words; concise The @ of the speaker's address was a welcome change.
chicanery deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry Most of his money was made through criminal @.
crony a close friend, especially of long standing He invited his @ to take part in the game.
divergence going away in different directions; deviation The @ of the two estimates was striking.
fetish an object of irrational reverence of obsessive devotion His weird @ surprised his friends.
harbinger something that foreshadows what is to come Losing the luggage proved a @ of bad things to come.
improvisation the act of composing, reciting, etc., without any preparation; using whatever is at hand His masterful @ saved his team from defeat.
kilter proper or working order The broken toy was clearly out of @.
malice an intention or desire to injure another Abraham Lincoln spoke of bearing @ toward none.
myriad an immense number A @ of birds flew overhead.
orbit a path traversed by one body in its revolution around another The moon's @ brings it through the earth's shadow.
perturbation a disturbance of the regular course of a thing His @ was clear after his close brush with death.
quidnunc one who seeks to know all that is going on; a busybody The @ quickly tried everyone's patience.
repugnance the state of feeling aversion or resistance; anti-pathy His initial feeling of @ was not overcome easily.
sophism a false argument intentionally used to deceive The @ of the argument was easily seen once examined.
travail strenuous physical or mental labor; anguish or pain The man's @s continued throughout the long, hot day.
vertigo a feeling of whirling around; dizziness She had a great feeling of @ when looking down.