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(n./v./adj.) paralysis; lower one's guard, reduce the vigilance; careless

(adj.) numb

(v./n.) anesthetize, corrupt (the mind of someone); anesthesia

(v./n.) to ambush, to hide in ambush for...; to hide, to lie low, to lie in wait; ambush

(v.) to bury, to cover up; to bury (one's talents), to stifle, to neglect

(v.) bury

(n.) pulse, the stroke of the pulse

(v.) to complain about, to blame (sb for sth), to put the blame (on sb)

(adj.) slow and patient, chronic (disease), slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)

(v.) spread

(adj.) (of water or desert, etc.) boundless, indistinct, vast; (fig.) indistinct (future, prospect)

(adj.) blind

(adj.) ignorant; having no knowledge of something; at a loss

(v.) pretend to be, pass somebody or something off as

(v.) give offense, offend

(adj.) luxuriant, flourishing

(m.) measure word for coins, missile, stamps, bombs etc.

(n.) medium

(adj.) perfectly satisfactory

(adj.) beautiful, sweet, wonderful

(v./n.) sprout, germinate, shoot, bud, rudiment, seed

(adj.) fierce, smashing, vigorous, violent; rapid

(v.) narrow one's eyes; (dialect) take a nap | (v.) (of dust, etc.) get into one's eye

(v.) be confused; confuse (someone)

(v.) suffuse, pervade, spread all over the place

(v./n.) have blind faith in; superstition

(n.) riddle, conundrum

(v.) seal up, seal tightly

(n.) cotton

(conj.) so as not to, so as to avoid

(v.) to encourage, to exhort, to urge

(n.) face, feature, looking, appearance

(v.) take aim (at)

(v.) despise, scorn, look down on

(adj.) tiny, negligible, insignificant

(v.) despise, show contempt for

(v.) be destroyed, perish, die out

(adj.) nimble, quick, agile

(adj.) keen, sharp, acute

(n.) position (in a name list), place (in a competition)