Consider as a possibility

A fictitious reason that conceals the real reason

Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement

Grievously affected especially by disease

Get or gather together

Affect with wonder

Lasting for a markedly brief time

Make pale or sickly

Humorously sarcastic or mocking

Doubt about the truth of something

Laugh at with contempt and derision

Bending the head or body in reverence or submission

Technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

Crafty artfulness, especially in deception

Stopping and starting at irregular intervals

Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

Use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

In a matter-of-fact manner

Active strength of body or mind

Unnecessary and unwarranted

Something that is emitted or radiated

Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially

Deficient in amount or quality or extent

An urge to do something that might be better left undone

Safe from harm or desecration

Easily impressed emotionally

Marked by casual disrespect

A bottomless gulf or pit

Causing an emotional disturbance