From the gods; holy.

"If only he could have kept his faith in God, if only he could have considered this suffering a ________ test..."

Stories, tales, myths

"It wasn't the first time that false prophets announced to us: peace-in-the-world and other _________."

Tone; emotional pitch, especially of a voice

"I barely understood what he was saying, but the __________ of his voice soothed me."

Go with, stay with, follow

"I had made up my mind to ________ my father wherever he went."

A party where people wear costumes or conceal their face. When used as action, it means "to dress up" or to "hide one's identity."

"The prisoners showed up in all kinds of strange garb; it looked like a _________________"

The sound of a bell, especially for a funeral.

"At six o'clock the bell rang. The death ________."

Snatching in a single motion

"All the patients will be finished off on the spot, and in one last _______ thrown into the furnaces."

Stumbling, making an error, wavering

"An icy wind was blowing violently. But we marched without __________."

Aware, lucid

"When I became ________ of myself again, I tried to slow my pace somewhat.

Pleading sadly; with a sorrowful tone

"Not a sound of distress, not a(n) ____________ cry, nothing but silence."

Confused; perplexed; puzzled, or dazed

"He awoke with a start, he sat up, ______________, stunned, like an orphan."

Surrounded, covered up, wrapped (usually metaphorically)

"Death __________ me. It suffocated me. It stuck to me like glue."

Unmoving, lacking ability to move

"I rubbed his hands, crying. His body remained _____________"

Bringing freedom; freeing

"Our eyes were tired from staring at the horizon, waiting for the _______________ train to appear."

Heavily loaded, weighed down. (Often used with the word "with")

"My father had huddled near me, draped in his blanket, shoulders ________ with snow."

To satisfy thirst; extinguish (less common)

"Someone had the idea of __________ his thirst by eating snow."

A negative expression, a scowl, a dark smile

"His eyes lit up, a smile, like a __________, illuminated his ashen face."

Eliminating everything/everyone; (in finance, turning all your assets into cash); (in business, selling everything that's left)

"We learned that the underground resistance of the camp had made the decision ...to prevent their ____________"

A passionate expression of grief or sorrow

"Soon everybody was crying. . .The _________ spread from wagon to wagon. It was contagious."