(noun) a wretched living place; an open field

(noun) a state of continual change or movement

(noun) extreme poverty

(noun) an exit; a means of going out

(verb) to make afraid; to discourage

(adjective) of or like a corpse; pale, gaunt, thin

(adjective) of the middle ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction

(noun) happiness; bliss

(noun) a dictator with absolute power

My uncle wasted his fortune and died in ___.

The military is joining forces with the rebels to dethrone the royal ___ terrorizing their country.

My hotel reservations are in ___ because I can't decide where I want to stay during my vacation.

Both warriors sigh and mentally ___ themselves for the next battle.

The raging inferno didn't ___ the firefighters for a moment because they had prepared extensively.

I had a panic attack in the haunted house when I could not find an ___ leading to the outside.

When my mother watched me graduate, she had such a look of ___ on her face.

When I looked at the ___ cat who was dying of starvation, I couldn't stop the tears from falling.

The homeless man lived in the abandoned ___ near the bridge.

The crumbling, isolated mansion on the hilltop was the perfect setting for a classic ___ tale, with its eerie shadows and whispers of a tragic past.