vocab words

3. the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness (noun)
7. disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices (noun)
8. being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary —often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor (adjective)
12. in an airtight manner : so as to be completely airtight —usually used in the phrase hermetically sealed
15. (use def. 2) marked by futility or ineffectualness (adjective)
16. insulting or abusive language (noun)
17. to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly (verb)
19. to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority (verb)
20. not able to be defended (adjective)

1. of, relating to, or occurring in the night (adjective)
2. anteroom (noun)
4. not tolerable
5. clearness of thought or style (noun)
6. (use 1a) a mental process imposing restraint upon behavior or another mental process (such as a desire)
9. governed by or conforming to the dictates of conscience (adjective)
10. an establishment or structure in which the bodies of the dead are cremated
11. to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality (verb)
13. an eyeglass for one eye (noun)
14. a multitude of assembled persons (noun)
18. to insert at intervals among other things